Thursday 22 December 2016

No teeth? No problem -- dinosaur species had teeth as babies, lost them as they grew

(George Washington University) Researchers have discovered that a species of dinosaur, Limusaurus inextricabilis, lost its teeth in adolescence and did not grow another set as adults. The finding, published today in Current Biology, is a radical change in anatomy during a lifespan and may help to explain why birds have beaks but no teeth.

from EurekAlert! - Archaeology http://ift.tt/2i5OD7T

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