Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology (Life of the Past) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253009308 ISBN 13: 9780253009302

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The opening of an exhibit focused on "Jane," a beautifully preserved tyrannosaur collected by the Burpee Museum of Natural History, was the occasion for an international symposium on tyrannosaur paleobiology. This volume, drawn from the symposium, includes studies of the tyrannosaurids Chingkankousaurus fragilis and "Sir William" and the generic status of Nanotyrannus; theropod teeth, pedal proportions, brain size, and craniocervical function; soft tissue reconstruction, including that of "Jane"; paleopathology and tyrannosaurid claws; dating the "Jane" site; and tyrannosaur feeding and hunting strategies. Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology highlights the far ranging and vital state of current tyrannosaurid dinosaur research and discovery.

About this title

About the Author:

J. Michael Parrish is Dean College of Sciences, San Jose State University.

Ralph E. Molnar is Research Associate with the Museum of Northern Arizona.

Philip J. Currie is Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta.

Eva B. Koppelhus is Research Scientist in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta.

Review:

"Despite being discovered over 100 years ago, Tyrannosaurus rex and its kin still inspire researchers to ask fundamental questions about what the best known dinosaur was like as a living, breathing animal. Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology present a series of wide-ranging and innovative studies that cover diverse topics such as how tyrannosaurs attacked and dismembered prey, the shapes and sizes of feet and brains, and what sorts of injuries individuals sustained and lived with. There are also examinations of the diversity of tyrannosaurs, determinations of exactly when different kinds lived and died, and what goes into making a museum exhibit featuring tyrannosaurs. This volume clearly shows that there is much more to the study of dinosaurs than just digging up and cataloguing old bones."

(Donald M. Henderson Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology)

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0253009308
• ISBN 13: 9780253009302
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 294
• Editor: Parrish J. Michael, Molnar Ralph E., Currie Philip J., Koppelhus Eva B.