Re: Rookie Questions

[Gautam Majumdar <gautam@majumdar.demon.co.uk>]

GOBI 2010 <gobi2010@hotmail.com> wrote
>Okie, here's some questions I have, that shouldn't be too hard to 
>answer...
>5)What's the bite pressure/an estimate of the bite pressure of
>Tyrannosaurus rex

Similar to American aligator and two to three times that of African lion. See 
the
following reference. Nature should be available in your College library.  

Erickson G M, Van Kirk S D, Su J, Levenston M E, Caler W E, Carter D R,
Bite-force estimation for Tyrannosaurus rex from tooth-marked bones,
Nature 1996; 382: 706-8

Gautam Majumdar                 gautam@majumdar.demon.co.uk