Thescelosaurus, dinosaur skull Deinonychus a pair of tusk-like canines

a pair of tusk-like canines

This is a museum quality multiple example of this strange

and the teeth were restricted to the front half of the jaws

Chasmosaur front foot

Thescelosaurus, dinosaur skull Deinonychus a pair of tusk-like caninesThescelosaurus (pronounced THES ke loh SAWR us) (meaning "Marvelous lizard") was a bipedal, plant eating dinosaur whose fossilized, four chambered heart was found, perhaps indicating that it was warm blooded. It dates from the late Cretaceous period, about 77 to 65 million years ago. It had a small head, a bulky body, a long, pointed tail and short arms. It was a thescelosaurid or hypsilophodontid, and an ornithischian dinosaur about 12 feet (3. 5 m)