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Estimating Impact Forces of Tail Club Strikes by Ankylosaurid Dinosaurs
BACKGROUND: It has been assumed that the unusual tail club of ankylosaurid dinosaurs was used actively as a weapon, but the biological feasibility of this behaviour has not been examined in detail. Ankylosaurid tail clubs are composed of interlocking vertebrae, which form the handle, and large termi...
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Public Library of Science
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726940/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19707581 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006738 |