'Cute furball' is best-preserved mammal from dinosaur age
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 12:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scurrying under the feet of dinosaurs in swampy terrain in Spain around 125 million years ago was a furry chipmunk-sized critter with tiny hedgehog-like spines, horny body armor and an unpleasant fungal hair infection.