Scientists Discover First Record of a Dinosaur Eating a Mammal

Fossil remains showing a mammal foot in the ribcage of a Microraptor.
Photographer: Alex Dececci/Mount Marty College/PA Media

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By THE PRESS ASSOCIATION (Nilima Marshall, PA Science Reporter)

December 21, 2022 at 12:02 AM UTC

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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.