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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Massive New Meat-Eating Dino Had "Steak Knife" Teeth


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A 95-million-year-old fossil jawbone (top) displays some of the banana-size "steak knife" teeth belonging to a new species of dinosaur dubbed Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis.

At about 45 feet (14 meters) long, the species is among the largest meat-eating dinos that ever lived—taller than a double-decker bus, as seen in an artist's conception (bottom).

Jawbone photograph courtesy Steve Brusatte, University of Bristol; dinosaur and bus graphic courtesy Simon Powell, University of Bristol