Feces, vomit and fossilized food from inside stomachs have provided new clues into how dinosaurs rose to dominate Earth, a new study revealed on Wednesday.

The way the dinosaurs relinquished their long dominance is well known. An asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, triggering a horrific mass extinction. But the way the dinosaurs - modest creatures initially - came to supremacy is less well understood.

A study recently published in the journal Nature sheds new light on how dinosaurs rose to dominance during the Triassic Period, around 200 million years ago. The research team, led by Dr. Martin Qvarnström,

Studying bromalites helped paleontologists piece together how the reptiles came to rule a part of the prehistoric world.

Using fossilized feces and vomit samples from Poland, scientists have reconstructed how dinosaurs came to dominate the Earth millions of years ago. Researchers aren't sure whether dinosaurs' rise over the course of 30 million years happened because of luck,

Fossilized droppings from the Triassic and Jurassic are revealing the diets of some dinosaurs—including a surprising taste for charcoal.

A study of fossilized feces and vomit attempts to piece together why dinosaurs were so evolutionarily successful.

Scientists studied trace fossils called bromalites to reconstruct critical food webs in late Triassic, early Jurassic.

The research has shed light on the emergence of large dinosaurs and their geographic spread, as well as the role of environmental changes in their evolution.

When the Earth's climate changed millions of years ago, dinosaurs were more adaptable to new food sources than their picky non-dinosaur neighbors, researchers say.