Dinosaurs evolved different eye socket shapes to allow stronger bites – study

Dinosaurs evolved different eye socket shapes to allow stronger bites – study (Stephan Lautenschlager/ University of Birmingham)

Large dinosaur predators, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, evolved different shapes of eye sockets so they could have stronger bites, a new study suggests.

Although the eye socket is just a hole in the skull housing the eyeball in many animals, and most dinosaurs, this is not the case for large carnivores.