Dinosaur teeth reveal some were picky eaters

Calcium in fossilized dino teeth determined the animals’ diets

An illustration of dinosaurs

An analysis of tooth enamel from animals that roamed the western United States about 150 million years ago, including (from left) Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, a herd of Diplodocus and two Camptosaurus, suggests the species all ate different parts of plants or animals to coexist.

Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger, National Park Service

Some dinosaurs were fussy eaters.