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Auburn research has uncovered evidence indicating, contrary to popular belief, theropod dinosaurs had lips that covered their teeth.
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Auburn University’s Thomas Cullen is part of an international collaboration of researchers that has uncovered evidence that, contrary to popular belief, theropod dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor had lips that covered their teeth.
Research is the latest in a long back-and-forth over how dinosaur mouths really looked
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Auburn University’s Thomas Cullen is part of an international collaboration of researchers that has uncovered evidence that, contrary to popular belief, theropod dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor had lips that covered their teeth.
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.