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![A lipped dinosaur swallows another one whole.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ig9NiUJRUuRhnzHWCcJ8e5-320-80.jpg)
T. rex had thin lips and a gummy smile, controversial study suggests
By Sascha Pare published
Paleontologists have suggested that thin, lizard-like lips concealed the gigantic teeth of T. rex and other predatory dinosaurs, but not all experts are convinced.
![An artist's illustration of the ankylosaur, Pinacosaurus grangeri. Its voice box is shown in color below its jaw.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9BxLR8zfVMwX2EJ3qjHxV8-320-80.jpg)
'Extremely rare' fossilized dinosaur voice box suggests they sounded birdlike
By Ben Turner published
A fossilized ankylosaur voice box reveals that these beasts may have sported a far more sophisticated vocal range than scientists originally thought.
![An illustration of the sauropod Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, which had a 49.5-foot-long (15.1 meters) neck, about 10 feet longer than a regular school bus.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nUhazTFiW9pHECaSv3wjdL-320-80.jpg)
Longest dinosaur neck ever stretched further than a school bus at 49 feet long
By Laura Geggel published
By comparing the few known bones of the sauropod Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum with its relatives, experts have extrapolated its tremendous neck length.
![A herrerasaurid dinosaur in the jungle threatens rodents with its gaping jaws.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hnvunrrrqwmWiRSybHz92Y-320-80.jpg)
Hollow bones in giant dinosaurs and pterosaurs show convergent evolution in action, fossil study suggests
By Sascha Pare published
Some of the oldest dinosaurs didn't have hollow bones, suggesting that skeletal air sacs evolved independently in three lineages: long-necked sauropodomorphs, meat-eating theropods and pterosaurs.
![An illustration of Therizinosaurus.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GKnojfxCzmtZBC2JpH2S6H-320-80.jpg)
Jurassic World’s bizarre, scythe-clawed dinosaur couldn't have been a slasher, study confirms
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists have confirmed that Therizinosaurus, the scythe-clawed dinosaur from Jurassic World, couldn't have used its 'useless' gigantic claws to fight because they were too flimsy.
![A female Apatosaurus (dinosaur with long neck and tail) laying her eggs in nest.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LXcourjsZwgo93aaV92wJh-320-80.jpg)
'Staggering number' of titanosaur nests discovered in India reveals controversial findings about dino moms
By Joshua A. Krisch published
The discovery of a tightly packed nesting ground from the Cretaceous period in India suggests that titanosaurs laid eggs and left their offspring behind.
![The wicked curved claw of the red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) is held off the ground so that it always stays sharp.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4BHdw5RVo7mEJRncG7iNgZ-320-80.jpg)
Velociraptors probably didn't use their 'wicked' claws for slashing, surprising new study suggests
By Stephanie Pappas published
Unlike their portrayal in Jurassic Park, curved-clawed dinos may have used their sharp appendages to pin and grasp, not slash.
![An illustration of a newfound ancient bird about to prey on a mammal running up a tree. The bird's fossilized skeleton is superimposed on top of its body.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ozuo3jnyzRvCjQEN4KDmGd-320-80.jpg)
Ancient bird with T. rex-like skull discovered in China
By Harry Baker published
A 120 million-year-old bird fossil from China has some rather unusual dinosaur-like features in its otherwise standard avian skeleton, including a weirdly T. rex-like skull.
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