Cranial mechanics and functional interpretation of the horned carnivorous dinosaur Carnotaurus sastrei

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 822-830

  Mazzetta, Gerardo V ^a   Cisilino, Adrián P ^b   Blanco, R Ernesto ^c   Calvo, Néstor ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALLOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 77749246127     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0313     Document Type: Article

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