A Juvenile <em>T. rex</em> Munching on the Tail of a Dead <em>Edmontosaurus</em> (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

A Juvenile <em>T. rex</em> Munching on the Tail of a Dead <em>Edmontosaurus</em>

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An artist's depiction of a young Tyrannosaurus rex, about 13 years old, chewing on the tail of an Edmontosaurus, a plant-eating, duckbill dinosaur of the late Cretaceous Period. The teeth punctures left in the bone, which the youngster probably scavenged, allowed scientists to estimate the bite force that juvenile tyrannosaurs could exert.

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Sketch by Brian Engh, http://dontmesswithdinosaurs.com/

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