Insights into Tyrannosaur Diets: Fossil Reveals Final Meals and Changing Preferences
A tyrannosaurus fossil has provided scientists with new insights into the carnivore's diet. The fossil of a gorgosaurus libratus, part of the tyrannosaurid group that includes the T. rex, contained the preserved hind limbs of two yearling caenagnathid dinosaurs inside its abdominal cavity. This discovery suggests that young tyrannosaurids may have hunted small dinosaurs until they grew bigger and began to feed on larger prey. The findings also indicate that tyrannosaurids played both mesopredator and apex predator roles in their lifetime, contributing to their evolutionary success.
