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Gobi Desert yield new species of nut-cracking dinosaur

The skull of Psittacosaurus gobiensis presents the first solid evidence of nut-eating in any dinosaur (c) Chicago Media Initiatives Group

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Gobi Desert yield new species of nut-cracking dinosaur
— 18 June 2009 13:46 GMT | Geology and palaeontology

Plants or meat: That's about all that fossils ever tell palaeontologists about a dinosaur's diet. But the skull characteristics of a new species of parrot-beaked dinosaur and its associated gizzard stones indicate that the animal fed on nuts and/or seeds. These characteristics present the first solid evidence of nut-eating in any dinosaur…