Daily Dino Fact: Picky Eaters?
Coprolite (Yes, it is what you think it is - look it up!!)
You dinos have my brain in overdrive with your great questions! Today’s question comes from Shadowflyer:
Were there ever any omnivorous dinosaurs?
There probably were omnivorous dinos (they ate both meat and plants), but there isn’t any conclusive proof. We can get an idea of what dinos ate from their teeth, fossilized stomach remains, and fossilized poop (coprolite). Carnivores generally have teeth made for biting and ripping, herbivores have teeth designed for grinding and chewing. When we see dinos with a combination of types of teeth, it could indicate that they were omnivores.
Some examples of omnivores are Ornithomimus and Oviraptor, which ate plants, eggs, insects, etc. Also, most herbivores are “accidental omnivores” because when they eat plants, they accidentally ingest many insects and other small animals.
Never stop learning!
ModCeno
Tags: carnivores, coprolite, Dinosaurs, herbivores, omnivores, poop, teeth, webosaurs
February 12th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Ok I have a new question!
Did dinosaur have genders(male, female) like humans? Or were they reffered to as “it”?
~Screechie
February 12th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
ZOMG I DIDNT EVEN GET TO FINISH OR TELL A JOKE AT MY FIRST COMEDY NIGHT
oh i got a question for daily dino fact.
Do any fossils relate to animals?
February 12th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
I’m omnivorous in real life!
February 12th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
While on the subject of picky eaters…
Were any dinosaurs cannibalistic?
February 13th, 2010 at 8:05 am
unicornasuar i have your answer… YES THEY WERE BECAUSE THE T REX IS A SCAVENGER SO THEY ARE CALLED CANNIBALS OF CRETACEOUS ERA
February 13th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
I have a question: What was the biggest animal of the Triassic period?
February 13th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
I has a question! T Rex was supposed to be the biggest meat eating dinosaur that ever lived. Was it really? Or was it something else?
June 2nd, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Yep-like every mammal on eearth and non-mammal (except angiosperms) are sperated into diffrent geders.