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Omnivorous dinosaur discovered

By T.K. Randall
February 21, 2009 · Comment icon 6 comments

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In a remarkable discovery scientists have found what appears to be the fossil remains of an omnivorous dinosaur in Argentina, meaning that it would have eaten both plant matter and meat. The new find is thought to represent a missing link between carnivorous dinosaurs and large four-footed herbivores.
Scientists have found fossil remains of an omnivorous dinosaur in Argentina -- a missing link to the carnivores, a researcher said Monday. "It is an omnivore -- in other words it ate everything (plants and meat) -- which is the missing link between carnivorous dinosaurs and giant four-footed herbivores," said Oscar Alcober, also director of the Natural Sciences Museum in San Juan, 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) west of Buenos Aires."


Source: PhysOrg.com | Comments (6)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by danielost 15 years ago
why couldn't this animal have come after the carnivores. we did. bears did.
Comment icon #2 Posted by Mattshark 15 years ago
why couldn't this animal have come after the carnivores. we did. bears did. Because the earliest dinosaurs where not herbivorous. Bears are true carnivores btw. Check out which family they are in
Comment icon #3 Posted by danielost 15 years ago
Because the earliest dinosaurs where not herbivorous. Bears are true carnivores btw. Check out which family they are in Then I guess the grizzly bears at least should stop eating grass and berries as well as caribu.
Comment icon #4 Posted by Mattshark 15 years ago
Then I guess the grizzly bears at least should stop eating grass and berries as well as caribu. It is just the family name, look at the other members. Feliforms - cats, hyaena, mongoose, civet. Caniforms - dogs, bears, mustelids, racoons.
Comment icon #5 Posted by J.B. 15 years ago
This story didn't tell us very much, just that an omnivore has been foound, that it may be a missing link, and that Argentina is home to the fossils of the largest dinosaurs ever found. . . I would like at least a name for the new dino, please. lol
Comment icon #6 Posted by ravergirl 15 years ago
This story didn't tell us very much, just that an omnivore has been foound, that it may be a missing link, and that Argentina is home to the fossils of the largest dinosaurs ever found. . . I would like at least a name for the new dino, please. lol Omnivorisaurus


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