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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |