Implications of an avian-style respiratory system for gigantism in sauropod dinosaurs

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 600-610

  Perry, Steven F ^a   Christian, Andreas ^b   Breuer, Thomas ^a   Pajor, Nadine ^a   Codd, Jonathan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DINOSAUR; HISTOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DINOSAURS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 67650359190     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.517     Document Type: Article

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