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The shifts in local climates most likely allowed herbivorous dinosaurs to grow bigger and more plentiful.
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
But as climate shifts increased the diversity of plants and flowers, herbivorous dinosaurs grew larger and more prevalent.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
While manatees are herbivorous and pose no threat to humans, other species in the Everglades are not so harmless.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
But as climate shifts increased the diversity of plants and flowers, herbivorous dinosaurs grew larger and more prevalent.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
While manatees are herbivorous and pose no threat to humans, other species in the Everglades are not so harmless.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Herbivorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herbivorous. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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