Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Tyrant King

With its massive head, enormous jaws, and formidable teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex has long been the young person's favorite creepy carnivore in the Mesozoic zoo. Nor has T. rex been ignored by the scientific community, as this new collection amply demonstrates. Scientists explore such questions as why T. rexhad such small forelimbs; how the dinosaur moved; what bone pathologies tell us about life in the Cretaceous; and whether T. rex was a predator, a scavenger, or both. There are reports on newly discovered skeletons, on variation and sexual dimorphism, and how the big beasts chewed. The methods used by the contributors to unlock the mysteries of T. rex range from "old fashioned" stratigraphy to contemporary computer modelling. Together they yield a wealth of new information about one of the dinosaur world's most famous carnivores. An enclosed CD-ROM presents additional photographic and filmed reconstructions of the mighty beast.

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"Tyrannosaurus rex is unquestionably the most charismatic dinosaur, the star of countless Hollywood monster movies. In reality this dinosaur was no monster, but an animal trying to meet the same survival challenges faced by other species, both living and extinct. The contributors to this book shed considerable light on what life was like for one of the most spectacular predators of all time." James O. Farlow, co-editor,The Complete Dinosaur

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Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. 100 Years of Tyrannosaurus rex: the skeletons. Neal L. Larson; 2. Wyoming's Dynamosaurus imperiosus and other early discoveries of Tyrannosaurus rex in the Rocky Mountain west. Brent H. Breithaupt, Elizabeth H. Southwell, and Neffra; 3. How old is T. rex?: Challenges with the dating of terrestrial strata deposited during the Maastrichtian Stage of the Cretaceous Period. Kirk Johnson; 4. Preliminary account of the tyrannosaurid "Pete" from the Lance Formation of Wyoming. Kraig Derstler and John M. Myers; 5. Taphonomy of the Tyrannosaurus rex "Peck's Rex'" from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. Kraig Derstler and John M. Myers; 6.Taphonomy and environment of deposition of a juvenile tyrannosaurid skeleton from the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Maastrichtian) of southeastern Montana. Michael D. Henderson and William H. Harrison; 7. One pretty amazing T.rex. Mary Higby Schweitzer, Jennifer L. Wittmeyer, and John R. Horner; 8.Variation and sexual dimorphism in Tyrannosaurus rex. Peter L. Larson; 9 Why Tyrannosaurus rex had puny arms: An integral morphodynamic solution to a simple puzzle in theropod paleobiology. Martin Lockley, Reiji Kukihara and Laura Mitchell; 10. A re-look at the forelimb of Tyrannosaurus rex. Christine Lipkin and Kenneth Carpenter; 11. Rex, sit: Modeling tyrannosaurid postures. Kent A. Stevens, Eric D. Wills, Peter L. Larson, and Art Anderson; 12. T. rex speed trap. Phillip L. Manning; 13. Atlas of the skull bones of Tyrannosaurus rex. Peter L. Larson; 14. Palatal kinesis of Tyrannosaurus rex. Hans Larsson; 15. Reconstruction of the jaw musculature of Tyrannosaurus rex. Ralph E. Molnar; 16.Vestigialism in a dinosaur. William L. Abler; 17. Tyrannosaurid pathologies as clues to nature and nurture in the Cretaceous. Bruce M. Rothschild and Ralph Molnar; 18. The extreme lifestyles and habits of the gigantic tyrannosaurid super-predators of the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia. Gregory S. Paul; 19. An analysis of predator-prey behavior in a head-to-head encounter between Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops. John Happ; 20. A critical reappraisal of the obligate scavenging hypothesis for Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaurs: Thomas R. Holtz.; 21. Tyrannosaurus rex: A century of celebrity: Donald F. Glut; Contributor Acknowledgments; Index; Accompanying CD

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