Growing up Tyrannosaurus rex: Osteohistology refutes the pygmy “Nanotyrannus” and supports ontogenetic niche partitioning in juvenile Tyrannosaurus

Despite its iconic status as the king of dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex biology is incompletely understood. Here, we examine femur and tibia bone microstructure from two half-grown T. rex specimens, permitting the assessments of age, growth rate, and maturity necessary for investigating the early life...

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Autores principales: Woodward, Holly N., Tremaine, Katie, Williams, Scott A., Zanno, Lindsay E., Horner, John R., Myhrvold, Nathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2020
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6938697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31911944
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax6250

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6938697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31911944
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax6250

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