Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Tyrant KingPeter L. Larson, Kenneth Carpenter 1. One hundred years of Tyrannosaurus rex : the skeletons / Neal L. Larson2. Wyoming?s Dynamosaurus imperiosus and Other Early Discoveries of Tyrannosaurus rex in the Rocky Mountain West / Brent H. Breithaupt, Elizabeth H. Southwell and Neffra A. Matthews3. How Old Is T. rex? Challenges with the Dating of Terrestrial Strata Deposited during the Maastrichtian Stage of the Cretaceous Period / Kirk Johnson4. Preliminary Account of the Tyrannosaurid Pete from the Lance Formation of Wyoming / Kraig Derstler and John M. Myers5. Taphonomy of the Tyrannosaurus rex Peck?s Rex from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana / Kraig Derstler and John M. Myers6. Taphonomy and Environment of Deposition of a Juvenile Tyrannosaurid Skeleton from the Hell Creek Formation (Latest Maastrichtian) of Southeastern Montana / Michael D. Henderson and William H. Harrison7. One Pretty Amazing T. rex / Mary Higby Schweitzer, Jennifer L. Wittmeyer and John R. Horner8. Variation and Sexual Dimorphism in Tyrannosaurus rex / Peter Larson9. Why Tyrannosaurus rex Had Puny Arms: An Integral Morphodynamic Solution to a Simple Puzzle in Theropod Paleobiology / Martin Lockley, Reiji Kukihara and Laura Mitchell10. Looking Again at the Forelimb of Tyrannosaurus rex / Christine Lipkin and Kenneth Carpenter11. Rex, Sit: Digital Modeling of Tyrannosaurus rex at Rest / Kent A. Stevens, Peter Larson, Eric D. Wills and Art Anderson12. T. rex Speed Trap / Phillip L. Manning13. Atlas of the Skull Bones of Tyrannosaurus rex / Peter Larson14. Palatal Kinesis of Tyrannosaurus rex / Hans C. E. Larsson15. Reconstruction of the Jaw Musculature of Tyrannosaurus rex / Ralph E. Molnar16. Vestigialism in a Dinosaur / William L. Abler17. Tyrannosaurid Pathologies as Clues to Nature and Nurture in the Cretaceous / Bruce M. Rothschild and Ralph E. Molnar18. The Extreme Lifestyles and Habits of the Gigantic Tyrannosaurid Superpredators of the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia / Gregory S. Paul19. An Analysis of Predator-Prey Behavior in a Head-to-Head Encounter between Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops / John Happ20. A Critical Reappraisal of the Obligate Scavenging Hypothesis for Tyrannosaurus rex and Other Tyrant Dinosaurs / Thomas R. Holtz Jr.21. Tyrannosaurus rex:A Century of Celebrity / Donald F. Glut. |
Contents
The Skeletons | 1 |
Wyomings Dynamosaurus imperiosus and Other Early Discoveries of Tyrannosaurus rex in the Rocky Mountain West | 57 |
How Old Is T rex? Challenges with the Dating of Terrestrial Strata Deposited during the Maastrichtian Stage of the Cretaceous Period | 63 |
Preliminary Account of the Tyrannosaurid Pete from the Lance Formation of Wyoming | 67 |
Taphonomy of the Tyrannosaurus rex Pecks Rexfrom the Hell Creek Formation of Montana | 75 |
Taphonomy and Environment of Deposition of a Juvenile Tyrannosaurid Skeleton from the Hell Creek Formation Latest Maastrichtian of Southeaste... | 83 |
One Pretty Amazing T rex | 93 |
Variation and Sexual Dimorphism in Tyrannosaurus rex | 103 |
Atlas of the Skull Bones of Tyrannosaurus rex | 233 |
Palatal Kinesis of Tyrannosaurus rex | 245 |
Reconstruction of the Jaw Musculature of Tyrannosaurus rex | 255 |
Vestigialism in a Dinosaur | 283 |
Tyrannosaurid Pathologies as Clues to Natureand Nurture in the Cretaceous | 287 |
The Extreme Lifestyles and Habits of the Gigantic Tyrannosaurid Superpredators of the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia | 307 |
An Analysis of PredatorPrey Behavior in a HeadtoHead Encounter between Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops | 355 |
A Critical Reappraisal of the Obligate Scavenging Hypothesisfor Tyrannosaurus rex and Other Tyrant Dinosaurs | 371 |
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