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@article{Erickson2004GigantismAC,
  title={Gigantism and comparative life-history parameters of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs},
  author={Gregory M. Erickson and Peter J. Makovicky and Philip J. Currie and Mark A. Norell and Scott A. Yerby and Christopher A. Brochu},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2004},
  volume={430},
  pages={772-775},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:4404887}
}

Growth patterns within the Tyrannosauridae are studied and it is determined that Tyrannosaurus rex's great stature was primarily attained by accelerating growth rates beyond that of its closest relatives.

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