Newfound fossil species of lamprey were flesh eaters
The modern kin of these dinosaur contemporaries can consume either blood or flesh
![An artist's rendition of a Yanliaomyzon ingensdentes.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/103023_cg_giant_lamprey_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Yanliaomyzon ingensdentes, shown in this artist’s rendition, is one of two newly discovered species of flesh-eating lamprey found in 160-million-year-old rocks.
Heming Zhang