A tyrannosaur jaw bitten by a confamilial: Scavenging or fatal agonism?

Lethaia

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-281

  Bell, Phil R ^a   Currie, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; CANNIBALISM; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; LESION; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); TOOTH;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

ANIMALIA; DASPLETOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; TARBOSAURUS; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE;

EID: 77953742451     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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