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Stephen Poropat, Research Associate, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University

For the first time, fossil stomach contents of a sauropod dinosaur reveal what they really ate

Artist's reconstruction of Judy. Travis Tischler

Since the late 19th century, sauropod dinosaurs (long-necks like Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus) have been almost universally regarded as herbivores, or plant eaters.

However, until recently, no direct evidence – in the form of fossilised gut contents – had been found to support this.

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