Fossilized dinosaur feces and vomit help scientists reconstruct the creatures’ rise
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Fossilized dinosaur feces and vomit help scientists reconstruct the creatures’ rise

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Using fossilized feces and vomit samples from Poland, scientists have reconstructed how dinosaurs came to dominate the Earth millions of years ago. Since the study’s findings were limited to Polish fossils, Qvarnström said he’d like to see if their ideas hold steady against fossil records from around the world. It’s not uncommon for scientists to study ancient fecal matter to understand creatures of the past, said Emma Dunne, a paleobiologist at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. “But they hold so much delicate, fine information.” ___ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group.

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Fossil dung reveals clues to the rise of dinosaurs
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Fossil dung reveals clues to the rise of dinosaurs

The Hindu  

An international collaboration has been able to identify undigested food remains, plants and prey in the fossilised faeces of dinosaurs, which helped reconstruct the rise of the dinosaurs to become the dominant players in Earth’s ancient ecosystems. The analyses of hundreds of samples provide clues about the role dinosaurs played in the ecosystem around 200 million years ago. The researchers …

Dinosaur poop reveals how they rose and dominated Earth
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Dinosaur poop reveals how they rose and dominated Earth

India Today  

A new research has shed light on how dinosaurs rose to dominance during the Triassic Period, a time when they were initially overshadowed by other reptiles. Dinosaurs first appeared around 230 million years ago, coexisting with large crocodile relatives and massive herbivores. We analyzed feeding evidence to deduce the ecological role of dinosaurs across their first 30 million years of …

Huge study of fossilised dinosaur poo reveals how beasts came to rule the earth
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Huge study of fossilised dinosaur poo reveals how beasts came to rule the earth

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery This undated photo provided by Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki shows fossilised plant-eating dinosaur …

Fossilized dinosaur feces and vomit help scientists reconstruct the creatures' rise
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Fossilized dinosaur feces and vomit help scientists reconstruct the creatures' rise

Hindustan Times  

NEW YORK — Using fossilized feces and vomit samples from Poland, scientists have reconstructed how dinosaurs came to dominate the Earth millions of years ago. But they came away knowing this: “It was not a sudden thing,” said study co-author Martin Qvarnström from Uppsala University. The new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, analyzed hundreds of dino droppings to …

Dinosaur dung study reveals how giant beasts came to dominate planet
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Dinosaur dung study reveals how giant beasts came to dominate planet

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Researchers found undigested remains of food, plants and prey, in the samples of fossilised faeces, …

Fossilized poop reveals secrets of how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth
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Fossilized poop reveals secrets of how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — The earliest dinosaurs were unremarkable, bit players on a supercontinent crowded with other ancient reptiles when they first evolved around 230 million years ago. Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki Revelations from ancient poop In some cases, it was possible to make a visual assessment of what type of dinosaur was responsible for a …

Over 500 fossilized poops show how dinosaurs came to rule the Earth
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Over 500 fossilized poops show how dinosaurs came to rule the Earth

NPR  

Over 500 fossilized poops show how dinosaurs came to rule the Earth toggle caption Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki Researchers have conducted what could be the largest study ever of dinosaur poop. "The first dinosaur ancestors were opportunistic," says Martin Qvarnström, a paleontologist at Uppsala University in Sweden, who led the study. "We know a lot about the life and extinction of the …

UK Scientists Discover the Oldest Meat-eating Dinosaur Species in Wales
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UK Scientists Discover the Oldest Meat-eating Dinosaur Species in Wales

News 18  

Scientists in England have discovered a fossil of an ancient carnivorous dinosaur which is one of the oldest meat-eating species. Pendraig translates to “chief dragon” in middle Welsh and milnerae honours the late Angela Milner, who was a revered member of the Natural History Museum’s dinosaur gallery and a researcher. A team of five researchers from the UK’s Natural History …

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