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Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs : Understanding the Life of Giants.
Sauropods, those huge plant-eating dinosaurs, possessed bodies that seem to defy every natural law. What were these creatures like as living animals and how could they reach such uniquely gigantic sizes? A dedicated group of researchers in Germany in disciplines ranging from engineering and material...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Life of the past.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Sauropods, those huge plant-eating dinosaurs, possessed bodies that seem to defy every natural law. What were these creatures like as living animals and how could they reach such uniquely gigantic sizes? A dedicated group of researchers in Germany in disciplines ranging from engineering and materials science to animal nutrition and paleontology went in search of the answers to these questions. Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs reports on the latest results from this seemingly disparate group of research fields and integrates them into a coherent theory regarding sauropod gigantism. Covering. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (368 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253013552 0253013550 1299875521 9781299875524 |