The majority of us recall the roars and snarls of the T-rex dinosaur from Jurassic Park, and his teeth –  sharper than a samurai sword.

Now imagine a dinosaur without teeth. That’s right! No visits to the dentist for this dinosaur.

Important Details

• Researchers in Brazil have just discovered the fossilized skeleton of a “toothless dinosaur”.
• They are calling it a “rare find”, as rare as the dinosaurs themselves.  
• This entirely new species, Berthasaura leopoldinae, had a beak-like mouth with no teeth.
• Berthasaura lived during the Cretaceous period in Brazil (70 million and 80 million years ago).
• This dinosaur (roughly 3 feet tall) is believed to be part of the Theropod family.
• This is a group that had mostly carnivorous (meat-eating) dinosaurs (it included the T-rex too).
• Remember, a strong set of gums allows you to grind food or simply swallow and digest in your stomach. 
• So, it is a mystery how this newly-found dinosaur could have eaten meat without having teeth.
• However, even today, lots of birds like hawks, falcons and eagles do eat meat with their beaks without having teeth. 
• As researchers are trying to find out more about their diet, it is a possibility that they ate whatever they could, in a hostile environment.
• This means the place where they lived had many dangers and it would have been hard to find food.

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