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| Dinosaurs And Mammals; news article | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 12 2005, 03:36 PM (62 Views) | |
| TexasShadow | Jan 12 2005, 03:36 PM Post #1 |
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ly_of_the_beast "In China, scientists have identified the fossilized remains of a tiny dinosaur in the stomach of a mammal. Scientists say the animal's last meal probably is the first proof that mammals hunted small dinosaurs some 130 million years ago. It contradicts conventional evolutionary theory that early mammals couldn't possibly attack and eat a dinosaur because they were timid, chipmunk-sized creatures that scurried in the looming shadow of the giant reptiles. .................." |
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| cmoehle | Jan 13 2005, 12:13 PM Post #2 |
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Chris - San Antonio TX
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This will send ripples of revision through evolutionary theory. Interesting they swallowed whole rather than chew. |
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| pentax | Jan 13 2005, 12:45 PM Post #3 |
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I must be missing the point here - I see nothing revolutionary about this. Garter snakes, small lizards, and newts are reptiles - and to this day they are hunted and eaten by larger birds, foxes, coyotes and so on..... It was never my understanding that evolution taught that there were Dinosaurs on Friday night, and by Monday morning they were gone and replaced by mammals - I'm sure they co-existed for millions of years. |
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| TexasShadow | Jan 13 2005, 02:10 PM Post #4 |
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I don't get it, either. I've always assumed small mammals ate small dinosaurs when they could get them.
maybe it's the size of the mammals found. they weren't expecting to find them as big as a rabbit or a small dog. ??? |
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| cmoehle | Jan 13 2005, 05:02 PM Post #5 |
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I think it's a timing thing, dinos so small, mammals so big when they were thought to have been eaten by larger dinos. From the link "Originally, scientists believed that mammals remained small because larger dinosaurs were hunting them. Only after dinosaurs went extinct by 65 million years ago did surviving mammals begin to grow larger, they reasoned." Then again the dino eater was only the size of a cat and the dino was a parrot. Things have not changed much. |
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