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  • Rare Dinosaur Fossil Found With Perfectly Preserved Final Meal Inside

    12/27/2022 12:33:57 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 50 replies
    Nature via Science Alert ^ | December 23, 2022 | Fiona MacDonald
    Around 120 million years ago, four-winged dinosaurs roughly the size of crows called Microraptors stalked the ancient woodlands of what is now China.While researchers have studied several Microraptor specimens, there's still a lot we don't know about these feathered bird-like creatures – including what and how they ate.Now an incredibly rare fossil has revealed the preserved final meal of one individual: and unexpectedly, it was a mammal...The first Microraptor fossil was found in Liaoning, China, in 2000. There are three known species, which lived in the early Cretacious period, and the fossil in question belongs to Microraptor zhaoianus...The Microraptors were...