Fossil discovery sheds light on dinosaur eating habits

11/6/2025 12:42

Australian and international researchers have, for the first time, uncovered the fossilized stomach contents of a sauropod dinosaur, unveiling the feeding habits of these prehistoric giants.



According to a release from the Western Australia-based university on Tuesday, the Curtin University-led research team detailed the last meal of a 95-million-year-old Diamantinasaurus matildae specimen, nicknamed "Judy," discovered and excavated in 2017 near Winton, Australia.



According to the findings published in Current Biology, analysis of Judy's stomach contents revealed a varied diet of conifers, seed ferns, and flowering plants, indicating that sauropods fed on diverse vegetation at different heights, an adaptability that likely contributed to their long-term evolutionary success over 130 million years.