The tyrannosaurid metatarsus: Bone strain and inferred ligament function

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-42

  Snively, Eric ^a   Russell, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite element; Functional morphology; Ligament; Locomotion; Metatarsus; Paleopathology; Tyrannosauridae

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION;

DINOSAURIA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036056187     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043771     Document Type: Article

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