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New research on sauropod gigantism summarized in publicly available collection

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Author: Gunnar Ries
Date: 2014-01-14 20:32:00
Blog: Gunnars Geo-Blog
URL: http://amphibol.blogspot.com/2014/01/new-research-on-sauropod-gigantism.html

Summary:

     Giants of Earth's history still pose a wealth of riddles / Publication in PLOS ONE Sauropods, the largest land animals in Earth's history, are still mightily puzzling the scientists. These plant-eating dinosaurs with their long necks and small heads could reach a height of 10 meters or more and dominated all other land vertebrates in terms of size. They could weigh up to 80

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