Nicholas Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 ScienceDaily (June 17, 2009) — Plants or meat: That's about all that fossils ever tell paleontologists about a dinosaur's diet. But the skull characteristics of a new species of parrot-beaked dinosaur and its associated gizzard stones indicate that the animal fed on nuts and/or seeds. These characteristics present the first solid evidence of nut-eating in any dinosaur. Find the article HERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Interesting article, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 "Polly wants a finger!" Another scientist maintaining that "birds are descended from dinosaurs"; an idea that I think has a small germ of truth but is a vast oversimplification of the evolutionary relationship. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 But didn't this dinosaur evolve into a squirrel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 National Geographic's take on the find. Pictures and Video! Find them here:Nat Geo Pictures and Video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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