fossil discovered with its last meal

[trottigy]

First tyrannosaur fossil discovered with its last meal perfectly preserved in its stomach (msn.com)

 

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The tyrannosaur in question, a young Gorgosaurus libratus, would have weighed about 772 pounds (350 kilograms) — less than a horse — and reached 13 feet (4 meters) in length at the time of death.

 

“Its last and second-to-last meal were these little birdlike dinosaurs, Citipes, and the tyrannosaur actually only ate the hind limbs of each of these prey items. There’s really no other skeletal remains of these predators within the stomach cavity. It’s just the hind legs.

 

“It must have killed … both of these Citipes at different times and then ripped off the hind legs and ate those and left the rest of the carcasses,” she added. “Obviously this teenager had an appetite for drumsticks.”

 

Some dinosaurs were meat eaters - according to the fossil record.

Edited December 8, 2023 by trottigy

[Hope]

11 minutes ago, trottigy said:

First tyrannosaur fossil discovered with its last meal perfectly preserved in its stomach (msn.com)

 

 

Some dinosaurs were meat eaters - according to the fossil record.

 

Of course they were.  Look at those teeth!!!

[Tortuga]

Maybe his mom made him share with his brothers ...🤣

[trottigy]

You cut them in half and your brother gets to pick which half first! 

 

And he got the half with the butt 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 9, 2023 by trottigy

[Tortuga]

They may have been slow moving flying creatures and all he got was their legs as they flew away..

I had a cat that would get grasshopper legs sometimes...

[CHecker]

...I'll take the dark meat please 😅

[Brother_Bliss]

I suspect predation always existed.