Functional variation of neck muscles and their relation to feeding style in Tyrannosauridae and other large Theropod dinosaurs

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 934-957

  Snively, Eric ^a   Russell, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Feeding; Muscle; Neck; Theropoda; Tyrannosauridae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DINOSAUR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NECK MUSCLE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DINOSAURS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NECK MUSCLES; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPINE;

EID: 34548759629     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20563     Document Type: Article

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