Osteology of Tyrannosaurus Rex: Insights from a nearly complete Skeleton and High-Resolution Computed Tomographic Analysis of the Skull

By C. Brochu. 2003

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Subfields: Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology

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In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. S. Nesbitt
2. M. Norell
3. S. Brusatte
4. J. Choiniere
5. Matthew Carrano
6. R. Irmis
7. M. Langer
8. O. Rauhut

In Paleontology

1. S. Nesbitt
2. M. Norell
3. S. Brusatte
4. M. Langer
5. J. Choiniere
6. Matthew Carrano
7. R. Irmis
8. Michael Benton

Citations in the corpus

• The Osteology of Alioramus, A Gracile and Long-Snouted Tyrannosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia (2012, methodology): “The broken surfaces of these fragments display an internal honeycombed texture, as has also been described for Tyrannosaurus (Brochu, 2003).”
• A new megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of north-western Germany: Implications for theropod evolution and faunal turnover in the Jurassic (2016, background): “The primary osteons are mostly longitudinally orientated with occasional anastomoses, which is similar to the ulna of Allosaurus (Bybee et al., 2006, figure 1d), the third metatarsal of Troodon (Varricchio, 1993, figure 3), and the fibula of Tyrannosaurus (Horner and Padian, 2004) and Acrocanthosaur”
• DINOSAUR GASTRALIA; ORIGIN, MORPHOLOGY, AND FUNCTION (2004, background): “Because the sternum described by Lambe (1917) for Albertosaurus libratus is the only theropod sternum known outside of Maniraptora, this reidentification has potentially important consequences for phylogenetic systematics (Brochu, 2003).”
• Body Size Overlap, Habitat Partitioning and Living Space Requirements of Terrestrial Vertebrate Predators: Implications for the Paleoecology of Large Theropod Dinosaurs (2002, background): “rex (Carr, 1999; Brochu, 2002).”
• New information on Nqwebasaurus thwazi, a coelurosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation in South Africa (2012, background): “, 2008]); pedal phalanges of digit IV anteroposteriorly short with proximal and distal articular surfaces extremely close to each other (also known in Ceratosauria [Carrano and Sampson, 2008], Tyrannosaurus rex [Brochu, 2003], Tarbosaurus bataar [Maleev, 1974], Avimimus portentosus [Vickers-Rich et ”
• The Phylogeny of Ceratosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda) (2008, background): “…condition exhibited by Rugops lends credence to the hypothesis that the prefrontal of abelisaurids was not lost, but rather fused during ontogeny (and/or phylogeny) to the medial lacrimal, as is the case for carcharodonto- saurids (including Carcharodontosaurus) and tyrannosaurids (Brochu 2002).”
• Cranial Osteology of a Juvenile Specimen of Tarbosaurus bataar (Theropoda, Tyrannosauridae) from the Nemegt Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Bugin Tsav, Mongolia (2011, background): “Another row of relatively large foramina extends along the ventral margin of the alveolar process within a few millimeters from the margin, comprising the alveolar row of the foramina of Brochu (2003) .”
• Non‐avian dinosaur fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning, China (2006, background): “Dilong paradoxus displays several derived features similar to more derived coelurosaurians, such as the size and relative position of the external naris, and a few features related to the palatine, pterygoid and manus (Brochu 2003).”
• AXIAL SKELETON ONTOGENY IN THE PARASUCHIA (ARCHOSAURIA: PSEUDOSUCHIA) AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ONTOGENETIC DETERMINATION IN ARCHOSAURS (2007, background): “At least two proximal dorsal vertebrae possess open neurocentral sutures (Brochu, 2003a: 86, fig.”
• HETERODONTY IN TYRANNOSAURUS REX: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TAXONOMIC AND SYSTEMATIC UTILITY OF THEROPOD DENTITIONS (2005, methodology): “However, the premaxillary teeth of T. rex and other tyrannosaurids have also been referred to as ‘incisiform’ in shape (e.g., Russell, 1970; Holtz, 1998; Brochu, 2002).”
• THE POSTCRANIAL AXIAL SKELETON OF MAJUNGASAURUS CRENATISSIMUS (THEROPODA: ABELISAURIDAE) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MADAGASCAR (2007, background): “Pneumatic centra are found throughout the dorsal series in some large-bodied tetanurans, including Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (SMU 74646; Harris, 1998), Baryonyx walkeri (BMNH R9951), Neovenator salerii (BMNH R.10001), and Tyrannosaurus rex (FMNH PR 2081).”