Infernogallus: First Fruit-Eating Dinosaur Found in Hell Creek
8 Articles
8 Articles
Fruit-eating dinosaur Infernogallus jamesi ID'd for first time by research team with Stony Brook paleontologist
Researchers believe that although Infernogallus jamesi was a relative of the carnivorous Tyrannosaurus rex, this new birdlike dinosaur species subsisted only on fruit.
▶ Infernogallus jamesi, which lived at the end of the Cretaceous period, is the first known dinosaur species with specialized adaptations for eating fruit. A remarkable discovery in the United States brings new evidence about the dietary habits of dinosaurs, as scientists have identified fossils of a species that appears to have adapted to eating fruit. The dinosaur, […]
Stony Brook and the Royal Ontario Museum describe Infernogallus jamesi, the first known frugivorous dinosaur: his jaw was made to crush fruit. The entry Stony Brook describes Infernogallus jamesi, the first frugivorous dinosaur in history aparece primero en Merca2.
An almost complete skull found in the Hell Creek Formation revealed the Infernogallus jamesi, a dinosaur of about 12 kilos that crushed fruits with a lump 66 million years ago. The jaw moved forward and backward, a rare mechanism between dinosaurs.
Metrópoles
gazetaweb.comA species the size of a turkey had muscles adapted to crush fruit and may have helped spread seeds in the Cretaceous period
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 100% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
