Large Dinosaur Predators – Such As T. rex – Evolved Different Eye Socket Shapes To Allow Stronger Bites
According to recent findings, huge dinosaur predators changed the structure of their eye sockets to better withstand strong bite forces. New research suggests that in order to better withstand strong bite forces, huge dinosaur predators like Tyrannosaurus rex evolved various forms of eye sockets. The eye socket in many animals, including the majority of dinosaurs, is just a circular opening in the skull that houses the eyeball; however, this is not the case in huge carnivores. According to a recent study, these predators' distinctive circular or oval eye sockets may have developed to lessen the impact on their skulls as they pounced on prey. Today, August 11, 2022, the results of this study by University of Birmingham researchers were published in Communications Biology. Tyrannosaurus rex skull and life reconstruction with original eye socket and eye (on the left), and fictitious reconstruction with circular eye socket and enlarged eye (on the right) (right). Dr. Stephan Lautenschl...