But this one is adorable.
h/t to the ever edifying Mentarch
Cronopio dentiacutus
The little creature was probably less than 6 inches (15 cms) long and shared similar characteristics with the saber-toothed squirrel in the "Ice Age" movies. But Cronopio likely ate insects, not the nuts that drive the animated character "Scrat" so crazy, and was a dryolestoid, an extinct group more like today's marsupials than squirrels, the scientists said.
Cronopio dentiacutus had extremely long teeth, a narrow snout and large eye sockets, meaning it probably moved around at night to be able to survive among huge carnivorous beasts in the late Cretaceous period.
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