Divergent strategies in cranial biomechanics and feeding ecology of the ankylosaurian dinosaurs

Abstract Ankylosaurs were important megaherbivores of Jurassic and Cretaceous ecosystems. Their distinctive craniodental anatomy and mechanics differentiated them from coexisting hadrosaurs and ceratopsians, and morphological evidence suggests dietary niche partitioning between sympatric ankylosauri...

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Main Authors: Antonio Ballell, Bohao Mai, Michael J. Benton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45444-1