January 13, 2005

Archaeologists in China have discovered a dog size mammal that lived 130 million years ago. Not only is it larger than scientists assumed mammals were at that time, it apparently ate dinosaurs as well.

Here is an article on Nature: Prehistoric badger had dinosaurs for breakfast

Here is a NPR story: Dog-Sized Mammal Dined on Dinosaurs

Image © Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences