It also suggests that herbivory evolved in the crocodile clan on several occasions.

该研究还表明鳄鱼家族的食草性进化了好几次。

What particularly surprised Mr Melstrom and Dr Irmis, though, was the way herbivory mapped onto the crocodile family tree.

让Melstrom和Irmis博士感到特别惊讶的是这种食草性映射在鳄鱼族谱上的方式。

Well, there are some real advantages to herbivory.

好吧，食草动物有一些真正的优势。

And the thing that drove this group to herbivory?

是什么驱使这个群体食草？

This would mean that the therizinosaurs went from omnivory to herbivory, and were never carnivorous at all!

这意味着镰刀龙从杂食性转变为食草性，并且根本不是肉食性的！

This growth spurt might have initially occurred because some pelycosaurs were adapting to herbivory.

这种生长突增最初可能是因为一些盘龙正在适应食草动物。

The other fauna at Luoping may have also played a part in pushing Atopodentatus toward herbivory.

罗平的其他动物群也可能在推动异齿龙属食草动物方面发挥了作用。

Or maybe it had other physiological adaptations, like longer intestines for fermentation that helped it get the most out of its food, which is how manatees make herbivory work.

或者它可能有其他生理适应性，比如用于发酵的较长肠道有助于它充分利用食物，这就是海牛让食草动物发挥作用的方式。

But, in spite of how well specialized teeth worked for herbivory, plant-eating would actually lead to the loss of teeth in another vertebrate group: the weird mammal relatives known as dicynodonts.

但是，尽管专门的牙齿对食草动物有多么有效，但食草实际上会导致另一种脊椎动物群体的牙齿脱落：被称为二齿兽类的奇怪哺乳动物亲属。