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Recent Examples of herbivorous
Climate change toward the end of the Triassic provided a new glut of food that herbivorous dinosaurs, such as the ancestors of Apatosaurus, began to dine on.
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
Despite being completely herbivorous, wombats are built like predators.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Triceratops is a large, herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (100.5-66 million years ago).
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
The shifts in local climates most likely allowed herbivorous dinosaurs to grow bigger and more plentiful.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
Despite being completely herbivorous, wombats are built like predators.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Triceratops is a large, herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (100.5-66 million years ago).
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
The shifts in local climates most likely allowed herbivorous dinosaurs to grow bigger and more plentiful.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Herbivorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herbivorous. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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