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Ingenia yanshini, skull

Description

Ingenia yanshini, skull, cast of fossil. Mongolia, Late Cretaceous, 76 - 67 million years ago.

Photographer:
Robert Jones
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© Australian Museum

Additional information

Oviraptorosaurs like Ingenia were meat-eaters with no teeth. They had relatively large heads with short, deep beaks and jaw muscles powerful enough to crush bones. They may also have eaten plants, molluscs and eggs.

Last Updated: 3 September 2009

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