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Tyrannosaurus rex Jaw Anatomy

An anatomy study of Tyrannosaurus rex jaw muscle anatomy. I used a scan of AMNH 5027 and undistorted it. I added the muscles and soft tissue in Zbrush. I then took everything into Blender, rigged it up and added some blend-shapes for contracting and expanding. The point of this was to get a better understanding of the jaw muscles and exactly how the sheath structure would be. The gums I have covering anywhere from half to 2/3's of the teeth.

Bottom and 3/4 View

Front and side view

Air sacs inflating and deflating according to WitmerLab

View inside the mouth