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How dinosaurs grew so large--and so small.
- Source :
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Scientific American . Jul2005, Vol. 293 Issue 1, p56-63. 8p. 14 Color Photographs, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Discusses how information on measuring the age of dinosaurs and how they grew has been locked inside the bones themselves. Discovery of growth lines and other structures inside the bones; Ways that paleontologists have reconstructed the early history of dinosaur bones; Discussion of research that was done on T. Rex; Why dinosaurs did not grow like reptiles; How the study of dinosaur bones has revealed a great deal about the evolution of some of the major features of these animals; Metabolic features.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00368733
- Volume :
- 293
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Scientific American
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 17318123
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0705-56