Were vegetarian dinosaurs the reason for the dinosaurs being huge?
Usually Dinosaurs are known for their long and large bodies. They ruled the earth for thousands of years. Some dinosaurs were of normal data-size while some were very huge. In such a situation, this question remained in the minds of scientists for years that how was the data-size of dinosaurs so big, what was the reason behind it. This has been revealed in the recent research done by scientists. Let's find out.
Meanwhile according to this research, carnivorous dinosaurs like T.Rex should thank their vegetarian ancestors for getting their huge data-size. If these vegetarian dinosaurs were not dependent on plants in the forests, then carnivorous dinosaurs would not have become so huge. Researchers believe that the diet of vegetarian dinosaurs helped carnivorous dinosaurs to increase their data-size.
Moreover in fact, researchers have done research on fossil feces and vomit about 230 to 200 million years old, which were about 100 million years before the reign of T.Rex. These fossils gave scientists important information about the diet of dinosaurs. They scanned more than 500 fossils, which included remains ranging from beetles to bones and half-digested fish. This information helps in understanding which animals and insects were present on Earth along with dinosaurs. Researchers created a food web by studying these fossils, which revealed who ate what in the Triassic period and how the food chain developed. This study gives scientists important information about the organisms of that time on Earth, which helps in understanding why dinosaurs took so much time to reach their giant data-size.