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...previously discovered species called Repenomamus robustus, refutes the notion that it was always the mammals that got eaten. Inside the skeleton where the animal's stomach would have been are the fossilized remains of a baby dino. "This discovery was the chance of a lifetime," says Jin Meng, a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and a co-author of the paper. "We can't expect to find things like this again...
...Indeed, Meng and his colleagues didn't expect to find things like this at all. The smaller skeleton was discovered about two years ago by villagers in China's Liaoning province, site of some of the richest fossil beds in the world. They brought it to the attention of scientists, who took it to the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing for examination. "We didn't see the stomach contents at first," says graduate student Yaoming Hu, who is affiliated with the institute and is the lead author of the Nature paper...
...size and anatomy of R. giganticus, found in the same fossil beds as its smaller relative, suggest that it was an active predator rather than simply a scavenger. "It had a robust body, with short legs that splay out to the side, similar to a Tasmanian devil," says Meng. "It could walk fast and probably run. It could certainly move better than a crocodile...
...cast as a whole demonstrated a great sense of comedy, saluting the blare of trumpets above whenever the word “duty” was mentioned, for instance. Bo Meng ’06, the overly weepy pirate Samuel, and T. Josiah M. Pertz ’05, the Charlie Chaplin waddling Sergeant of Police rounded out this wonderful cast, along with Allison Hymel and Emily Geller who boast perhaps the strongest voices as Mabel’s sisters Edith and Kate...
Upon hearing about the switch, Bo Meng ’06 rushed to try an everything bagel and said he was pleased with the product. “This is exceedingly moist and delicious, especially compared to the dry crusty bagels of yesteryear,” he said...