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Newly identified bird-like dinosaur may have been a fruit eater

Scientists have described a small bird-like dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, named Infernogallus jamesi, that may be the first known dinosaur specialised in eating fruit. The study, published in Nature Communications, reconstructed the arrangement of its skull and chewing muscles to infer a diet unlike the meat or tough plant matter usually linked with dinosaurs.

Newly identified bird-like dinosaur may have been a fruit eater

This summary is based on reporting by Times of India.

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