Science Magazine(@ScienceMagazine):About 130 million years ago the first flowering plants emerged, eventually bearing a dazzling array of fruits that would grow alongside the dinosaurs. But researchers have long questioned whether dinosaurs ever made these earliest fruits a main course. Now, a toothless, turkey-size oddity with a parrotlike beak may be the first known dinosaur frugivore. Researchers report a newly discovered dinosaur that lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops named Infernogallus jamesi—meaning “hell chicken”—that was fully adapted to a fruit-based diet. The anatomy bears a striking resemblance to modern parrots, the authors say. Learn more: https://t.co/LJhKmZuPif @NewsfromScience

2026.10.30 21:53

About 130 million years ago the first flowering plants emerged, eventually bearing a dazzling array of fruits that would grow alongside the dinosaurs. But researchers have long questioned whether dinosaurs ever made these earliest fruits a main course. Now, a toothless, turkey-size oddity with a parrotlike beak may be the first known dinosaur frugivore. Researchers report a newly discovered dinosaur that lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops named Infernogallus jamesi—meaning “hell chicken”—that was fully adapted to a fruit-based diet. The anatomy bears a striking resemblance to modern parrots, the authors say. Learn more: @NewsfromScience