Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs : understanding the life of giants /
Summarizes the latest research findings on the biology of the sauropod dinosaurs, the largest land-living animals, and covers nutrition, physiology, skeletal structure, and growth.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2011].
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| Series: | Life of the past.
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Table of Contents:
- Sauropod biology and the evolution of gigantism: what do we know? / Marcus Clauss
- Sauropod feeding and digestive physiology / Jürgen Hummel and Marcus Clauss
- Dietary options for the sauropod dinosaurs from an integrated botanical and paleobotanical perspective / Carole T. Gee
- The diet of sauropod dinosaurs: implications of carbon isotope analysis on teeth, bones, and plants / Thomas Tütken
- Structure and function of the sauropod respiratory system / Steven F. Perry, Thomas Breuer, and Nadine Pajor
- Reconstructing body volume and surface area of dinosaurs using laser scanning and photogrammetry / Stefan Stoinski, Tim Suthau, and Hanns-Christian Gunga
- Body mass estimation, thermoregulation, and cardiovascular physiology of large sauropods / Bergita Ganse [and others]
- How to get big in the Mesozoic: the evolution of the sauropodomorph body plan / Oliver W.M. Rauhut [and others]
- Characterization of sauropod bone structure / Maïtena Dumont [and others]
- Finite element analyses and virtual syntheses of biological structures and their application to sauropod skulls / Ulrich Witzel [and others]
- Walking with the shoulder of giants: biomechanical conditions in the tetrapod shoulder girdle as a basis for sauropod shoulder reconstruction / Bianca Hohn
- Why so huge?: biomechanical reasons for the acquisition of large size in sauropod and theropod dinosaurs / Holger Preuschoft [and others]
- Plateosaurus in 3D: how CAD models and kinetic-dynamic modeling bring an extinct animal to life / Heinrich Mallison
- Rearing giants: kinetic-dynamic modeling of sauropod bipedal and tripodal poses / Heinrich Mallison
- Neck posture in sauropods / Andreas Christian and Gordon Dzemski
- The life cycle of sauropod dinosaurs / Eva Maria Griebeler and Jan Werner
- Sauropod bone histology and its implications for sauropod biology / P. Martin Sander [and others]
- Skeletal reconstruction of Brachiosaurus brancai in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin: summarizing 70 years of sauropod research / Kristian Remes [and others].
