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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Prehistoric fast food: fossil reveals final meal of young tyrannosaur

A painting of Gorgosaurus eating a Citipes
The discovery offers a rare insight into the diet of young tyrannosaurs. Photograph: Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology/Reuters

A remarkable fossil preserving the last meal of a young tyrannosaur has been discovered in Canada, revealing the dinosaur had a taste for prehistoric fast food.

While tyrannosaurs were some of the most fearsome dinosaurs to roam the planet, with adults boasting massive bodies, huge heads and bone-crushing bites, juveniles were rather more puny, with long, skinny legs, blade-like teeth and narrow skulls.

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