Cranial design and function in a large theropod dinosaur

Nature

Volumn 409, Issue 6823, 2001, Pages 1033-1037

  Rayfield, Emily J ^a   Norman, David B ^a,b   Horner, Celeste C ^c   Horner, John R ^c   Smith, Paula May ^a   Thomason, Jeffrey J ^d   Upchurch, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BITE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; JAW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOSSILS; MASTICATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPTILES; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ALLOSAURUS; ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 0035931931     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35059070     Document Type: Article

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