Small mammals that lived around 125 million years ago may have preyed on dinosaurs more than three times their size, a strange fossil unearthed in China suggests.
at the University of Bath, UK, who wasn’t involved in the study. But he isn’t convinced that it shows the mammal was hunting the dinosaur. “The mammal is a lot smaller than the dinosaur, which might argue against predation. But, as they note, sometimes predators take on much larger prey – wolverines are one of the classic examples.”at McGill University, Canada, is also sceptical of this interpretation.
“The mammal’s hand inside the mouth of the dinosaur, which had a high bite force, suggests at least the dinosaur was dead at the time of burial or it would have easily sliced off the hand,” he says. “The awkward interlocking legs between the two suggests both were dead or tumbled while being buried. In this case, I think there is not enough evidence to say with full confidence the mammal was the predator caught in the act of subduing its prey.
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