Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs : understanding the life of giants

Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs : understanding the life of giants - Bloomington, [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, c2011. - xi, 331 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cm. - Life of the past . - Life of the past. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 ... [et al.] -- How to get big in the Mesozoic: the evolution of the sauropodomorph body plan / Oliver W.M. Rauhut ... [et al.] -- Characterization of sauropod bone structure / Maïtena Dumont ... [et al.] -- Finite element analyses and virtual syntheses of biological structures and their application to sauropod skulls / Ulrich Witzel ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Skeletal reconstruction of Brachiosaurus brancai in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin: summarizing 70 years of sauropod research / Kristian Remes ... [et al.].

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