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Plant-eating dinosaurs coexisted by munching different vegetation

Some huge sauropods ate ferns while others ate trees, researchers conclude from examining skulls

Camarasaurus, Diplodocus jaws

MIGHTY BITE  Camarasaurus (left) had a more powerful bite than Diplodocus, scientists found when they created 3-D simulations of the skulls (gray) and jaw muscles (other colors).

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By Kate Baggaley

- More than 2 years ago

Two kinds of large herbivorous dinosaurs that lived side by side had skulls that allowed the creatures to specialize in feeding on different plants, researchers report October 8 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.