Plant-eating dinosaurs replaced teeth often, carried spares
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 16:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Some of the largest herbivorous dinosaurs replaced their teeth at a rate of approximately one tooth every 1-2 months to compensate for tooth wear from crunching up plants, according to research published July 17 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Michael D'Emic from Stony Brook University and colleagues from other institutions.