A description of Deinonychus antirrhopus bite marks and estimates of bite force using tooth indentation simulations

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1169-1177

  Gignac, Paul M ^a   Makovicky, Peter J ^b   Erickson, Gregory M ^a   Walsh, Robert P ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CROCODILIAN; DINOSAUR; PALEOECOLOGY; SIMULATION; TAXONOMY; TOOTH; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DEINONYCHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956025294     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.483535     Document Type: Article

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