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BBC Newsround Hell Chicken Dinosaur: Fruit-Eating Species Identified

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Infernogallus jamesi, nicknamed 'hell chicken', weighed 12kg and measured 1.5 metres long.

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It is the first dinosaur known to have specialised specifically in eating fruit.

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The toothless creature used specialised jaw muscles and beak ridges to mash soft foods like modern parrots.

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Fossils were uncovered in Montana and North Dakota by researchers from Stony Brook University, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the North Dakota Geological Survey.

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Findings published in the journal Nature reveal greater dietary diversity in the Cretaceous era than previously understood.

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