Why tyrannosaurid forelimbs were so short: An integrative hypothesis

The evolution of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs during the Mesozoic in. Asia. Journal of Iberian Geology. 36: 275?296. Brusatte SL, Carr TD, Norell MA. 2012 ...







Osteology of Fukuivenator paradoxus - ?????????
Scaly skin has been reported in the abelisaurid Carnotaurus (Bonaparte, Novas &. Coria, 1990; Czerkas & Czerkas, 1997), the allosauroids Allo- saurus (Pinegar ...
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ABSTRACT. Recent fieldwork in the late Middle Jurassic Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan has yielded a partial skeleton of a large theropod ...
How smart was T. rex? Testing claims of exceptional cognition in ...
We report an isolated frontal of a large?bodied theropod from the Cenomanian ?Kem Kem beds? of Morocco with an un? usual morphology that we refer to a new ...
Theropod dinosaurs from Thailand and Southeast Asia - bonndoc
A naturally occurring TD tends to be smaller than the majority of the denticles, making it easily distinguish- able. Many teeth had ''abbreviated'' carina where ...
Morphology and distribution of scales, dermal ossifications, and ...
Large-bodied theropod dinosaurs from the Early-mid Cretaceous of the northern continents (Laurasia) are poorly known. One of the most complete and ...
A new theropod dinosaur from the Callovian Balabansai Formation ...
Synopsis: Tyrannosaurid dinosaurs had large preserved leg muscle attachments and low rotational inertia relative to their body mass, indicating ...
Zootaxa, The osteology of Shaochilong maortuensis, a ...
The dinosaur record in the South Pyrenees Basin is diverse and rich. A total of 142 theropod teeth were studied for this paper, which constitutes one of the ...
Lower rotational inertia and larger leg muscles indicate more rapid ...
A group of mostly small-bodied, lithe and slim ceratosaurs, the coelophysoids, are known from Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic rocks. In some ways, ...
Theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of the South ...
29. A Tyrannosaurus individual of comparable age would have a mass of ?750 kg (24), approximately twice that of A. altai.
Fossils explained 27: Theropod dinosaurs - Darren Naish
In Carnotaurus big frontal horns extend dorsolaterally above the eyes. Most large theropods have low horns in front of their eyes on the lacrimals, and they are ...
A long-snouted, multihorned tyrannosaurid from the Late ...
Carnotaurus measures 18.6 cm in transverse width, versus 16.5 cm in Ekrixinatosaurus. Thus, it seems that Carnotaurus was larger in body ...
Theropods - RERO DOC
Giant carnivorous dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex and abelisaurids are characterized by highly reduced forelimbs that stand in contrast ...