#  Researchers take closer look at serrated teeth of ancient predator 

 





December 17, 2020

 

 

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 [Megan Whitney](https://meganrwhitney.weebly.com/), postdoc in the [Stephanie Pierce lab](https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/spierce/home), published findings supporting convergent evolution of complex teeth structures previously thought to have originated with dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex. The work is published in [Biology Letters](https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0750) and the [Harvard Gazette](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/12/first-saber-toothed-animals-had-5-inch-canines/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=hu-twitter-general&utm_medium=social).