Sabretoothed carnivores and the killing of large prey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Andersson, Ki ^a,b   Norman, David ^a   Werdelin, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BITE; CARNIVORE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; HERBIVORE; JAW; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; REPTILE; SAUROPTERYGIAN; THEROCEPHALIAN; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; CARNIVORA; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; THEROPODA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BITES AND STINGS; CARNIVORA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80055026035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024971     Document Type: Article

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