Wear facets and enamel spalling in tyrannosaurid dinosaurs

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-99

  Schubert, Blaine W ^a   Ungar, Peter S ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Daspletosaurus; Diet; Enamel spalling; Gorgosaurus; Lateral teeth; Tyrannosauridae; Wear facets

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DENTITION; DIET; DINOSAUR; ENAMEL; TOOTH;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DASPLETOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; GORGOSAURUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE; VARANIDAE;

EID: 14744299531     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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