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Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism
The herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods were the largest terrestrial animals ever, surpassing the largest herbivorous mammals by an order of magnitude in body mass. Several evolutionary lineages among Sauropoda produced giants with body masses in excess of 50 metric...
Autores principales: | Sander, P Martin, Christian, Andreas, Clauss, Marcus, Fechner, Regina, Gee, Carole T, Griebeler, Eva-Maria, Gunga, Hanns-Christian, Hummel, Jürgen, Mallison, Heinrich, Perry, Steven F, Preuschoft, Holger, Rauhut, Oliver W M, Remes, Kristian, Tütken, Thomas, Wings, Oliver, Witzel, Ulrich |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3045712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21251189 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00137.x |
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