Tyrannosaurus rex, the Tyrant King (Life of the Past)

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. rex had 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 modeling. 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. 1. One hundred years of Tyrannosaurus rex : the skeletons / Neal L. Larson2. Wyoming?s Dynamosaurus imperiosus and Other Early Discoveries of Tyrannosaurus rex in the Rocky Mountain West / Brent H. Breithaupt, Elizabeth H. Southwell and Neffra A. Matthews3. How Old Is T. rex? Challenges with the Dating of Terrestrial Strata Deposited during the Maastrichtian Stage of the Cretaceous Period / Kirk Johnson4. Preliminary Account of the Tyrannosaurid Pete from the Lance Formation of Wyoming / Kraig Derstler and John M. Myers5. Taphonomy of the Tyrannosaurus rex Peck?s Rex from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana / Kraig Derstler and John M. Myers6. Taphonomy and Environment of Deposition of a Juvenile Tyrannosaurid Skeleton from the Hell Creek Formation (Latest Maastrichtian) of Southeastern Montana / Michael D. Henderson and William H. Harrison7. One Pretty Amazing T. rex / Mary Higby Schweitzer, Jennifer L. Wittmeyer and John R. Horner8. Variation and Sexual Dimorphism in Tyrannosaurus rex / Peter Larson9. Why Tyrannosaurus rex Had Puny Arms: An Integral Morphodynamic Solution to a Simple Puzzle in Theropod Paleobiology / Martin Lockley, Reiji Kukihara and Laura Mitchell10. Looking Again at the Forelimb of Tyrannosaurus rex / Christine Lipkin and Kenneth Carpenter11. Rex, Sit: Digital Modeling of Tyrannosaurus rex at Rest / Kent A. Stevens, Peter Larson, Eric D. Wills and Art Anderson12. T. rex Speed Trap / Phillip L. Manning13. Atlas of the Skull Bones of Tyrannosaurus rex / Peter Larson14. Palatal Kinesis of Tyrannosaurus rex / Hans C. E. Larsson15. Reconstruction of the Jaw Musculature of Tyrannosaurus rex / Ralph E. Molnar16. Vestigialism in a Dinosaur / William L. Abler17. Tyrannosaurid Pathologies as Clues to Nature and Nurture in the Cretaceous / Bruce M. Rothschild and Ralph E. Molnar18. The Extreme Lifestyles and Habits of the Gigantic Tyrannosaurid Superpredators of the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia / Gregory S. Paul19. An Analysis of Predator-Prey Behavior in a Head-to-Head Encounter between Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops / John Happ20. A Critical Reappraisal of the Obligate Scavenging Hypothesis for Tyrannosaurus rex and Other Tyrant Dinosaurs / Thomas R. Holtz Jr.21. Tyrannosaurus rex:A Century of Celebrity / Donald F. Glut One hundred years of Tyrannosaurus rex : the skeletons / Neal L. Larson Wyoming's Dynamosaurus imperiosus and other early discoveries of Tyrannosaurus rex in the Rocky Mountain West / Brent H. Breithaupt, Elizabeth H. Southwell, and Neffra A. Matthews How old Is T. rex? : challenges with the dating of terrestrial strata deposited during the Maastrichtian stage of the Cretaceous period / Kirk Johnson Preliminary account of the tyrannosaurid Pete from the Lance Formation of Wyoming / Kraig Derstler and John M. Myers Taphonomy of the Tyrannosaurus rex Peck's Rex from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana / Kraig Derstler and John M. Myers Taphonomy and environment of deposition of a juvenile tyrannosaurid skeleton from the Hell Creek Formation (latest Maastrichtian) of southeastern Montana / Michael D. Henderson and William H. Harrison One pretty amazing T. rex / Mary Higby Schweitzer, Jennifer L. Wittmeyer, and John R. Horner Variation and sexual dimorphism in Tyrannosaurus rex / Peter Larson Why Tyrannosaurus rex had puny arms : an integral morphodynamic solution to a simple puzzle in theropod paleobiology / Martin Lockley, Reiji Kukihara, and Laura Mitchell Looking again at the forelimb of Tyrannosaurus rex / Christine Lipkin and Kenneth Carpenter Rex, sit : digital modeling of Tyrannosaurus rex at rest / Kent A. Stevens ... [et al.] T. rex speed trap / Phillip L. Manning Atlas of the skull bones of Tyrannosaurus rex / Peter Larson Palatal kinesis of Tyrannosaurus rex / Hans C.E. Larsson Reconstruction of the jaw musculature of Tyrannosaurus rex / Ralph E. Molnar Vestigialism in a dinosaur / William L. Abler Tyrannosaurid pathologies as clues to nature and nurture in the Cretaceous / Bruce M. Rothschild and Ralph E. Molnar The extreme lifestyles and habits of the gigantic tyrannosaurid superpredators of the late Cretaceous of North America and Asia / Gregory S. Paul An analysis of predator-prey behavior in a head-to-head encounter between Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops / John Happ A critical reappraisal of the obligate scavenging hypothesis for Tyrannosaurus rex and other tyrant dinosaurs / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. Tyrannosaurus rex : a century of celebrity / Donald F. Glut. Accompanying CD-ROM has supplementary materials related to chapters 7 (color images of the black and white figures in the book), 11 (Flash-animated movie about tyrannosaurid postures), and 13 (skull bone atlas)