Death of animals before the fall - what did the early church fathers believe?

I recall somewhere in Wayne Grudem's *Systematic Theology* he mentions that it is possible that animals died before the fall (I don't recall the exact page or quote but it's not directly relevant to my question; I believe it was in the discussion of evolution). Did any early church writers have anything to say on this topic? Just to be specific let's say "early" means up to and including Augustine.