Did T Rex Eat Bones?

Scientists have long known that T. rex ate bones, as indicated by the fragments found in fossilized dinosaur dung. Bones, particularly the yolk-like marrow inside, are rich in nutrients.

Did dinosaurs eat bones?

Direct evidence of large predatory dinosaurs actively biting bone in order to consume it, like traces readily seen in the later mammal fossil record, is all but absent. That large theropods ingested some bones is a certainty, though.

What kind of food did T. rex eat?

T. rex was a huge carnivore and primarily ate herbivorous dinosaurs, including Edmontosaurus and Triceratops. The predator acquired its food through scavenging and hunting, grew incredibly fast and ate hundreds of pounds at a time, said University of Kansas paleontologist David Burnham.