Dinosaurs consumed a wide variety of foods, even preying on one another, yet fruit appeared to be entirely missing from their diets. Now, researchers have identified fossils of a toothless, turkey-sized creature with a parrot-like skull that possessed distinct anatomical traits suited specifically for eating fruit.

The species, named Infernogallus jamesi, marks the first documented frugivorous dinosaur. Existing approximately 66 million years ago near the end of the Cretaceous Period, its beak and jaw structures were specifically built to crush soft vegetation and fruits.…