Stephen F. Poropat

2 weeks ago | zmescience.com | Stephen F. Poropat |Tibi Puiu

Since the late 19th century, sauropod dinosaurs (long-necks like Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus) have been almost universally regarded as herbivores, or plant eaters. However, until recently, no direct evidence – in the form of fossilised gut contents – had been found to support this. I was one of the palaeontologists on a dinosaur dig in outback Queensland, Australia, that unearthed “Judy”: an exceptional sauropod specimen with the fossilised remains of its last meal in its abdomen.

2 weeks ago | zmescience.com | Tibi Puiu |Stephen F. Poropat

Sauropods were the largest land-living animals of all time. Finding the traces of a sauropod’s last meal is nothing short...

Aug 20, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Alex I Holman |Stephen F. Poropat |Paul Greenwood |WA Organic

1 INTRODUCTION The world-renowned Lower Devonian (~407 Ma) Rhynie Chert of the Dryden Flags Formation of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, is host to a myriad of exceptionally well-preserved fossils, including bacteria, algae, plants, fungi, lichens, amoebae, arthropods, and nematodes (Garwood et al., 2020; Trewin & Kerp, 2017).