Estimating the masses and centers of mass of extinct animals by 3-D mathematical slicing

Paleobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-106

  Henderson, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; GIRAFFIDAE; MAMMALIA; RHINOCEROS;

EXTINCTION; MASS BALANCE; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 0032992693     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373-25.1.88     Document Type: Article

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