Was the sauropod dinosaurs' large size due to plant food? Scientists argue old idea still has legs
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 20:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The long necked sauropod dinosaurs were the largest land animals ever to walk the Earth – but why were they so large? A decade ago a team of plant ecologists from South Africa suggested that this was due to the nature of the plant food they ate, however these ideas have fallen out of favour with many dinosaur researchers. Now experts argue that this idea still has legs.