Adult tyrannosaurid teeth (Teratophoneus curriei) at the Natural History Museum of Utah. (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Adult tyrannosaurid teeth (Teratophoneus curriei) at the Natural History Museum of Utah.

Caption

Blue silicon was carefully excreted from a tube onto the teeth and left to dry for a few minutes to create near-perfect replicas, which were removed and taken from the museum in the U.S. city of Salt Lake City, Utah, to Japan for further study.

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2022 D. E. Winkler

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