The effect of intervertebral cartilage on neutral posture and range of motion in the necks of sauropod dinosaurs [PDF]
, 2013 The necks of sauropod dinosaurs were a key factor in their evolution. The habitual posture and range of motion of these necks has been controversial, and computer-aided studies have argued for an obligatory sub-horizontal pose.
Michael P Taylor +7 more
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Caudal pneumaticity and pneumatic hiatuses in the sauropod dinosaurs Giraffatitan and Apatosaurus [PDF]
, 2013 Skeletal pneumaticity is found in the presacral vertebrae of most sauropod dinosaurs, but pneumaticity is much less common in the vertebrae of the tail.
Michael P Taylor +3 more
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Review of the Dinosaur Remains from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland, UK
Geosciences, 2018 Dinosaurs are rare from the Middle Jurassic worldwide. The Isle of Skye, is the only place in Scotland thus far to have produced dinosaur remains. These remains consist mainly of footprints, but also several bones and teeth.
Neil D. L. Clark
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Inter-vertebral flexibility of the ostrich neck: implications for estimating sauropod neck flexibility. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The flexibility and posture of the neck in sauropod dinosaurs has long been contentious. Improved constraints on sauropod neck function will have major implications for what we know of their foraging strategies, ecology and overall biology.
Matthew J Cobley +2 more
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The neck of Barosaurus was not only longer but also wider than those of Diplodocus and other diplodocines [PDF]
, 2016 Barosaurus is a diplodocid sauropod from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of the western United States, and is known for its very long neck. It is related to the sympatric Diplodocus, and often thought of as more or less identical except with a ...
Wedel, Mathew J., Taylor, Michael P
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Geogaceta, 2021 Three types of ichnites from a new site discovered in Imilchil were studied and described. The structures of pes and manus prints and tail traces of tetrapods provide data to separate: real ichnites (theropod footprints and crocodile tail drag marks ...
Moussa Masrour +5 more
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BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background Dinosaurs dominated terrestrial environments for over 100 million years due in part to innovative feeding strategies. Although a range of dental adaptations was present in Late Jurassic dinosaurs, it is unclear whether dinosaur ecosystems ...
Keegan M. Melstrom +2 more
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Dinosaur footprints and other Ichnofauna from the Cretaceous Kem Kem Beds of Morocco [PDF]
, 2014 We describe an extensive ichnofossil assemblage from the likely Cenomanian-age 'lower' and 'upper' units of the 'Kem Kem beds' in southeastern Morocco.
Baidder, Lahssen +23 more
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Life history of Tendaguru sauropods as inferred from long bone histology [PDF]
Fossil Record, 1999 Sauropod dinosaurs present exceptional challenges in understanding their biology because of their exceptional body size. One of these, life history, can be inferred from the histology of their bones.
P. M. Sander
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The rarity of gastroliths in sauropod dinosaurs – a case study in the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation, western USA [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2014 Occurrences of suspected sauropod geo-gastroliths and "exoliths" (exotic clasts) are compared with authentic finds of stomach stones in the sauropods Diplodocus, Cedarosaurus, and Camarasaurus.
O. Wings
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