A lot of literature is devoted to dinosaurs. Films that have become cult have been shot. For example, Jurassic Park, all three parts. In Moscow there is a museum dedicated to these long-extinct creatures.
Other representatives of the dinosaurs were formidable. Others, despite the size, are absolutely calm. We can imagine what a predatory tyrannosaurus and herbivorous triceratops looked like. But what the teeth of a dinosaur looked like is probably not really imagining. Then we'll talk about it.
Predators Are they toothy?
They are scary. There is no escape from them. They overtake their victim and deal with her in one moment. Of course, we will talk about predatory dinosaurs.
Their teeth were jagged and very sharp daggers. If you pay attention to the teeth of a dinosaur called "megalosaurus", you can see that they look like a saw with their notches. The teeth of predators were bent inward. This allowed them to retain prey. Now it’s clear why those unfortunate people who got to dinner with a tyrannosaurus or an allosaurus could not escape. They did not have a single chance, as soon as the predator closed his jaw.
As for the length, the teeth of predatory dinosaurs larger reached a length of 30 cm. At the same allosaurus, they were shorter: 15-20 cm. The number also varied. On average, predators had 28-32 teeth. But, for example, in a tyrannosaurus their number was 55-60 pieces.
Herbivorous dinosaurs
Their teeth were not as sharp as those of predators. For they were intended for grinding the leaves, and not for crushing the meat into pieces. You can safely distinguish several types of teeth of a dinosaur related to herbivores.
Knives
Perhaps this is the only subspecies of teeth that differ only slightly from the fangs of predators. Some representatives of ornithopods boasted knives. Their teeth were located in the very depths of the mouth. When the ornithopod closed it, the teeth closed tightly, and this facilitated chewing food.
Secateurs
Such teeth were the property of tricerapos. Their number reached several hundred. The teeth were firmly attached to the jaws with V-shaped roots. Served to cut food into small pieces.
Rake
Someone could shine not with one hundred teeth, but someone had to put up with the lack of teeth for chewing leaves. For example, diplodocus. The shape of their teeth resembled pencils or rakes. The teeth of the diplodocus dinosaur served to peel the foliage and swallow it. Without even chewing, because the jaws were weak.
Interesting Facts
Not only the teeth of the dinosaurs are interesting to discuss. There are also other facts about which we will now tell:
The teeth of the dinosaur possessed the property of rapid regeneration. Therefore, if a huge or not very “lizard” lost its teeth, then this was not scary for her. Even the loss of 10-20 teeth was not a problem.
The life of the dinosaur was more than 100 years.
It is believed that the habitat on the planet of these animals is 160 million years.
Dinosaur translates as "terrible lizard."
Tyrannosaurs ate fresh meat, but did not disdain carrion.
There were "terrible lizards" weighing more than 60 tons. Really awful.
Some herbivorous dinosaurs swallowed small stones to improve digestion.
Dinosaur eggs could be blue and green, not just white.
The stegosaurus brain was the size of a canine.
- The dinosaur teeth shown in the photo, according to scientists, were just that.
Summarize
We got acquainted with what were the teeth of the dinosaurs. Recall the main points:
The most "toothy" dinosaur possessed nearly 1000 teeth.
Predatory "terrible lizards" could boast of 28-32 teeth.
The teeth of the herbivore's dinosaur were divided into several types.
Some representatives of herbivores had such weak jaws that they could not even chew on the leaves of plants.
Tyrannosaurs and other predators had concave teeth.
Conclusion
Dinosaurs - those animals, the attention to which has not diminished for many years. Scientists are finding more and more new remains. And it is not known how many more “terrible lizards” are unknown to science.