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  1. Ancient #BoneEatingWorms ate mosasaur, ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons phys.org/news/2025-07-ancient- paper by Sarah Jamison-Todd et al.: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

    "These bone-eating communities are ancient, and have been on Earth for at least 100 million years. Before #whales existed, bone-eating #worms were eating into the skeletons of #mosasaurs, #ichthyosaurs and #plesiosaurs... New research has named seven of these burrow types... some are very similar to the burrows of living #Osedax worms."

  2. Ancient #BoneEatingWorms ate mosasaur, ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons phys.org/news/2025-07-ancient- paper by Sarah Jamison-Todd et al.: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

    "These bone-eating communities are ancient, and have been on Earth for at least 100 million years. Before #whales existed, bone-eating #worms were eating into the skeletons of #mosasaurs, #ichthyosaurs and #plesiosaurs... New research has named seven of these burrow types... some are very similar to the burrows of living #Osedax worms."

  3. Ancient #BoneEatingWorms ate mosasaur, ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons phys.org/news/2025-07-ancient- paper by Sarah Jamison-Todd et al.: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

    "These bone-eating communities are ancient, and have been on Earth for at least 100 million years. Before #whales existed, bone-eating #worms were eating into the skeletons of #mosasaurs, #ichthyosaurs and #plesiosaurs... New research has named seven of these burrow types... some are very similar to the burrows of living #Osedax worms."

  4. Ancient #BoneEatingWorms ate mosasaur, ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons phys.org/news/2025-07-ancient- paper by Sarah Jamison-Todd et al.: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

    "These bone-eating communities are ancient, and have been on Earth for at least 100 million years. Before #whales existed, bone-eating #worms were eating into the skeletons of #mosasaurs, #ichthyosaurs and #plesiosaurs... New research has named seven of these burrow types... some are very similar to the burrows of living #Osedax worms."