Lower rotational inertia and larger leg muscles indicate more rapid turns in tyrannosaurids than in other large theropods.
Eric SnivelyHaley D O'BrienDonald M HendersonHeinrich MallisonLara A SurringMichael E BurnsThomas R HoltzAnthony P RussellLawrence M WitmerPhilip J CurrieScott A HartmanJohn R CottonPublished in: PeerJ (2019)
The capacity for relatively rapid turns in tyrannosaurids is ecologically intriguing in light of their monopolization of large (>400 kg), toothed dinosaurian predator niches in their habitats.
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