Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: The evolution of gigantism

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-155

  Sander, P Martin ^a   Christian, Andreas ^b   Clauss, Marcus ^c   Fechner, Regina ^d   Gee, Carole T ^a   Griebeler, Eva Maria ^e   Gunga, Hanns Christian ^f   Hummel, Jürgen ^a   Mallison, Heinrich ^g   Perry, Steven F ^a   Preuschoft, Holger ^h   Rauhut, Oliver W M ^d   Remes, Kristian ^a,d   Tütken, Thomas ^a   Wings, Oliver ^g   Witzel, Ulrich ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^g HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Evolutionary innovation; Gigantism; Long neck; Mesozoic; Phylogenetic heritage; Sauropoda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 78951495531     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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