od ▁b ones ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁local ities . ▁These ▁marks ▁have ▁the ▁same ▁spacing ▁as ▁teeth ▁in ▁Maj ung as aur us ▁j aws , ▁are ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁size ▁as ▁Maj ung as aur us ▁teeth , ▁and ▁contain ▁smaller ▁not ches ▁consistent ▁with ▁the ▁ser r ations ▁on ▁those ▁teeth . ▁As ▁Maj ung as aur us ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁large ▁ther op od ▁known ▁from ▁the ▁area , ▁the ▁simplest ▁explanation ▁is ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁feed ing ▁on ▁other ▁members ▁of ▁its ▁own ▁species . ▁S ugg estions ▁that ▁the ▁Tri ass ic ▁Co el oph ysis ▁was ▁a ▁can n ib al ▁have ▁been ▁recently ▁dis pro ven , ▁leaving ▁Maj ung as aur us ▁as ▁the ▁only ▁non - av ian ▁ther op od ▁with ▁confirmed ▁can n ib al istic ▁t endencies , ▁although ▁there ▁is ▁some ▁evidence ▁that ▁can n ib al ism ▁may ▁have ▁occurred ▁in ▁other ▁species ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁unknown ▁if ▁Maj ung as aur us ▁act ively ▁h unted ▁their ▁own ▁kind ▁or ▁only ▁sc av eng ed ▁their ▁car c ass es . ▁However , ▁some ▁research ers ▁have ▁noted ▁that ▁modern ▁Kom odo ▁mon itors ▁sometimes ▁kill ▁each ▁other ▁when ▁compet ing ▁for ▁access ▁to ▁car c ass es . ▁The ▁l iz ards ▁will ▁then ▁proceed ▁to ▁can n ib al ize ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁their ▁riv als , ▁which ▁may ▁suggest ▁similar ▁behavior ▁in ▁Maj ung as aur us ▁and ▁other ▁ther op ods