Tyrannosaurus rex and velociraptor may have had lips covering their teeth, new study finds

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An international team of paleontologists has found evidence that may change the modern understandings of the Tyrannosaurus rex and velociraptor.

A paper published in the journal Science released on Thursday says new evidence suggests that instead of large, exposed teeth, the dinosaur species actually had lips enclosing their mouths.

This discovery is a significant step in uncovering a more accurate picture of creatures that lived more than 66 million years ago and could change reconstructions and depictions of dinosaurs in the future, according to experts in the field.

Derek Larson, a co-author of the paper and a paleontologist at the Royal B.C. Museum, said that

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