Paleontologists say they have identified foot of mouse-sized mammal in fossilised rib cage of predatory microraptor

It may have been a pressing fear for the fictional characters in the 1993 film Jurassic Park, but scientists believe they have uncovered the first known incident of a mammal being eaten by a dinosaur.

However, the fossils from 120m years ago are not of a human ancestor, but instead the foot of an animal inside the ribcage of a small feathered dinosaur, known as a microraptor.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Last images taken by Japanese journalist killed in Myanmar in 2007 released

News outlet obtains camera of Kenji Nagai, who was reporting on Saffron…

UK has mounted covert attacks against Russian leadership, says ex-mandarin

Former cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill says UK used offensive cyber-capability to exploit…

Call for Covid inquiry panel to be fully independent

Cross-party group warns Boris Johnson that conclusions will not be drawn in…

Sinn Féin president apologises for murder of Lord Mountbatten

Mary Lou McDonald says she is sorry the late Duke of Edinburgh’s…