T-Rex may have used lower jaw as tactile sensor: researchers

The Tyrannosaurus rex, a carnivorous theropod that thrived in the Late Cretaceous period, had a high concentration of nerves in its lower jaw, suggesting it may have served as a tactile sensor, according to a dinosaur research institute in central Japan.In a paper recently published in a scientific journal of paleobiology, a team at Fukui Prefectural University's Dinosaur Research Institute said the discovery was made after performing CT scans of a well-preserved fossil of the T-Rex's jaw to closely examine the morphology of its internal blood vessels and neurovascular canals.Soichiro Kawab…READ FULL ARTICLE