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Baby Dinosaur Had Full-Grown Bite
from New Scientist
A rare baby dinosaur skull–only the size of a rat's head–confirms Heterodontosaurus as one of the most unusual of all dinosaurs.
The 45-millimetre skull has features characteristic of a juvenile–large "puppy dog" eye sockets, and a snub nose–but it also sports the meat-tearing canine teeth normally associated with adults. The fossil was newly identified after being examined in a South African museum.
Intriguingly, while it has canines at the front of the mouth, it also has molars behind–a pattern more often seen in mammals.
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