Generalist diet of Microraptor zhaoianus included mammals

[Faelrin]

First fossilized evidence of Microraptor with mammalian prey in its gut content (I'm able to read the paper, so not paywalled for the time being). Specifically the holotype specimen of M. zhaoianus:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2022.2144337

And another article on the subject:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fossil-dinosaur-eating-mammal-very-rare-discovery/

Some images from the paper:




For more papers featuring Microraptor (and others) as of late, see this thread:

https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=10601.0

[Sim]

I had previously read about Microraptor having had a mammal meal, I guess this is that published.  An interesting find of this paper is that Microraptor had a relatively strong bite.

[Halichoeres]

Nice, support for Sean Cooper's model of Microraptor hunting Eomaia.