Oldest known evidence early mammals fed on dinosaurs

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The cervical rib of a long-necked dinosaur from northwest China provides the oldest known evidence to date that early mammals fed on dinosaur meat around 160 million years ago.

“The early mammals lived in the shadow of the dinosaurs for more than 160 million years. On average they reached a weight of about one hundred grams,” says Felix Augustin from the research team, the first author of the new study. “However, we now know that they nevertheless developed an astonishing biodiversity and occupied a large number of ecological niches.”

The researchers say the mammals were probably eating dinosaur’s carcass; this was the only way for such a small animal to eat a large one. This discovery, which provides information on the life and environment of the early mammals, has been published in the journal The Science of Nature.

S: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/08/when-mammals-ate-dinosaurs/134561

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

I mean...what else was there to eat? 

[Lord Temptation 11,209]

Loves it! Our ancestors knew how to find good food 

[Lord Temptation 11,209]

5 minutes ago, TimisaMonster said:

I mean...what else was there to eat? 

Fish I believe are older than both mammals and dinosaurs, so there probably would have been plentyoffish.com at the time 

[TheOriginalOne 11,605]