Thursday, March 30, 2023

T. Rex

 NY Times: Imagine T. Rex. Now Imagine It With Lips. The apex dinosaur’s terrifying teeth were sheathed in lip-like tissue, some paleontologists say. Imagine them more akin to Komodo dragons than crocodiles. By Jack Tamisiea

Lipless crocodilians, for example, wear down teeth at an accelerated pace — an American alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in its lifetime. In contrast, Tyrannosaurs and other theropods tended to hang onto their teeth much longer. 

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