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Tyrannosaurus, a bone crussher
"deal with bones" in what way? Crushing? From other discussions on this
list, T. rex's teeth were not adapted for bone crushing, per se. Look at
a hyena's teeth, which are adapted specifically to crush bone and extract
marrow. The shape of T. rex's teeth are no where near the right shape.
Maybe T. rex could snap bones into smaller pieces and just swallow, but
can't see those teeth being able to crush bones.<<
Sorry, but there is evidance of bone crushing. Recently there has been
found a Triceratops ilium with broken, crushed edge that has marks from
Tyrannosaurus rex teeth. There is also a hadrosaur? femur that looks
like swiss cheese from all the teeth marks. Yes, they have the seration
marks, and are the right shape.
Also, Tyrannosaurus rex has the largest jaw muscles of ANY theropod and
could have easily crushed their prey, or even bone. I've talked to
Horner about this and he agrees.