Extinct Carnivorous Marsupial May Have Hunted Prey Larger Than Itself
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 00:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The reconstruction of an extinct meat-eating marsupial's skull, Nimbacinus dicksoni, suggests that it may have had the ability to hunt vertebrate prey exceeding its own body size, according to results published April 9, 2014, in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Marie Attard from the University of New England together with colleagues from the University of New South Wales. read more