Tyrannosaur's Last Meal: Baby Dino Drumsticks Discovered in Preserved Stomach
Paleontologists have discovered a fossil of a young tyrannosaurid with the hindlimbs of two baby dinosaurs in its stomach, providing insights into the predation strategy of carnivorous theropods. The fossil is the first example of in-situ stomach contents in a tyrannosaur, shedding light on the diet of young tyrannosaurs. The researchers suggest that juvenile tyrannosaurs may have occupied a different ecological niche, feeding on smaller prey while larger carnivorous dinosaurs hunted larger animals. This finding offers a unique glimpse into the macabre reality of life in the Cretaceous Period and how different tyrannosaurids coexisted in their environments.