Extinct Animal of the Week

(formerly Dinosaur of the Week)

15 April 2011

Cousin of the king

This week we're visiting Cretaceous China and Mongolia to look at a cousin of the largest and fiercest animal in North America at the same time (well this guy is about 3 million years older). Everyone give a big welcome to Tarbosaurus bataar!

Ian N. Cost at 05:36

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Ian N. Cost: I am an educator and a researcher. I am interested in how the feeding apparatus of reptiles, especially birds and dinosaurs, has changed over time. Therefore, I conduct research focused on the anatomy and biomechanics of the head. My research specifically seeks to answer questions concerning the functional morphology and biomechanical environment of the palate, including kinetic movements of the skull. Understanding the impact that palatal movements and the joints that are in the head have on the ecological role of all reptiles, including birds, allows us to better comprehend the evolution of the feeding apparatus in extant and fossil animals and is of great interest to me.

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15 April 2011

Cousin of the king

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