#Paleontologists discover #fossil #birds with teeth had #seeds in their stomachs, indicating that they ate fruit
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-paleontologists-fossil-birds-teeth-seeds.html

Direct evidence of #frugivory in the #Mesozoic #bird Longipteryx contradicts morphological proxies for diet: Jingmai O’Connor et al. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)01124-2

"Since #Longipteryx lived in a temperate #climate, it probably wasn't eating #fruits year-round... it had a mixed diet which included things like #insects when fruits weren't available."

Paleontologists discover fossil birds with teeth had seeds in their stomachs, indicating that they ate fruit

For paleontologists who study animals that lived long ago, fossilized remains tell only part of the story of an animal's life. While a well-preserved skeleton can provide hints at what an ancient animal ate or how it moved, irrefutable proof of these behaviors is hard to come by. But sometimes, scientists luck out with extraordinary fossils that preserve something beyond the animal's body.

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