Researchers take closer look at serrated teeth of ancient predator

December 17, 2020
The therocephalian Gorynychus masyutinae.  Credit: Matt Celesky
The therocephalian Gorynychus masyutinae. Credit: Matt Celesky

Megan Whitney, postdoc in the Stephanie Pierce lab, published findings supporting convergent evolution of complex teeth structures previously thought to have originated with dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex. The work is published in Biology Letters and the Harvard Gazette.