Dinosaur Discovery Reveals a Specialized Fruit Eater
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<img src="https://www.newswise.com/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.newswise.com/pio/articles/857468/6ae13d40d1fa6_Hell_chicken_857468.jpg&width=100&height=150" alt="Newswise image" />A new dinosaur discovery by an international team of paleontologists from Stony Brook University, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), and the North Dakota Geological Survey reveals a new species, Infernogallus jamesi - a type of small bird-like, bipedal dinosaur (oviraptorosaur) that had chewing muscles for mashing soft food, making it the first known dinosaur that specifically ate fruit.
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