How Fast Could Tyrannosaurus rex Run?
- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics Today
- Vol. 55 (4) , 18-19
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1480769
Abstract
A new biomechanics model finds that T. rex lacked large enough leg muscles to run fast.Keywords
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