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Biomechanics of Running Indicates Endothermy in Bipedal Dinosaurs

BACKGROUND: One of the great unresolved controversies in paleobiology is whether extinct dinosaurs were endothermic, ectothermic, or some combination thereof, and when endothermy first evolved in the lineage leading to birds. Although it is well established that high, sustained growth rates and, pre...

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Autores principales: Pontzer, Herman, Allen, Vivian, Hutchinson, John R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2772121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19911059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007783

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