What fossilized dino feces can tell us about their rise to dominance
Paleontologists have long puzzled over how the dinosaurs—originally relatively small and of minor importance to the broader ecosystem—evolved to become the dominant species some 30 million years later. Fossilized feces and vomit from dinosaurs might hold important clues to how and why this evolutionary milestone came about, according to a new paper published in the […]
November 27, 2024 | coprolites, dinosaurs, evolutionary biology, food webs, fossilized feces, Jurassic, paleontology, Science, Triassic | No comments