‘Not always king’: fossil shows mammal sinking teeth into dinosaur

Discovery in China challenges view of early mammals as ‘fodder’ for dinosaurs, say researchersWhether they had sharp teeth, vicious claws or were simply enormous, dinosaurs were creatures to be feared. But a newly identified fossil shows that, at least sometimes, the underdog bit back.Experts revealed the 125m-year-old fossil that froze in time after being taken on by a small mammal a third of its size. They are tangled together, the mammal ’s teeth sunk into the beaked dinosaur’s ribs, its left paw clasping the beast’s lower jaw.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Dinosaurs Fossils Biology China Evolution Asia Pacific World news Zoology Science Source Type: news