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| Fossilised dung proves that dinosaurs ate grass Kate Ravilious Friday November 18, 2005 The Guardian Scientists raking through some 65m-year-old Indian dinosaur dung have found the first definite proof that dinosaurs ate grass. Caroline Strömberg, from the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, led a team that found distinctive silica structures called phytoliths in fossilised sauropod dung, which can only have come from grass. The results, published in the journal Science today, show that the dinosaur had dined on five different species of grass, as well as munching its way through conifers and palms. All five species of grass are found growing worldwide today. Gumby | ||||||||
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