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Published online 17 November 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news051114-13
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Dinosaurs munched on grassy snacks
Dino droppings show that grass evolved earlier than thought.
Some piles of fossilized dinosaur dung in India have revealed a surprising fact: some dinosaurs ate grass.
Although grasses are dominant in habitats across the world today, they weren't thought to exist until some ten million years after the age of dinosaurs had ended.
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