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  "id": 18505021,
  "title": "Fossil Footprints in Brazil Hint at a Cougar-Size Mammal That Walked Among Dinosaurs. It's Another Sign That Some Early Beasts Grew to Impressive Sizes After All",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/fossil-footprints-in-brazil-hint-at-a-cougar-size-mammal-that-walked",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-06T12:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/fossil-footprints-in-brazil-hint-at-a-cougar-size-mammal-that-walked-among-dinosaurs-its-another-sign-that-some-early-beasts-grew-to-impressive-sizes-after-all-180989815/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Don’t think of all Mesozoic mammals as meek and tiny—alongside the terrible lizards, some were giants in their own right",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}