Modeling of high-speed head-butting in Discokeryx xiezhi using finite element analyses (IMAGE)

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Modeling of high-speed head-butting in Discokeryx xiezhi using finite element analyses

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Modeling of high-speed head-butting in Discokeryx xiezhi using finite element analyses, with (A) and without (B) the complicated joints between cranium and vertebrae, showing the stable (A) or over-bending (B) head-neck articulation

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