Saber Toothed squirrel found

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

Just like the character in the "Ice Age" movies.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/saber-toothed-squirrel-fossil-found-argentina-14875603#.TrLz5LJnSzk

Fossils of a tiny and previously unknown saber-toothed, squirrel-like 
creature have been discovered in Argentina, providing new clues to how 
small mammals lived among dinosaurs more than 93 million years ago, 
scientists said Thursday.

Cronopio dentiacutus had extremely long teeth, a narrow snout and large 
eye sockets, meaning it probably moved around at night to be able to 
survive among huge carnivorous beasts in the late Cretaceous period, 
according to the team that discovered the fossil in the Patagonian 
province of Rio Negro



http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7371/full/nature10591.html

Highly specialized mammalian skulls from the Late Cretaceous of South 
America