But T. rex's tail was unique. The tails of both T. rex and modern animals are given their shape and strength by rib bones attached to the vertebrae.

But Persons found T.rex had one crucial difference in its tail structure. The tails of both T.rex and modern animals are given their shape and strength by rib bones attached to the vertebrae.

The research team calculated a step rhythm from a computer model of a T. rex tail, based on Trix, an adult 12-meter-long (39-foot-long) T. rex fossil at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, a museum ...

Dinosaurs Dinosaur dubbed 'destroyers of shins' would use armoured tail to win fights with T-Rex Scientists had long thought the armoured tail of a Zuul crurivastator was used to bat off predators.

Scotty's skeleton shows signs of broken ribs, an infected jaw, and what might have been a bite from another T. rex on its tail. The T. rex had a bite force of 7,800 pounds, equivalent to the ...

To study T Rex motion, the scientists developed a 3D model of the dinosaur using Trix’s skeleton as a reference, adding digital muscles and ligaments to the structure, including to its tail.

The T. rex likely attacked the hadrosaur, but the herbivore was able to escape, Burnham said. The healing over the tooth indicates that the hadrosaur lived awhile after the attack.

The research team calculated a step rhythm from a computer model of a T. rex tail, based on Trix, an adult 12-meter-long (39-foot-long) T. rex fossil at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, a museum ...