Fossilized Gut Contents Reveal Sauropod Dinosaur's Last Meal and Vegetarian Diet
TL;DR
A well-preserved sauropod dinosaur named Judy was discovered in Australia with fossilized remains of its last meal, providing direct evidence that these long-necked dinosaurs were herbivores that ate a variety of plants, including conifers, seed ferns, and flowering plants, and shedding light on their feeding habits and diet changes during growth.
- Saurpod Dinosaur’s Last Meal Perfectly Preserved for 95 Million Years Shows What They Really Ate ZME Science
- First Fossil Proof Found That Long-Necked Dinosaurs Were Vegetarians The New York Times
- We’ve Found Sauropod Stomach Contents For The First Time, Revealing They Had Terrible Manners IFLScience
- Long-necked dinosaur found with its last meal still inside Science | AAAS
- Paleontologists Find Fossilized Gut Contents of Sauropod Dinosaur Sci.News
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