Minimum convex hull mass estimations of complete mounted skeletons

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 842-845

  Sellers, W I ^a   Hepworth Bell, J ^a   Falkingham, P L ^b   Bates, K T ^c   Brassey, C A ^a   Egerton, V M ^a   Manning, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass estimation; Convex hull; Laser scanning

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SKELETON;

DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; SAUROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866715252     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0263     Document Type: Article

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