Fierce mammal ate dinos for lunch
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An astonishing new fossil uncovered in a remote region of China has overturned accepted views of the relationship between dinosaurs and early mammals.
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A newly discovered fossil might be the remains of one of the first stealth hunters, a swimming dinosaur that could use its long neck to sneak up on prey and strike without warning.
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NEW YORK -- During the age of dinosaurs, tiny squirrel-like creatures climbed trees and jumped into the darkness. Then they spread their limbs and glided away -- the first known mammals to take to the air, a new report says.
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Two fossil finds in China suggest that prehistoric mammals were bigger and badder than previously thought. At least one even ate dinosaurs for dinner.
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A fabled fossil goes on view for the first time in decades  -  and ignites a controversy
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Researchers find evidence that dinosaurs reached sexual maturity earlier than believed.
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A fossil unearthed in China gives scientists a rare glimpse of what dinosaurs were like "in the flesh".
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Villagers digging in China's rich fossil beds have uncovered the preserved remains of a tiny dinosaur in the belly of a mammal, a startling discovery for scientists who have long believed early mammals couldn't possibly attack and eat a dinosaur.
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Agile prey would have had no trouble keeping clear of a hungry Tyrannosaurus rex, a study confirms.
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A newly discovered fossil could be the remains of one of the first stealth hunters, a swimming dinosaur that could use its long neck to sneak up on prey and strike without warning.
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A Swedish geologist has found what appears to be the oldest known fossil from a mammal ever found in Scandinavia &#151; a 145-million-year-old tooth from a prehistoric rodent, a Swedish university said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - A newly discovered fossil may be the remains of one of the first stealth hunters, a swimming dinosaur that could use its long neck to sneak up on prey and strike without warning.
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Insect-eating mammals and mosquitos prosper but swallows head south early.
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CLEVELAND - A new dinosaur species was a plant-eater with yard-long horns over its eyebrows, suggesting an evolutionary middle step between older dinosaurs with even larger horns and the small-horned creatures that followed, experts said.
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Science & environment: Fearsome dinosaur made famous in the Jurassic Park films probably more closely resembled a big turkey, scientists have discovered.
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Were early mammals timid creatures suitable only for eating? Not all of them, suggest two remarkable fossils from China
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During the age of dinosaurs, tiny squirrel-like creatures climbed trees and jumped into the darkness. Then they spread their limbs and glided away &#151; the first known mammals to take to the air, a new report says.