• DOI:10.1038/382706A0
Corpus ID: 4325859

Bite-force estimation for Tyrannosaurus rex from tooth-marked bones

@article{Erickson1996BiteforceEF,
  title={Bite-force estimation for Tyrannosaurus rex from tooth-marked bones},
  author={G. M. Erickson and Samuel D. Van Kirk and Jinntung Su and M. Levenston and W. Caler and D. Carter},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1996},
  volume={382},
  pages={706-708}
}

G. M. Erickson, Samuel D. Van Kirk, +3 authors D. Carter

Published 1996

Biology

Nature

WHETHER tyrannosaurs occupied predatory or scavenging niches has been debated for nearly a century1–5. Palaeontologists have turned to the study of dental morphology to address this question, but the results have been highly disparate. Some contend that the tyrannosaur dentition was very strong and well suited for engaging and killing herbivorous dinosaurs6,7. Others posit that tyrannosaurs ate carrion, because their teeth and/or jaws would fail during struggles with prey2,3. The discovery of… CONTINUE READING

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