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For example, the team found that the contents of coprolites from the first large herbivorous dinosaurs, the sauropodomorphs, contained large quantities of tree ferns but also many other types of plants and charcoal.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
The biggest difference is between herbivorous species, like carp and tilapia with a FIFO ratio up to 0.83 at the upper bound of the adjusted model, and carnivorous species like salmon and trout, with a FIFO ratio up to 5.57 — a near sevenfold gap.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Dicynodonts were herbivorous animals characterized by turtle-like beaks and walrus-like tusks.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 19 Sep. 2024
This global wetting led to another profound disappearance of many species, particularly of herbivorous reptiles that had adapted to arid conditions.
—Leigh Phillips, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
The biggest difference is between herbivorous species, like carp and tilapia with a FIFO ratio up to 0.83 at the upper bound of the adjusted model, and carnivorous species like salmon and trout, with a FIFO ratio up to 5.57 — a near sevenfold gap.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Dicynodonts were herbivorous animals characterized by turtle-like beaks and walrus-like tusks.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 19 Sep. 2024
This global wetting led to another profound disappearance of many species, particularly of herbivorous reptiles that had adapted to arid conditions.
—Leigh Phillips, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024
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“Herbivorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herbivorous. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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