PARIS: Researchers from the University of London have found evidences of cannibalism in a species of dinosaur, which was involved in fighting with one another and even hunting members of their own species for food. The new research has documented the injuries suffered by a large member of tyrannosaurid family during its life and also after death. The skull of a Daspletosaurus, a genus of Tyrannosaur, was analyzed and it revealed signs of intense and brutal combat during its life, some of which were inflicted by another Daspletosaurus. Evidences suggest that following its death, another member of the same species chewed on and ate its jaw.
Daspletosaurus was a large carnivore that dwelled in Canada and was little smaller than its cousin Tyrannosaurus. Study suggests that it was most likely both an active predator and scavenger. The fossil was unearthed in Alberta, Canada, and researchers revealed that it was not fully grown and in terms of dinosaurs, it can be considered as “sub-adult.” When it died, it was about 6 meters long and weighed 500 kilograms. Numerous injuries have been found on its skull which occurred during its lifetime. Some of those injuries are close in shape to the teeth of tyrannosaurs. One of the bites at the back of the head had broken off part of the skull, leaving behind a circular tooth-shaped puncture through the bone.
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