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Reportedly, the site reveals a densely populated environment where this predator lived alongside freshwater sharks, bony fish, turtles, and crocodiles, as well as massive herbivores like sauropods and iguanodontians.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
First, wolves ate more medium-sized herbivores.
—Alex Jensen, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
Sauropods were known to travel in herds, as do many types of large modern herbivores.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Their spectrum still ranges from pure carnivores to pure herbivores, with most bears today being omnivores.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
First, wolves ate more medium-sized herbivores.
—Alex Jensen, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
Sauropods were known to travel in herds, as do many types of large modern herbivores.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Their spectrum still ranges from pure carnivores to pure herbivores, with most bears today being omnivores.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Herbivore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herbivore. Accessed 4 Jan. 2026.
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herbivore
noun
her·bi·vore
ˈ(h)ər-bə-ˌvō(ə)r 
-ˌvȯ(ə)r
: a plant-eating animal
Medical Definition
herbivore
noun
her·bi·vore
ˈ(h)ər-bə-ˌvō(ə)r
-ˌvȯ(ə)r
-ˌvȯ(ə)r
: a plant-eating animal
especially
: ungulate
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