Bizarre Fruit-Eating “Hell Chicken” Suggests Dinosaurs Played a Role in Flowering Plant Evolution

Paleontologists described a new caenagnathid dinosaur, Infernogallus, from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. About turkey-sized, it had a unique jaw that allowed side‑to‑side chewing of fruit, indicating specialized fruit feeding and suggesting dinosaurs may have influenced the evolution of flowering plants.

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