Plant-eating dinosaurs had varied eating styles, skull analysis suggests

Plant-eating dinosaurs may have evolved to have different ways of eating their food despite having a similar diet, research suggests (David Button/Natural History Museum/PA)

Plant-eating dinosaurs may have evolved to have different ways of eating their food despite having a similar diet, research suggests.

An analysis of skull specimens by UK scientists indicates that the first known herbivorous dinosaurs had a “surprising variation in eating styles” as a result of having different jaw muscles and biting actions.