On first glance, masiakasurus looks like a pretty standard carnivorous theropod… but hoo boy, thoseteeth! Although it looks like it could use some braces, though, the Late Cretaceous predator's teethwere actually really useful. The dinos were smallish, growing no larger than around two metres(6.6ft) from nose to tail-tip, and could have used those teeth as a scavenger, cutting and tearingmeat from a carcass. They could also have been useful for snaring fish, or catching small animalswith the top teeth, which could have been used for grasping, and shredding them with the bottom.
The dinosaur's species name could be fortunate or unfortunate, depending on your musical taste:masiakasaurus knopfleri was named for musician Mark Knopfler, whose work the dig crewenjoyed.
