Strange beaked 'hell chicken' is the first fruit-eating dinosaur
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"Strange beaked 'hell chicken' is the first fruit-eating dinosaur" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Popular Science, EurekAlert!, The Times of India and Inshorts. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (5)
- ‘Hell chicken’ dinosaur likely dined on fruit, not meat Popular Science · 15h ago
- Rare fossil discovery reveals new dinosaur species that were specialized fruit-eaters EurekAlert! · 15h ago
- A newly identified bird-like dinosaur from the Cretaceous period may be the first known dinosaur specialised in fruit eating; researchers studied its chewing muscles to reconstruct a diet that differs from the meat and plant foods usually associated with The Times of India · 15h ago
- Scientists identify first known fruit-eating dinosaur | The fossils were found in the US Inshorts · 15h ago
- Strange beaked 'hell chicken' is the first fruit-eating dinosaur Reuters · 15h ago
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