mammals in dinosaur guts (was Re: getting old)

[Mickey Rowe <rowe@psych.ucsb.edu>]

On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, calzola wrote (first quoting Jim Farlow):

> > Is my recollection that there is a small (Chinese?) theropod specimen that
> > contains the remains of a mammal as gut contents correct?

> I think it is Sinosauropteryx

Yes, Filippo got it right, but it's still in the stage of a _Nature_-
sanctioned rumor, I think.  See Dave Unwin's commentary on the description
of _Sinosauropteryx_:

"Feathers, filaments and theropod dinosaurs" on pages 119-120 of _Nature_
vol. 391 (January 8th, 1998).

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Mickey Rowe     (rowe@psych.ucsb.edu)