Allosaurus as a Jurassic headbanger.(Brief Article)

Science News | November 11, 2000| | Copyright

Being referred to as thickheaded isn't exactly a compliment. Depending on your lifestyle, however, you just might need a skull that can occasionally take a good smack.

Consider a carnivorous dinosaur such as Allosaurus fragilis attacking and feeding on its prey. New research shows that the predator's skull can resist stress many times higher than that expected merely from the dinosaur's chewing on its victims. The finding provides insight into Allosaurus' method of subduing its prey, says Emily J. Rayfield, a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge in ...

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