Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology

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New research on tyrannosaurs featuring a T. rex named "Jane"

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.

Introduction /J. Michael Parrish and Ralph E. Molnar
Part One. Systematics and Descriptions
1. Phylogenetic Revision of Chingkankousaurus fragilis, a Forgotten Tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous of China /Stephen L. Brusatte, David W. E. Hone, and Xu Xing
2. The Case for Nanotyrannus /Peter Larson
3. Preliminary Analysis of a Sub-Adult Tyrannosaurid Skeleton from the Judith River Formation of Petroleum County, Montana /Walter W. Stein and Michael Triebold
Part Two. Functional Morphology and Reconstruction
4. Internal Structure of Tooth Serrations /William L. Abler
5. Feet of the Fierce (and Not So Fierce): Pedal Proportions in Large Theropods, Other Non-Avian Dinosaurs, and Large Ground Birds /James O. Farlow, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., Trevor H. Worthy, and Ralph E. Chapman
6. Relative Size of Brain and Cerebrum in Tyrannosaurid Dinosaurs: An Analysis Using Brain-Endocast Quantitative Relationships in Extant Alligators /Grant R. Hurlburt, Ryan C. Ridgley, and Lawrence M. Witmer
7. Jane, In the Flesh: The State of Life-Reconstruction in Paleoart /Tyler Keillor
8. Comparison of Reconstructed Jaw Musculature and Mechanics of Some Large Theropods /Ralph E. Molnar
9. Tyrannosaurid Craniocervical Mobility: A Preliminary Assessment /Tanya Samman
Part Three. Paleopathology, Paleoecology, and Taphonomy
10. Clawing Their Way to the Top: Tyrannosaurid Pathology and Lifestyle /Bruce M. Rothschild
11. Brodie Abscess Involving a Tyrannosaur Phalanx: Imaging and Implications /Christopher P. Vittore, MD and Michael D. Henderson
12. Using Pollen, Leaves, and Paleomagnetism to Date a Juvenile Tyrannosaurid in Upper Cretaceous Rock /William F. Harrison, Douglas J. Nichols, Michael D. Henderson, and Reed P. Scherer
13. The Biomechanics of a Plausible Hunting Strategy for Tyrannosaurus rex /David A. Krauss and James M. Robinson
14. A Closer Look at the Hypothesis of Scavenging vs. Predation by Tyrannosaurus rex /Kenneth Carpenter
15. New Evidence of Predation by a Large Tyrannosaurid /Nate L. Murphy, Kenneth Carpenter, and David Trexler
Index

Sujets

• Sciences de la nature
• Biologie
• Life Sciences
• Fossils
• Sciences et techniques
• Biology
• Rock (geology)
• Paleontology
• Evolution
• Animals
• 454 Life Sciences
• Rocks
• Science

