How Did SUE The T. Rex Get Holes In Their Jaw? New Research Challenges Long-Held Theory

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Original Load Date Oct. 3, 2022, 9 a.m.
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MUSEUM CAMPUS — SUE the T. rex — the fearsome dinosaur fossil at The Field Museum — has some mysterious holes in their jawbone that has puzzled scientists for decades. A new study showed one of the popular theories — that SUE had suffered an infection from a protozoan parasite — couldn’t be true. ...