After turning the find over to officials, it sat in the equivalent of fossil purgatory. After all, cases of forged fossils from this area are nothing new. A Chinese farmer unwittingly stumbled upon the fossilized scene. But it also preserved their skeletons, immortalizing the record of their final struggle.įast forward to 2012. The lava scalded their flesh, killing them instantly.
That’s when a volcanic flow interrupted their scuffle, burying the two animals in layers of molten lava. Frozen in TimeĪbout 125 million years ago, a death match between two Cretaceous animals came to a surprising stalemate … mid-bite. The “Circle of Life” wasn’t as clear-cut as we assume. How common were they? Scientists have yet to work this question out. As it turns out, dino-eating mammals were a thing.
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