ティラノサウルスの恐竜の巨大化と比較生命史のパラメータ

Gregory M Erickson1, Peter J Makovicky, Philip J Currie

  • 1Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1100, USA. gerickson@bio.fsu.edu

Nature
|August 13, 2004
PubMed
まとめ

ティラノサウルス・レックスは,成熟を遅らせてではなく,主に成長率を加速させることで,その巨大なサイズを達成しました. この研究は,恐竜の成長パターンを定量化して,進化的巨大性を理解します.

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