Downsizing a giant: re-evaluating Dreadnoughtus body mass

Estimates of body mass often represent the founding assumption on which biomechanical and macroevolutionary hypotheses are based. Recently, a scaling equation was applied to a newly discovered titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur (Dreadnoughtus), yielding a 59 300 kg body mass estimate for this animal. H...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bates, Karl T., Falkingham, Peter L., Macaulay, Sophie, Brassey, Charlotte, Maidment, Susannah C. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2015
Materias:
Palaeontology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26063751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0215

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26063751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0215

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