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Why sauropods had long necks; and why giraffes have short necks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The necks of the sauropod dinosaurs reached 15 m in length: six times longer than that of the world record giraffe and five times longer than those of all other terrestrial animals.
Taylor, Michael P., Wedel, Mathew J.
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Convoluted nasal passages function as efficient heat exchangers in ankylosaurs (Dinosauria: Ornithischia: Thyreophora).

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Convoluted nasal passages are an enigmatic hallmark of Ankylosauria. Previous research suggested that these convoluted nasal passages functioned as heat exchangers analogous to the respiratory turbinates of mammals and birds. We tested this hypothesis by
Jason M Bourke   +2 more
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The effects of the spreading of the Central Atlantic during the Middle Jurassic on dinosaur faunas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The spreading of the Central Atlantic is a complex series of events that include a ridge jump to the east and a ridge jump to the west at c. 170Ma and c. 162Ma respectively.
Clark, N.D.L.
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The extinct, giant giraffid Sivatherium giganteum: skeletal reconstruction and body mass estimation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Sivatherium giganteum is an extinct giraffid from the Plio–Pleistocene boundary of the Himalayan foothills. To date, there has been no rigorous skeletal reconstruction of this unusual mammal.
Christopher Basu   +8 more
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Tafonomía del titanosaurio Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis, Cretácico Superior, Patagonia central, Argentina: un ejemplo de preservación en facies fluviales de desbordamiento [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis es un titanosaurio procedente del lago Colhué Huapi, en el Sur de Chubut, Argentina. Los materiales estudiados incluyen veintiuna vértebras caudales y siete hemapófisis, y se hallaron articulados en facies correspondientes a ...
Allard, Jose Oscar   +5 more
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New material and phylogenetic position of the basal iguanodont dinosaur Delapparentia turolensis from the Barremian (Early Cretaceous) of Spain [PDF]

open access: yes
Delapparentia turolensis Ruiz-Omeñaca, 2011 is the only iguanodont taxon erected in the Barremian of Spain. It is described on the basis of a partial postcranial skeleton discovered in the 1950s near the village of Galve (Teruel Province), within the ...
Canudo, J.I.   +3 more
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