Paleontologists Solve a Prehistoric Murder Mystery

Paleontologists Solve a Prehistoric Murder Mystery

Usually when paleontologists unearth dinosaur bones they don’t have any idea what led to their ultimate demise. But a fossil from the duck-billed Edmontosaurus recovered from Montana’s Hell Creek Formation in 2005 contained a pretty conspicuous clue—a sharp tooth buried in the skull. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . “Although bite marks on bones are relatively common, finding an embedded tooth is extremely rare…

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UOften when paleontologists unearth dinosaur bones, they have no idea what led to their ultimate demise. But the fossil of a duck-billed Edmontosaurus discovered in 2005 from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana contained a very obvious clue – a sharp tooth buried in the skull. Tatiana Wyenberg-Henzler of the University of Alberta collaborated with John Scannella, director of the Museum of the Rockies, on peer magazine This week. “The great thing…