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Unique skull network complexity of Tyrannosaurus rex among land vertebrates

Like other diapsids, Tyrannosaurus rex has two openings in the temporal skull region. In addition, like in other dinosaurs, its snout and lower jaw show large cranial fenestrae. In T. rex, they are thought to decrease skull weight, because, unlike most other amniotes, the skull proportion is immense...

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Autores principales: Werneburg, Ingmar, Esteve-Altava, Borja, Bruno, Joana, Torres Ladeira, Marta, Diogo, Rui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6365547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30728455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37976-8