Analysis shows ‘earliest members of two main veggie dinosaur lineages were not exclusively herbivorous’
With its huge feet, long neck and penchant for plants, the diplodocus may be one of history’s biggest vegetarians. But research has revealed the sauropod’s ancestors may have had a taste for flesh.
“The earliest members of the two main veggie dinosaur lineages were not exclusively herbivorous,” he said.Ngwevu intlokoan early “bird-hipped” dinosaur“Teeth can give good clues about what an animal eats because they are our tools to break down food,” said Ballell. The early dietary diversity of dinosaurs was fundamental in their rise and later dominance, allowing them to adapt to changing climates and food resources, wrote the researchers.
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