Scientists Uncover First Record Of Dinosaur Eating A Mammal

[maximus otter]

The foot of an animal that lived 120 million years ago has been found inside the ribcage of a dinosaur, throwing light on the diet of prehistoric creatures.

Palaeontologists in the UK analysed fossil remains of a small, feathered dinosaur, known as a microraptor, and found it appeared to have eaten a small mammal about the size of a mouse.

The scientists said the discovery, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, is "the first record of a dinosaur eating a mammal".

A microraptor was about the size of a small cat or crow and would have glided from tree to tree to prey on small animals.

https://news.sky.com/story/scientis...in-fossil-from-120-million-years-ago-12772330

maximus otter

 

[eburacum]

Just a note to point out just how weird the Microraptor dinosaur is. A small dromaeosaur, it had four wings, and supposedly glided from tree to tree.

This illustration from the Natural History Museum makes it look like something designed by Wayne Barlow for the Avatar franchise.

 

[Paul_Exeter]

The foot of an animal that lived 120 million years ago has been found inside the ribcage of a dinosaur, throwing light on the diet of prehistoric creatures.

Palaeontologists in the UK analysed fossil remains of a small, feathered dinosaur, known as a microraptor, and found it appeared to have eaten a small mammal about the size of a mouse.

The scientists said the discovery, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, is "the first record of a dinosaur eating a mammal".

A microraptor was about the size of a small cat or crow and would have glided from tree to tree to prey on small animals.

https://news.sky.com/story/scientis...in-fossil-from-120-million-years-ago-12772330

maximus otter

Well us mammals had the last laugh, that reminds me must put the remnant dinosaur, I mean chicken, in to roast