Our fascination with dinosaurs can be described as enduring. From Hollywood blockbusters to various TV programs, we are recreating the life of dinosaurs in different ways. Part of the reason why we are hungry readers of all kinds of dinosaur stories is that scientists are constantly discovering new secrets of dinosaurs. Not long ago, a natural history museum was built by Richard? 6? A research team led by Dr. Butler and composed of scientists from London, Cambridge and Chicago discovered a new secret about odontosaurus. Our fascination with dinosaurs can be described as enduring. From Hollywood blockbusters to various TV programs, we are recreating the life of dinosaurs in different ways. Part of the reason why we are hungry readers of all kinds of dinosaur stories is that scientists are constantly discovering new secrets of dinosaurs. Not long ago, a natural history museum was built by Richard? 6? A research team led by Dr. Butler and composed of scientists from London, Cambridge and Chicago discovered a new secret about odontosaurus. The odontosaurus was as big as a turkey. "Its most unique feature is that its front jaw has huge canine teeth," Butler said. "Its cheekbones have closely arranged chisel-shaped grinding teeth. These molars are specially used for chewing plants. Previous researchers believed that odontosaurus was a strict herbivorous dinosaur, and its fangs were only available to males, which were used to show off force or as a weapon for fighting between males. "

The story took place in South Africa, when Dr. Butler was doing his doctoral thesis, studying the fossils of herbivorous dinosaurs found in South Africa. He said: "In 2004, I visited the Izco South African Museum in Cape Town. While studying the dinosaur fossils collected there, I found this little skull. It has no label, and the museum curator doesn't know what animal it belongs to. I immediately recognized that this was the skull of a dinosaur I was studying-baby odontosaurus. Previously, there were only two known deformed bibcock bones in the world, and they were all skulls of adult dinosaurs. " Butler realized that this smaller skull was helpful to study the growth of this dinosaur. In 2006, his research team borrowed this skull and studied it.

The research team performed a CT scan of the skull. They found that odontosaurus had fangs when it was young. "It is used for defense and occasionally hunts insects or small animals. This discovery shows that odontosaurus is an omnivorous dinosaur, not a herbivorous dinosaur as previously thought. " Dr. Butler said. Because the early dinosaurs were carnivorous, while the later dinosaurs mostly ate plants, which shows that odontosaurus may be a transitional dinosaur. Butler said: "The odontosaurus may represent the ability to grow food in early evolutionary history. This ability enabled dinosaurs to differentiate into dazzling sizes and shapes. The unlocking of the secret of the tooth dragon will be the key to exploring the mystery of the evolution of dinosaur recipes. " & lt/SPAN>。 & lt/SPAN>。 & lt/SPAN>。 & lt/SPAN>。