Head and neck posture in sauropod dinosaurs inferred from extant animals

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-220

  Taylor, Michael P ^a   Wedel, Mathew J ^b   Naish, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Extant amniotes; Head; Neck; Posture; Sauropoda; Semi circular canals

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; DINOSAUR; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PALEONTOLOGY; POSTURE; RECONSTRUCTION; SKULL;

AMNIOTA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; SAUROPODA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 67651246805     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0007     Document Type: Article

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