ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
If you think adolescents can be scary, you should have met Joe Peterson, a geologist with Northern Illinois University, is shown here with the skeleton of a teenage dinosaur known as Jane. (Scott Walstrom, Northern Illinois University)Somewhere around 70 million years ago, a young was wandering through what is now the badlands of southeastern Montana when it happened upon another youngster,...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... to the scientists. The bite did leave scars, however.“Jane has what we call a boxer’s nose,” says Joe Peterson, an NIU Ph.D. candidate in geology and lead author of the study published in the November issue of the journal, Palaios. “Her snout bends slightly to the left. It was probably broken and healed back crooked.”The researchers determined that another juvenile tyrannosaur was responsible...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... researchers determined that another juvenile tyrannosaur was responsible for the injury. Credit: Joe Peterson, NIU
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
T Rex staged play fightsYoung Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs indulged in play fights that sometimes caused serious damage to each other, evidence from fossils suggests. Published: 5:00PM GMT 02 Nov 2009Dr Peterson says other adolescent animals, particularly juvenile crocodiles, exhibit such fighting behaviour.Photo: EPAAnalysis of the fossil called 'Jane' have uncovered a serious bite that punctured...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A study of one fossil, a young female T. rex called Jane, has revealed that she suffered the equivalent of a broken nose as a result of a savage bite from another adolescent T. rex, said Joe Peterson, of Northern Illinois University and the Burpee Museum of Natural History in Rockford.
