Dinosaur Bones Reveal Ancient Bug Bites
Monday, May 5, 2008 - 22:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Paleontologists have long been perplexed by dinosaur fossils with missing pieces -- sets of teeth without a jaw bone, bones that are pitted and grooved, even bones that are half gone. Now a Brigham Young University study identifies a culprit: ancient insects that munched on dinosaur bones.