A new body mass estimation of Brachiosaurus brancaii> Janensch, 1914 mounted and exhibited at the Museum of Natural History (Berlin, Germany)

Fossil Record

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-38

  Gunga, Hanns Christian ^a   Suthau, Tim ^b   Bellmann, Anke ^b   Stoinski, Stefan ^b   Friedrich, Andreas ^b   Trippel, Tobias ^a   Kirsch, Karl ^a   Hellwich, Olaf ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

body mass estimation; Dinosauria; paleoecology; paleophysiology; Sauropoda; specific tissue density

Indexed keywords

EID: 66349114466     PISSN: 21930066     EISSN: 21930074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200700011     Document Type: Article

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