Evidence of combat in Triceratops

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Farke, Andrew A ^a   Wolff, Ewan D S ^b   Tanke, Darren H ^c  

^a Raymond M Alf Museum of Paleontology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; HEAD INJURY; HORN; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NASAL BONE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXON; ANIMAL; CALLUS; FRACTURE; PATHOLOGY; PERIOSTEUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CERATOPSIDAE; DINOSAURIA; TRICERATOPS;

ANIMALS; BONY CALLUS; DINOSAURS; FRACTURES, BONE; PERIOSTEUM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 59549085110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004252     Document Type: Article

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