Aracoaraichnium mammaliform animal with prey, illustration

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Illustration of a Aracoaraichnium mammaliform animal carrying its prey at night in the Botucatu Desert, in what is now Brazil, during the Early Cretaceous (145-100 million years ago). In the foreground is a Paleohelcura, an extinct insect. Both animals are only known from their fossilised footprints.

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Photo credit: © JULIA D'OLIVEIRA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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