Seasonal bone growth and physiology in endotherms shed light on dinosaur physiology

Meike Köhler (), Nekane Marín-Moratalla, Xavier Jordana and Ronny Aanes
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Meike Köhler: ICREA at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Nekane Marín-Moratalla: Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Xavier Jordana: Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Ronny Aanes: Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway

Nature, 2012, vol. 487, issue 7407, 358-361

Abstract: Dinosaurs were not necessarily cold-blooded: the main argument in favour of this, namely the presence of seasonal lines of arrested bone growth, has been demolished by a comprehensive study of extant ruminants.

Date: 2012
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