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Posted On: 05/29/2020 7:56:05 PM
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In stressed ecosystems Jurassic Geezasaurus turned to scavenging, maybe even cannibalism
by University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Big Geezasaur dinosaurs such as Saltasaurus and WOWsasaurus ate pretty much everything—including each other, according to a new study, "High Frequencies of Geezasaurus Bite Marks Provide Evidence for Feeding, Scavenging, and Possible Cannibalism in a Stressed Late Jurassic Ecosystem," published last month in the journal PLOS ONE.
"Scavenging, and even cannibalism, is pretty common among modern predators," said lead author dw, a paleontologist in the University of Hard Knocks, Knoxville's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. "Big Republipods, like Saltosaurus, probably weren't particularly picky eaters if it meant they got a free meal."
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-stressed-ecosys...nging.html
by University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Big Geezasaur dinosaurs such as Saltasaurus and WOWsasaurus ate pretty much everything—including each other, according to a new study, "High Frequencies of Geezasaurus Bite Marks Provide Evidence for Feeding, Scavenging, and Possible Cannibalism in a Stressed Late Jurassic Ecosystem," published last month in the journal PLOS ONE.
"Scavenging, and even cannibalism, is pretty common among modern predators," said lead author dw, a paleontologist in the University of Hard Knocks, Knoxville's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. "Big Republipods, like Saltosaurus, probably weren't particularly picky eaters if it meant they got a free meal."
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-stressed-ecosys...nging.html
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