Why sauropods had long necks; and why giraffes have short necks

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebra; Dinosaur; Evolution; Giraffe; Neck; Sauropod

Indexed keywords

AIR SAC; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE; CERVICAL RIB; CERVICAL SPINE; EGG SIZE; EPIPOPHYSES; GIRAFFE; HEAD; MUSCLE; NECK; NONHUMAN; PLESIOSAUR; PTEROSAUR; QUADRUPEDAL STANCE; SAUROPOD; SAUROPSID; SPINAL NERVE; STANDING; TANYSTROPHEUS; TETRAPOD; TRUNK;

EID: 84877153376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.36     Document Type: Article

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