Age and growth dynamics of Tyrannosaurus rex

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1551, 2004, Pages 1875-1880

  Horner, John R ^a   Padian, Kevin ^b  

^a Museum of the Rockies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone histology; Dinosaurs; Growth dynamics; Growth rates; Life history strategy; Tyrannosauridae

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY;

AGE; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CORTICAL BONE; CRETACEOUS; DEATH; DINOSAUR; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; LONGEVITY; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; TYRANNOSAURUS REX; ANIMAL; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOMETRICS;

DINOSAURIA; ELEPHANT; LOXODONTA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE; TYRANNOSAURUS; TYRANNOSAURUS REX;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE AND BONES; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 6944230733     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2829     Document Type: Article

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