What did T. rex taste like?

An introduction to how life is related.

WHAT DID T. rex TASTE LIKE?

An introduction to how life is related

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Credits

We would like to thank the following people for their contributions to What did T. rex taste like?

Authors

  • Jennifer Johnson Collins, Teacher
  • Judy Scotchmoor, Former Director of Education and Outreach
  • Caroline Stromberg, Former Graduate Student Associate
  • Anna Thanukos, Editor

Review

  • Allen Collins, Former Post Doctoral Student
  • David R. Lindberg, Former Director, UC Museum of Paleontology
  • Kevin Padian, Emeritus, UC Museum of Paleontology
  • James Pinto, Scientific Reviewer

Consultation

  • Allen Collins, Former Post Doctoral Student
  • Alicia Cordero, Former Graduate Student Associate
  • David R. Lindberg, Former Director, UC Museum of Paleontology

Design, Graphics, Development

  • Helina Chin, Graphics and illustrations, 2025 redesign
  • Trish Roque, Web Developer and Adobe Animate Developer, 2025 redesign
  • Dave Smith, Former Graphic Designer

Editing

  • Anne Monk, Teacher
  • Judy Scotchmoor, Former Director of Education and Outreach
  • Caroline Stromberg, Former Graduate Student Associate
  • Anna Thanukos, Editor

Inspiration

  • Barry Roth, Former Research Associate, for asking the question, “What did T. rex taste like?”
  • Sandra J. Carlson, research scientist and professor of Geology at the University of California, Davis, whose article “Evolution and Systematics” in Evolution: Investigating the Evidence served as the inspiration and major source of information for this module.

Image Credits

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  • Figure 4 Electron micrograph (thin section): Ca. A. hamiconexum with virus-like particles attached to the surface. Bar: 200 nm Probst, A. J., & Moissl-Eichinger, C. (2015). “Altiarchaeales”: Uncultivated Archaea from the Subsurface. Life, 5(2), 1381-1395. https://doi.org/10.3390/life5021381
  • Candidatus Prometheoarchaeum syntrophicum by Hiroyuki Imachi 2022. Imachi, H., Nobu, M.K., Nakahara, N. et al. Isolation of an archaeon at the prokary,te–eukaryote interface. Nature 577, 519–525 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1916-6
  • Amanita muscaria by Michael Maggs, 2006, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom#/media/File:Amanita_muscaria_(fly_agaric).JPG
  • Bacillus megaterium by Marc Perkins 2011 https://www.flickr.com/photos/occbio/6414376363/in/photostream/
  • Chloroflexus aggregans, Hanada, S., Hiraishi, A., Shimada, K. and Matsuura, K. 1995. Chloroflexus aggregans sp. nov., a filamentous phototrophic bacterium which forms dense cell aggregates by active gliding movement. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 45: 676-681. https://genome.jgi.doe.gov/portal/chlgg/chlgg.home.html
  • Geissinger O, Herlemann DP, Mörschel E, Maier UG, Brune A. The ultramicrobacterium “Elusimicrobium minutum” gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultivated representative of the termite group 1 phylum. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 May;75(9):2831-40. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02697-08. Epub 2009 Mar 6. PMID: 19270135; PMCID: PMC2681718.
  • Euplotidium itoi by Grosati 2003, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrucomicrobiota#/media/File:TEM_-_Epixenosomes.jpg.
  • Fig. 1(b) 16S rRNA-targeted FISH detection of UASB14 and UASB270 filaments in the UASB sludge. Sekiguchi, Y. 2015, Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ. 2015 Jan 27;3:e740. doi: 10.7717/peerj.740. PMID: 25650158; PMCID: PMC4312070.
  • Fig. 1 Morphology and membrane structure RT761 cells showing the presence of three lipid membrane-like layers (LMLs) with the innermost layer surrounding the nucleoid. Katayama, T., Nobu, M.K., Kusada, H. et al. Isolation of a member of the candidate phylum ‘Atribacteria’ reveals a unique cell membrane structure. Nat Commun 11, 6381 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20149-5

Folder 3 CT scans