Two nearly complete sets of fossilized animal remains from 130-million-year-old rocks in China are revealing fresh details about the size and dietary habits of ancient mammals. The newly described finds counter the common presumption that such creatures remained small and ecologically suppressed until dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago.
COLD MEAL. Two mammals from the genus Repenomamus—badger-size creatures that lived in Asia about 130 million years ago—dine on a dinosaur hatchling.
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