©<p>&#39;This fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur captures a death battle&#39;s final moments&#39;</p><p>...a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/remarkable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>remarkable</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>new</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fossil</span></a>, originating in the early <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cretaceous</span></a> some 125 million years ago and now described in the journal <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ScientificReports" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScientificReports</span></a>, conjures a rather different possibility. It consists of two <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/intertwined" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intertwined</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/skeletons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>skeletons</span></a> — an upstart <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mammal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mammal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sinkingitsteeth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sinkingitsteeth</span></a> into a much larger <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dinosaur</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1188275701/this-fossil-of-a-mammal-biting-a-dinosaur-captures-a-death-battles-final-moments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2023/07/18/1188275701/</span><span class="invisible">this-fossil-of-a-mammal-biting-a-dinosaur-captures-a-death-battles-final-moments</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AllThingsConsidered" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AllThingsConsidered</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AriDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AriDaniel</span></a></p>