Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most feared predators in the Age of Dinosaurs, may have been built for endurance, not speed. A paper published Wednesday takes recent research on how mammals move and applies it to dinosaurs. Its conclusions support theories that the massive meat-eaters hunted in packs and opens a window into the ecology of the ancient forests they roamed. 鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to figure out how much energy is going into and flowing through paleo ecosystems,鈥� said Hans Larsson of Montreal鈥檚 缅北强奸, one of the paper鈥檚 co-authors.
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Published on: 14 May 2020
While smaller dinosaurs needed speed, huge predators like T. rex were optimized for energy-efficient walking, according to a published in PLOS ONE.
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Published on: 13 May 2020
