Variation and sexual dimorphism in Tyrannosaurus rex

• Main Author: Larson, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Reptilia; Dinosauria; Tyrannosauridae; Canada; New Zealand; Alabama; Saunders; Carr; Williamson; Coulter; Finn; Stump; Osborn; Bakker; Currie; Black Hills; Maloney; Molnar; Colbert; Aly; Common tern
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3942902; https://zenodo.org/record/3942902

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