Meers MB ( 2002 ) Maximum bite force and prey size of Tyrannosaurus rex and their relationships to the inference of feeding behavior . Hist Biol 16 , 1 – 12 .Meers MB . 2002 . Maximum bite force and prey size of Tyrannosaurus rex and their relationship to the inference of feeding ...
UC Berkeley’s Jack Tseng, seen peering through the eye socket of an adult T. rex, explains why he measured the bite force of a juvenile T. rex, and what that tells us about the tyrannosaur’s lifestyle. Credit: UC Berkeley video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Jeremy Snowden,...
The feeding behavior of the theropod dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex is investigated through analysis of two variables that are critical to successful predation, bite force and prey body mass, as they scale with the size of the predator. These size-related variables have important deterministic effects on...
the result was “quite surprising,” Bates told us: a maximum bite force of almost 12,800 pounds, about the equivalent of an adultT. rex’sbody weight (or 13 Steinway Model D concert grand pianos) slamming down on its prey. That would makeT. rexthe hardest-biting terrestrial animal...
an associate professor of anatomy in the MU School of Medicine. “When you put a lot of force on things, there’s a tradeoff between movement and stability. Birds and lizards have more movement but less stability. When we applied their individual movements to theT. ...
The models were given material properties of enamel, based on studies done with crocodilian and mammalian teeth. In addition to that, bite forces were calculated for Stegosau- rus, based on skull proportions. The results show little difference between the force distributions on the serrated and ...
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rex had no trouble taking down its prey, as large predators can usually generate sufficient bite force "just by being large," the researchers wrote. "Tyrannosaurus rex was most likely capable of ‘pulverizing’ bones simply owing to its colossal size," the researchers reported. The findings ...
(2003): Maximum Bite Force and Prey Size of Tyranno- saurus rex and Their Relationship to the inference of Feeding Behaviour. -- Historical Biology, 16 (1): 1-12; London.Meers 2003] M. B. Meers, "Maximum bite force and prey size of Tyrannosaurus rex and their relationships to the ...
rex; His work with engineers at Stanford University to estimate the force which created the tears and punctures; Issues which still remain about whether T. rex was a predator.K.A.M.EBSCO_AspChronicle of Higher Education