First known specialized fruit-eating dinosaur named ‘Hell Chicken’ that chewed like a parrot

Paleontologists led by Stony Brook University identified Infernogallus jamesi, a 5‑foot, 12‑kg caenagnathid dinosaur from the Hell Creek Formation, as the first known fruit‑eating dinosaur. The species, nicknamed “Hell Chicken,” lived alongside T. rex and was described in Nature Communications on October 10, 2026.

Source: First known specialized fruit-eating dinosaur named ‘Hell Chicken’ that chewed like a parrot — The Economic Times

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