- An apex predator, also
known as a top
predator or superpredator, is a
predator at the top of a food chain,
without natural predators of its own. Apex predators...
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temperature than the
surrounding waters.
Members of the
group include macropredators,
generally of medium-large size,
including the
largest macropredatory...
- The
local macropredator Hatzegopteryx hunting the
herbivore Zalmoxes...
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member of the
genus Galeocerdo and
family Galeocerdonidae. It is a
large macropredator, with
females capable of
attaining a
length of over 5 m (16 ft 5 in)...
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considered both the
largest marine reptile ever
discovered and the
largest macropredator ever discovered. The
Lilstock specimen was
estimated to be
around 26...
- Thylophorops, the
largest known opossum at 4–7 kg (8.8–15.4 lb), was a
macropredator. Most
opossums are scansorial, well-adapted to life in the
trees or...
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unusual self-directed behavior.
Manta rays are
filter feeders as well as
macropredators. On the surface, they
consume large quantities of
zooplankton in the...
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Mekosuchines were a
diverse group,
featuring animals with short, boxy skulls;
platyrostral generalists and
robust macropredators....
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during prey capture, and
similar morphology has been seen in many
other macropredators in the
fossil record,
including theropod dinosaurs. The
presence of...
- lifestyles, with some
species being filter feeders and
others being macropredators. For over a century,
these animals were only
known because of their...
