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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nilima Marshall

Scientists uncover ‘first record of a dinosaur eating a mammal’

Scientists believe they may have uncovered the first known incident of a mammal being eaten by a dinosaur.

Palaeontologists in the UK have analysed fossil remains from around 120 million years ago, showing a small, feathered dinosaur – known as Microraptor – with the foot of an animal inside its ribcage.

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