Unlikemodernsnakes, s. indicus lacked jaw jointsthat allowedit to open its mouth incredibly wide, soit relied on itslargeoverall body sizetoprey on the fledgling dinosaurs.
It certainly seemed to fit with previous work which had detected a wobble in the star's motion caused by a body the size of Jupiter circling in a very close orbit every 3.5 days.
And even exposure data isn't a reliable measure because it can vary highly by such factors as age, gender, the body part exposed to radiation and the patient's size, says James A. Brink, chief radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and co-chairman of Image Wisely.