Tyrannosaurid skeletal design first evolved at small body size

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5951, 2009, Pages 418-422

  Sereno, Paul C ^a   Tan, Lin ^b   Brusatte, Stephen L ^c   Kriegstein, Henry J ^d   Zhao, Xijin ^e   Cloward, Karen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Bureau of Land and Resources   (China)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d 3 Evergreeen Lane ^*  (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^f Western Paleontological Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; DINOSAUR; DOMINANCE; LIMB; MESOZOIC; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PREDATOR; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL; SPECIALIZATION; TOOTH;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MAXILLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SKULL; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; CEREBRUM; CHINA; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; FOSSILS; HINDLIMB; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; SKULL; TOOTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

DINOSAURIA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE; TYRANNOSAUROIDEA;

EID: 70350126327     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1177428     Document Type: Article

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