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Evolution: The Two Faces of Plant-Eating Dinosaurs

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Plant-eating dinosaurs evolved varied feeding strategies. A new study demonstrates convergent evolution of their skulls and teeth towards two distinct functional optima, one resembling advanced mammalian herbivory and the other… Click to show full abstract

Plant-eating dinosaurs evolved varied feeding strategies. A new study demonstrates convergent evolution of their skulls and teeth towards two distinct functional optima, one resembling advanced mammalian herbivory and the other echoing herbivory in birds and other reptiles.

Keywords: plant eating; two faces; evolution two; eating dinosaurs

Journal Title: Current Biology
Year Published: 2020

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