Word: psittacosaur
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After they did, however, it didn't take them long to realize they had struck scientific gold. "The teeth showed that [the animal's last meal] was a dinosaur, not a mammal," says Hu. On closer examination, the scientists determined that the remains were those of a juvenile psittacosaur, a herbivore known to inhabit the region. Some of the arm and leg bones were still attached to each other, suggesting that R. robustus didn't chew its food thoroughly but wolfed it down in large chunks...
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