Tyrannosaurus fossil found with final meals in its stomach
A tyrannosaurus fossil is helping scientists learn more about the giant carnivore’s diet — because for the first time its last meals were found embedded in the fossil.
Researchers looked at the fossil of a gorgosaurus libratus — part of the tyrannosaurid group that includes the T. rex — and found two preserved hind limbs that did not belong to the dinosaur. The limbs were those of yearling caenagnathid dinosaurs, found inside the tyrannosaurus’ abdominal cavity.
The dinosaur dismembered and ate the two other creatures at two different times, providing evidence about young tyrannosaurids’ diets, according to the study, published in Science Advances.
Caitlin O’Kane
Source: cbsnews.com