Maximum bite force and prey size of Tyrannosaurus rex and their relationships to the inference of feeding behavior

Historical Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-12

  Meers, Mason B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bite force; Body size; Dinosauria; Feeding behavior; Scavenging tyrannosaurus; Triceratops

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; SQUAMATA; THEROPODA; TRICERATOPS; TRICERATOPS HORRIDUS; TYRANNOSAURUS; TYRANNOSAURUS REX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141614992     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0891296021000050755     Document Type: Article

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