Theropod dinosaurs - not so carnivorous? New research finds widespread herbivory in bird-like theropod dinosaurs.
Four of the 90-theropod species involved in the study are shown with dietary interpretations. Credit: Dennis Finnin and Roderick Mickens / American Museum of Natural History WASHINGTON: Bird-like dinosaurs long believed to be carnivorous predators were in fact plant lovers, with the notable exception of dedicated hunters such as T. rex, U.S. palaeontologists said. Lindsay Zanno and Peter Makovicky of the Field Museum in Chicago used statistical analysis to concluded that 90 species of theropod dinosaurs ate a plant-based diet, especially among coelurosaurs, the most bird-like dinosaurs.
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