The T.rex DietInvestigates the diet of the Tyrannosaurus rex (T.rex) dinosaur. Theory of the scavenging nature of the T.rex; Length of the arms of the T.rex; Structure of the thighbones and shinbones of bipedal animals.Ebersole, ReneCurrent Science...
Erickson, G. M., Van Kirk, S. D., Su, J., Levenston, M. C., Caler, W. E., and Carter, D. R. (1996). Bite-force estimation forTyrannosaurus rexfrom tooth marked bones.Nature382, 706–708. Farlow, J. O. (1976). Speculations about the diet and foraging behavior of large ca...
Large and well-developed eyes are physiologically expensive and maintaining them may consume up to 15% of an animal’s energy budget28. As exemplified here for Tyrannosaurus rex, retaining a circular orbit occupied completely by the eyeball would result in an increase of eye volume of over 700%...
Ever wondered what the great Tyrannosaurus Rex and other dinosaurs ate? Read this article to know the answer and find out more about dinosaur diet.
The T.rex Diet. (cover story)Investigates the diet of the Tyrannosaurus rex (T.rex) dinosaur. Theory of the scavenging nature of the T.rex; Length of the arms of the T.rex; Structure of the thighbones and shinbones of bipedal animals.Ebersole...
Triceratopsis often portrayed as using its large horns to defend itself from contemporary carnivorous dinosaurs, such asTyrannosaurus rex. The discovery of apparent pathologies (the results of disease or injury) in consistent locations of the frills supports the possibility thatTriceratopsmay have engaged...
theropod, any member of thedinosaursubgroup Theropoda, which includes all the flesh-eating dinosaurs. Theropods were the mostdiversegroup ofsaurischian(“lizard-hipped”) dinosaurs, ranging from thecrow-sizedMicroraptorto the hugeTyrannosaurus rex, which weighed six tons or more. ...