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Mechanical Factors in the Design of the Skull of Tyrannosaurus rex (Osborn, 1905).
Scientific paper published in the Gaia (number 15) entitled "Mechanical Factors in the Design of the Skull of Tyrannosaurus rex (Osborn, 1905)."
Mechanical analyses, borrowed from mechanical engineering, suggest that the Skull of Tyrannosaurus rex (Osborn, 1905) was constructed to resist strong, more or less vertically-directed forces during biting. Space frame analysis indicates that the skull structure was stable under a plausible regime of forces impressed during biting and supporting the weight of the head. Trajectory analysis suggests…
Creator
- R.E. Molnar
Subject
- Dinossaur
- Theropod
Type of item
- scientific paper
Date
- 1998-12
- 1998-12
Medium
- paper
- Paper
Creator
- R.E. Molnar
Subject
- Dinossaur
- Theropod
Type of item
- scientific paper
Date
- 1998-12
- 1998-12
Medium
- paper
- Paper
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Rights
- Free-access: Copyright © Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Portugal
- PRIVATE
Creation date
- NA
Temporal
- Upper Cretaceous
Places
- North America
Source
- B.P. Perez-Moreno, T. Holtz Jr., J.L. Sanz & J. Moratalla (eds.) . Aspects of Theropod Paleobiology. Gaia- Geosciences Journal of the National Natural History Museum of the Lisbon University. Number 15, December 1998.
Identifier
- MNHNL-0000783-MG-DOC
Format
- application/pdf
Language
- n/a
Relations
- MNHNL-0000784-MG-DOC
Providing country
- Europe