Research ArticleEVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Wear biomechanics in the slicing dentition of the giant horned dinosaur Triceratops
- Gregory M. Erickson1,
- Mark A. Sidebottom2,
- David I. Kay1,
- Kevin T. Turner3,
- Nathan Ip3,
- Mark A. Norell4,
- W. Gregory Sawyer5 and
- Brandon A. Krick2,*
- 1Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32306–4295, USA.
- 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 19 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
- 3Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
- 4Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA.
- 5Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 328 Mechanical Engineering Building, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: bakrick{at}lehigh.edu
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Science Advances 05 Jun 2015:
Vol. 1, no. 5, e1500055
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500055
Vol. 1, no. 5, e1500055
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500055
Gregory M. Erickson
Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32306–4295, USA.
Mark A. Sidebottom
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 19 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
David I. Kay
Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32306–4295, USA.
Kevin T. Turner
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Nathan Ip
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Mark A. Norell
Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA.
W. Gregory Sawyer
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 328 Mechanical Engineering Building, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Brandon A. Krick
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 19 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
