Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Tyrant King
Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Tyrant King
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Author(s): Carpenter, Kenneth
Larson, Pedro
Larson, Peter
ISBN No.: 9780253350879
Pages: 456
Year: 200807
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 67.58
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Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. 100 Years of Tyrannosaurus rex: the skeletons. Neal L. Larson; 2. Wyoming's Dynamosaurus imperiosus and other early discoveries of Tyrannosaurus rex in the Rocky Mountain west. Brent H. Breithaupt, Elizabeth H. Southwell, and Neffra ; 3.


How old is T. rex?: Challenges with the dating of terrestrial strata deposited during the Maastrichtian Stage of the Cretaceous Period. Kirk Johnson; 4. Preliminary account of the tyrannosaurid "Pete" from the Lance Formation of Wyoming. Kraig Derstler and John M. Myers; 5. Taphonomy of the Tyrannosaurus rex "Peck's Rex'„¢" from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. Kraig Derstler and John M.


Myers; 6.Taphonomy and environment of deposition of a juvenile tyrannosaurid skeleton from the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Maastrichtian) of southeastern Montana. Michael D. Henderson and William H. Harrison; 7. One pretty amazing T.rex. Mary Higby Schweitzer, Jennifer L.


Wittmeyer, and John R. Horner; 8.Variation and sexual dimorphism in Tyrannosaurus rex. Peter L. Larson; 9 Why Tyrannosaurus rex had puny arms: An integral morphodynamic solution to a simple puzzle in theropod paleobiology. Martin Lockley, Reiji Kukihara and Laura Mitchell; 10. A re-look at the forelimb of Tyrannosaurus rex. Christine Lipkin and Kenneth Carpenter; 11.


Rex, sit: Modeling tyrannosaurid postures. Kent A. Stevens, Eric D. Wills, Peter L. Larson, and Art Anderson; 12. T. rex speed trap. Phillip L.


Manning ; 13. Atlas of the skull bones of Tyrannosaurus rex. Peter L. Larson; 14. Palatal kinesis of Tyrannosaurus rex. Hans Larsson; 15. Reconstruction of the jaw musculature of Tyrannosaurus rex. Ralph E.


Molnar; 16.Vestigialism in a dinosaur. William L. Abler; 17. Tyrannosaurid pathologies as clues to nature and nurture in the Cretaceous. Bruce M. Rothschild and Ralph Molnar; 18. The extreme lifestyles and habits of the gigantic tyrannosaurid super-predators of the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia.


Gregory S. Paul ; 19. An analysis of predator-prey behavior in a head-to-head encounter between Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops. John Happ; 20. A critical reappraisal of the obligate scavenging hypothesis for Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaurs: Thomas R. Holtz.; 21. Tyrannosaurus rex: A century of celebrity: Donald F.


Glut; Contributor Acknowledgments; Index; Accompanying CD.


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