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Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs : understanding the life of giants / edited by Nicole Klein, Kristian Remes, Carole T. Gee, P. Martin Sander

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Life of the pastPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (xi, 331 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253013552
  • 0253013550
  • 1299875521
  • 9781299875524
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs : Understanding the Life of Giants.DDC classification:
  • 567.913
LOC classification:
  • QE862.S3 B56 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Sauropod biology and the evolution of gigantism: what do we know? / Marcus Clauss -- Sauropod feeding and digestive physiology / Jürgen Hummel and Marcus Clauss -- Dietary options for the sauropod dinosaurs from an integrated botanical and paleobotanical perspective / Carole T. Gee -- The diet of sauropod dinosaurs: implications of carbon isotope analysis on teeth, bones, and plants / Thomas Tütken -- Structure and function of the sauropod respiratory system / Steven F. Perry, Thomas Breuer, and Nadine Pajor -- Reconstructing body volume and surface area of dinosaurs using laser scanning and photogrammetry / Stefan Stoinski, Tim Suthau, and Hanns-Christian Gunga -- Body mass estimation, thermoregulation, and cardiovascular physiology of large sauropods / Bergita Ganse [and others] -- How to get big in the Mesozoic: the evolution of the sauropodomorph body plan / Oliver W.M. Rauhut [and others] -- Characterization of sauropod bone structure / Maïtena Dumont [and others] -- Finite element analyses and virtual syntheses of biological structures and their application to sauropod skulls / Ulrich Witzel [and others] -- Walking with the shoulder of giants: biomechanical conditions in the tetrapod shoulder girdle as a basis for sauropod shoulder reconstruction / Bianca Hohn -- Why so huge?: biomechanical reasons for the acquisition of large size in sauropod and theropod dinosaurs / Holger Preuschoft [and others] -- Plateosaurus in 3D: how CAD models and kinetic-dynamic modeling bring an extinct animal to life / Heinrich Mallison -- Rearing giants: kinetic-dynamic modeling of sauropod bipedal and tripodal poses / Heinrich Mallison -- Neck posture in sauropods / Andreas Christian and Gordon Dzemski -- The life cycle of sauropod dinosaurs / Eva Maria Griebeler and Jan Werner -- Sauropod bone histology and its implications for sauropod biology / P. Martin Sander [and others] -- Skeletal reconstruction of Brachiosaurus brancai in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin: summarizing 70 years of sauropod research / Kristian Remes [and others].
Summary: Summarizes the latest research findings on the biology of the sauropod dinosaurs, the largest land-living animals, and covers nutrition, physiology, skeletal structure, and growth.
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Sauropod biology and the evolution of gigantism: what do we know? / Marcus Clauss -- Sauropod feeding and digestive physiology / Jürgen Hummel and Marcus Clauss -- Dietary options for the sauropod dinosaurs from an integrated botanical and paleobotanical perspective / Carole T. Gee -- The diet of sauropod dinosaurs: implications of carbon isotope analysis on teeth, bones, and plants / Thomas Tütken -- Structure and function of the sauropod respiratory system / Steven F. Perry, Thomas Breuer, and Nadine Pajor -- Reconstructing body volume and surface area of dinosaurs using laser scanning and photogrammetry / Stefan Stoinski, Tim Suthau, and Hanns-Christian Gunga -- Body mass estimation, thermoregulation, and cardiovascular physiology of large sauropods / Bergita Ganse [and others] -- How to get big in the Mesozoic: the evolution of the sauropodomorph body plan / Oliver W.M. Rauhut [and others] -- Characterization of sauropod bone structure / Maïtena Dumont [and others] -- Finite element analyses and virtual syntheses of biological structures and their application to sauropod skulls / Ulrich Witzel [and others] -- Walking with the shoulder of giants: biomechanical conditions in the tetrapod shoulder girdle as a basis for sauropod shoulder reconstruction / Bianca Hohn -- Why so huge?: biomechanical reasons for the acquisition of large size in sauropod and theropod dinosaurs / Holger Preuschoft [and others] -- Plateosaurus in 3D: how CAD models and kinetic-dynamic modeling bring an extinct animal to life / Heinrich Mallison -- Rearing giants: kinetic-dynamic modeling of sauropod bipedal and tripodal poses / Heinrich Mallison -- Neck posture in sauropods / Andreas Christian and Gordon Dzemski -- The life cycle of sauropod dinosaurs / Eva Maria Griebeler and Jan Werner -- Sauropod bone histology and its implications for sauropod biology / P. Martin Sander [and others] -- Skeletal reconstruction of Brachiosaurus brancai in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin: summarizing 70 years of sauropod research / Kristian Remes [and others].

Summarizes the latest research findings on the biology of the sauropod dinosaurs, the largest land-living animals, and covers nutrition, physiology, skeletal structure, and growth.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 050

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