An 120 million-year-old dinosaur fossil with the bones of its final snack still inside of it reveals its enjoyed eating our ancestors

Dec 27 2022 by Business Insider

 
The fossil of a Microraptor with the bones of its last meal, a small mammal inside it.

Hans Larsson

Paleontologist Hans Larsson found a small mammal foot in the rib of a dinosaur fossil.  The reptile was carnivorous and bird-like, according to McGill University. It's one of only 21 dinosaur fossils ever found with its food inside of it. 

The key to a small, four-winged dinosaur species' survival was not being fussy about what it ate, the examination of a rare fossil revealed. 

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