Dinosaur killer claws or climbing crampons?

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 110-112

  Manning, Phillip L ^a   Payne, David ^b   Pennicott, John ^b   Barrett, Paul M ^c   Ennos, Roland A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Pennicott Payne Models and Special Effects   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dromaeosauridae; Functional morphology; Predation

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CLIMBING; DINOSAUR; HINDLIMB; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEAPON;

DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 33644887435     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0395     Document Type: Article

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