Living large in the Cretaceous

Discoveries of large, carnivorous mammals from the Cretaceous challenge the long-held view that primitive mammals were small and uninteresting. Have palaeontologists been asking the wrong questions?

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Published in:Nature (London) 2005-01, Vol.433 (7022), p.116-117
Main Author: Weil, Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cretaceous
Evolution
Fossils
Mammals
Paleontology
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Summary:Discoveries of large, carnivorous mammals from the Cretaceous challenge the long-held view that primitive mammals were small and uninteresting. Have palaeontologists been asking the wrong questions?
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687