Tipsy punters: Sauropod dinosaur pneumaticity, buoyancy and aquatic habits

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2004, Pages

  Henderson, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Buoyancy; Sauropods; Stability; Trackways

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BUOYANCY; DINOSAUR;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DINOSAUR; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EVOLUTION; LUNG; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2342599690     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0136     Document Type: Article

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