New Study Strongly Suggest that Large Theropods were Lipped

[Troodon]

Big news today impacting the ongoing controversy if large theropods were lipped.

Abstract:

Large theropod dinosaurs are often reconstructed with their marginal dentition exposed because of the enormous size of their teeth and their phylogenetic association to crocodylians. We tested this hypothesis using a multiproxy approach.

 

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7877

 

Mark Witton blog

http://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2023/03/new-paper-fresh-evidence-and-novel.html

 

 

 

[Troodon]

Illustration from James Headdenon smaller theropods

 

[Maniraptora]

...and half of the world's paleoartists rejoiced!