ScienceFossil teeth suggest T. rex had a body temperature close to ours
FreeAstroScience reports that an estimate based on three teeth from Montana puts T. rex’s body temperature above that of its environment.
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FOX21 News reports that scientists used fossilized teeth to estimate T. rex’s temperature and found it wasn’t too different from our own. FreeAstroScience says three teeth from Montana point to a dinosaur warmer than its surroundings. FOX21 notes that researchers once thought dinosaurs were sluggish and cold-blooded, while later findings suggested they were warm-blooded.
Fossil teeth suggest T. rex had a body temperature close to ours
FreeAstroScience reports that an estimate based on three teeth from Montana puts T. rex’s body temperature above that of its environment.
