Scientists announced on Friday that prey has been found inside the stomach of a tyrannosaur skeleton for the first time, revealing that these mighty dinosaurs had a taste for drumsticks when they were young.
The Gorgosaurus, which translates to “dreadful lizard,” was approximately six years old when it perished over 75 million years ago, as stated in a recent study published in the journal Science Advances.
In 2009, the fossil was unearthed at the Dinosaur Provincial Park, located east of Calgary in Canada. However, upon bringing the skeleton back to the laboratory, the scientists made an intriguing discovery.
Lead author of the study, Francois Therrien from the Royal Tyrrell Museum, told AFP that they were astounded to find “the remains of the last meal of this young tyrannosaur still preserved in place.”
What surprised them the most was that the small leg bones protruding from the tyrannosaur’s ribcage belonged to two young, bird-like dinosaurs known as Citipes.
2023-12-09 08:41:03
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