The food of the ancient reptile is an insect

Until now, the scientific community has not had an exact answer on the type of food of ancient reptile animals.

A leading expert on ancient marine reptiles studying skull fossils.(Artwork: Daily Mail)

However, in the latest issue of British 'Biological Information' magazine, Cape Breton University scientists in Canada said for the first time that traces of insects in the mouth of the chemical were discovered. Ancient reptile animal jelly.

In the announcement, the scientists said that two skull fossils of a reptile in an Oklahoma mountain cave were discovered, especially that scientists have found a trace of a tapered body. Fungus in the mouth of these two fossils.

According to scientists, these two fossils date to about 280 million years. People do not know much about the plant structure of reptile animals at that time.

Some scholars argue that the sharp and sharp teeth characteristics of reptile species are beneficial to them when catching insects, so it is possible that the feed of this reptile animal is an insect, however Scholars think that this is only indirect evidence.

The findings provide direct and convincing scientific evidence to prove that the food of reptile animals is insects.