The new dinosaur species, Infernogallus jamesi, is the first known to have specialized in eating fruit.

Rare fossil discovery reveals new dinosaur species that specialized in eating fruit. The discovery by paleontologists from Stony Brook University, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the North Dakota Geological Survey reveals that a new species, Infernogallus jamesi—a type of small oviraptorosaur—had chewing muscles for mashing soft food, making it the first known dinosaur that specifically ate fruit. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-rare-fossil-discovery-reveals-dinosaur.html

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