Baby dinosaurs were the backbone of the Jurassic food chain

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Fossils show that baby sauropods were a primary food source for Jurassic predators. Their vulnerability helped fuel carnivores and shaped the evolution of dinosaur ecosystems. Credit: AI/ScienceDaily.com A new study led by a researcher from UCL (University College London) finds that baby and very young sauropods were critical to sustaining predators during the Late Jurassic. Sauropods were long necked, long tailed plant eaters that grew into the largest animals ever to walk on land, yet their

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Baby dinosaurs were the backbone of the Jurassic food chain https://www.sciencedaily.com - 01.02.2026 06:16