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Tyrannosaurus rex might not have been puckering up for a good ol' snog, but the dinosaur's teeth were not exposed like a 'gator's; instead, they protected behind a pair of lizardy lips.

New findings from a team of scientists, including one from BC, shows that dinosaurs like T-Rex probably didn't have exposed teeth.

An international team of paleontologists has found evidence that may change the modern understanding of the Tyrannosaurus rex and velociraptor.

An intriguing new study paints a decidedly different picture of how some predatory dinosaurs, like the iconic Tyrannosaurus Rex, may have looked as it suggests that the monstrous creatures sported lips similar to those of lizards.

‘For a long time, researchers have suggested that theropod dinosaurs had exposed teeth, like crocodiles; this has become the pervasive depiction of predatory dinosaurs in films.’

Palaeontologists have given one of the most famous dinosaurs a makeover, proposing that the Tyrannosaurus or the T-rex did not sport ferocious, protruding chompers but rather proportionally sized...

A new study suggests that predatory dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, did not have permanently exposed teeth as depicted in films such as Jurassic Park, but instead had scaly, lizard-like lips covering and sealing their mouths.

This study also applies to other theropod dinosaurs such as the velociraptor.

New study suggests popular depictions of Tyrannosaurus rex, velociraptors are wrong

New study suggests popular depictions of Tyrannosaurus rex, velociraptors are wrong