Correction to ‘Estimating maximum bite performance in Tyrannosaurus rex using multi-body dynamics’

Correction to 'Estimating maximum bite performance in Tyrannosaurus rex using multi-body dynamics'.

Bite mechanics and feeding behaviour in Tyrannosaurus rex are controversial. Some contend that a modest bite mechanically limited T. rex to scavenging, while others argue that high bite forces facilitated a predatory mode of life. We use dynamic musculoskeletal models to simulate maximal biting in T. rex. Models predict that adult T. rex generated sustained bite forces of 35 000-57 000 N at a s...

Estimating maximum bite performance in Tyrannosaurus rex using multi-body dynamics

Bite mechanics and feeding behaviour in Tyrannosaurus rex are controversial. Some contend that a modest bite mechanically limited T. rex to scavenging, while others argue that high bite forces facilitated a predatory mode of life. We use dynamic musculoskeletal models to simulate maximal biting in T. rex. Models predict that adult T. rex generated sustained bite forces of 35 000–57 000 N at a s...

The Body Temperature of Tyrannosaurus rex.

Cannibalism in Tyrannosaurus rex

BACKGROUND Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest terrestrial carnivores of all time, and consequently its ecology and diet have been the focus of much discussion. However, there is little direct evidence of diet or feeding habits in this species. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Examination of museum collections has revealed four specimens of Tyrannosaurus rex that bear tooth marks made by l...

Craniocervical feeding dynamics of Tyrannosaurus rex

—Tyrannosaurus rex and other tyrannosaurid theropods exerted high bite forces, and large muscle attachments suggest that the tyrannosaurid neck was a concomitantly powerful component of the feeding apparatus. We examine accelerative and work-generating capacity (WGC) of neck muscles in adult Tyrannosaurus rex, using a 3-D vector-based method that incorporates aspects of muscle force generation,...