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• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 05 juillet 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253009470
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology
TYRANNOSAURID PALEOBIOLOGY
EDITED BY J. MICHAEL PARRISH, RALPH E. MOLNAR, PHILIP J. CURRIE , AND EVA B. KOPPELHUS
Life of the Past James O. Farlow, editor
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tyrannosaurid paleobiology / edited by J. Michael Parrish, Ralph E. Molnar, Philip J. Currie, and Eva B. Koppelhus.
pages cm.-(Life of the past)
This volume had its genesis in a conference held in Rockford, Illinois, on September 16-18, 2005, titled The Origin, Systematics, and Paleobiology of Tyrannosauridae, and jointly sponsored by the Burpee Museum of Natural History and Northern Illinois University -Introduction.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-253-00930-2 (cl : alk. paper)-ISBN 978-0-253-00947-0 (eb) 1. Tyrannosauridae. 2. Paleobiology. 3. Paleontology-Cretaceous. I. Parrish, J. Michael, 1953- editor of compilation. II. Molnar, Ralph E., editor of compilation. III. Currie, Philip J., editor of compilation. IV. Koppelhus, Eva B. (Eva Bundgaard), editor of compilation.
QE862.S3T96 2013
567.912 9-dc23
2013002879
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Contents
Contributors
Introduction J. Michael Parrish and Ralph E. Molnar
Part 1 Systematics and Descriptions
1 Phylogenetic Revision of Chingkankousaurus fragilis , a Forgotten Tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous of China
Stephen L. Brusatte, David W. E. Hone, and Xu Xing
2 The Case for Nanotyrannus
Peter Larson
3 Preliminary Analysis of a Sub-adult Tyrannosaurid Skeleton from the Judith River Formation of Petroleum County, Montana
Walter W. Stein and Michael Triebold
Part 2 Functional Morphology and Reconstruction
4 Internal Structure of Tooth Serrations
William L. Abler
5 Feet of the Fierce (and Not So Fierce): Pedal Proportions in Large Theropods, Other Non-avian Dinosaurs, and Large Ground Birds
James O. Farlow, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., Trevor H. Worthy, and Ralph E. Chapman
6 Relative Size of Brain and Cerebrum in Tyrannosaurid Dinosaurs: An Analysis Using Brain-Endocast Quantitative Relationships in Extant Alligators
Grant R. Hurlburt, Ryan C. Ridgley, and Lawrence M. Witmer
7 Jane, in the Flesh: The State of Life-Reconstruction in Paleoart
Tyler Keillor
8 A Comparative Analysis of Reconstructed Jaw Musculature and Mechanics of Some Large Theropods
Ralph E. Molnar
9 Tyrannosaurid Craniocervical Mobility: A Preliminary Qualitative Assessment
Tanya Samman
Part 3 Paleopathology, Paleoecology, and Taphonomy
10 Clawing Their Way to the Top: Tyrannosaurid Pathology and Lifestyle
Bruce M. Rothschild
11 Brodie Abscess Involving a Tyrannosaur Phalanx: Imaging and Implications
Christopher P. Vittore, MD, and Michael D. Henderson
12 Using Pollen, Leaves, and Paleomagnetism to Date a Juvenile Tyrannosaurid in Upper Cretaceous Rock
William F. Harrison, Douglas J. Nichols, Michael D. Henderson, and Reed P. Scherer
13 The Biomechanics of a Plausible Hunting Strategy for Tyrannosaurus rex
David A. Krauss and John M. Robinson
14 A Closer Look at the Hypothesis of Scavenging versus Predation by Tyrannosaurus rex
Kenneth Carpenter
15 New Evidence for Predation by a Large Tyrannosaurid
Nate L. Murphy, Kenneth Carpenter, and David Trexler
Index
Contributors
William L. Abler
Department of Geology
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
Stephen L. Brusatte
Division of Paleontology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024;
and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Columbia University
New York, NY
[e-mail]
Kenneth Carpenter
USU-CEU Prehistoric Museum
155 East Main
Price, UT 84501
[e-mail]
Ralph E. Chapman
295 Bryce Avenue
Los Alamos, NM 87544
Philip J. Currie
Room Z 418
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6G 2E9
James O. Farlow
Department of Geosciences
Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort
Wayne, IN 46805
William F. Harrison
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
[e-mail]
Michael D. Henderson
Burpee Museum of Natural History
737 North Main Street
Rockford, IL 61103; and Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
[e-mail]
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Department of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
David W. E. Hone
Institute of Vertebrate
Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
PO Box 643
Beijing 100044
People s Republic of China
Grant R. Hurlburt
Department of Natural History
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
Canada
[e-mail]
Tyler Keillor
Department of Organismal
Biology and Anatomy
Fossil Laboratory
University of Chicago
5620 S. Ellis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
[e-mail]
Eva B. Koppelhus
Room CW-405
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6G 2E9
David A. Krauss
Science Department
Borough of Manhattan Community College
City University of New York
199 Chambers St.
New York, NY 10007
[e-mail]
Peter Larson
Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.
PO Box 643
Hill City, SD 57745
Ralph E. Molnar
Museum of Paleontology
1101 Valley Life
Sciences Building
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
Nate L. Murphy
Judith River Dinosaur Institute
PO Box 51177
Billings, MT 59105
[e-mail]
Douglas J. Nichols
U.S. Geological Survey
Denver, CO 80225
J. Michael Parrish
College of Science
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA 95192
[e-mail] ,edu
Ryan C. Ridgely
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Athens, OH 45701
[e-mail]
John M. Robinson
Department of Physics
Indiana University-Purdue University at
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Bruce M. Rothschild
Northeast Ohio
Medical University
PO Box 95
Rootstown, Ohio
[e-mail]
Tanya Samman
formerly Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
Canada
[e-mail]
Reed P. Scherer
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
[e-mail]
Walter W. Stein
PaleoAdventures
3082 Sikeston Ave.
North Port, FL 34286
[e-mail] ;
www.paleoadventures.com
David Trexler
Two Medicine
Dinosaur Center
PO Box 794
Bynum, MT 59419
[e-mail]
Michael Triebold
Triebold Paleontology, Inc.;
and the Rocky Mountain
Dinosaur Resource Center
211 Fairview Ave.
Woodland Park, CO 80863
[e-mail] ;
www.rmdrc.com
Christopher P. Vittore, MD
University of Illinois
College of Medicine and Rockford Health System
Department of Radiology
2400 N. Rockton Avenue
Rockford, IL 61103
Lawrence M. Witmer
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Athens, OH 45701
[e-mail]
Trevor H. Worthy
School of Biological
Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia
Xu Xing
Institute of Vertebrate
Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
PO Box 643
Beijing 100044
People s Republic of China
Introduction
J. Michael Parrish and Ralph E. Molnar
Tyrannosaurus rex is assuredly the dinosaur with the greatest public visibility, and it has been cast as a heavy in countless films dating back to Harry Hoyt s (1925) adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s (1912) Lost World . However, as of 1980, only seven specimens of the dinosaur were known (Larson 2008). In the last three decades, this number has swelled at least sevenfold (Larson 2008), and our knowledge of the relationships, anatomy, and biology of T. rex and its close relatives has expanded dramatically both through new specimens coming to light and through a plethora of analytical studies. This volume had its genesis in a conference held in Rockford, Illinois, on September 16-18, 2005, titled The Origin, Systematics, and Paleobiology of Tyrannosauridae, and jointly sponsored by the Burpee Museum of Natural History and Northern Illinois University. The symposium was held in conjunction with the development of the Burpee s new dinosaur hall, the centerpiece of which was a skeletal reconstruction of Jane ( BMR P2002.4.1), a relatively complete and very well preserved specimen of a juvenile tyrannosaur recovered by the Burpee Museum in 2002 from Carter County, Montana, and now mounted on display at the museum.
This was one of two tyrannosaur symposia that year, the other held at the Black Hills Natural History Museum in Hill City, South Dakota. The proceedings of that meeting have already been published by Indiana University Press as Tyrannosaurus rex, the Tyrant King (Larson and Carpenter 2008).
The initial motivation for the Burpee meeting was the relevance of Jane on the status of Nanotyrannus lancensis as either a valid taxon or a juvenile specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex . The ambit of the symposium, however, was broader and also included other issues of tyran