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Scientists Find Evidence of Poisonous Dinosaur

Sinornithosaurus had grooved teeth, room for poison gland

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 22, 2009 10:39 AM CST

(Newser) – As if three-inch teeth don't sound deadly enough, at least one dinosaur may have delivered poison through those chompers. Two paleontologists examining the fossil remains of the Sinornithosaurus, a turkey-size cousin of the velociraptor, noticed it had grooved teeth, much like those on venomous lizards...   Read full story »

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