Fossil Bite Marks Suggest First Evidence of a Small Raptor Feeding on an Apex Predator

University of Alberta researchers find evidence raptor may have fed on apex predator

University of Alberta researchers say bite marks on an Albertosaurus found near Drumheller could be the first evidence of a small raptor feeding on a tyrannosaur.

U of A student’s research discovery sparks conversation on dino dining habits

A (relatively) tiny set of teeth marks has cooked up a couple different theories about the Late Cretaceous dinosaur food chain.

University of Alberta researchers unearth new dinosaur diet discovery

A passerby’s small find has now led to a massive discovery in the world of dinosaurs. A research team at the University of Alberta has found the first instance of raptors eating their distant cousin, the tyrannosaur. “It has three raking tooth marks…” Little tooth marks on the lower jaw of an Albertosaurus. That’s what […]

U of A researchers find evidence raptor may have fed on larger tyrannosaur

Researchers at the University of Alberta have made a “jaw-dropping discovery” that a raptor dinosaur may have dined on a much larger tyrannosaur.

Fossil bite marks suggest first evidence of a small raptor feeding on an apex predator

A prehistoric cold case near Drumheller reveals either a small-time raptor scavenged on an apex predator, or a baby Albertosaurus engaged in a shocking act of cannibalism. These two possible explanations for what happened to an Albertosaurus after its death near Drumheller are wildly divergent.

Did small raptors dine on apex dinos like Albertosaurus? U of A discovery near Drumheller hints at a feast

Millions of years ago, a dinosaur dropped dead near Drumheller. Cause of death unknown. Its death was insignificant; until now.