New information on scavenging and selective feeding behaviour of tyrannosaurids

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 627-634

  Hone, David W E ^a   Watabe, Mahito ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Hayashibara Mus of Natural Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

carnivory; Dinosauria; palaeoecology; predation; scavenging; Tarbosaurus; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORY; DINOSAUR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PALEOECOLOGY; PREDATION; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; TARBOSAURUS; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE;

EID: 78650453228     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0133     Document Type: Article

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