Portal:Paleontology/On this day/October 30

October 30:

• 1866 - Charles William Andrews was born in Hampstead, Middlesex.
• 1931 - Giancarlo Ligabue was born in Venice, Italy.
• 1945 - John Campbell Merriam died.

Herbivory and Body Size: Allometries of Diet Quality and Gastrointestinal Physiology, and Implications for Herbivore Ecology and Dinosaur Gigantism

Marcus Clauss, Patrick Steuer, Dennis W. H. Müller, Daryl Codron, Jürgen Hummel

published 30 Oct 2013

Biomechanical Reconstructions and Selective Advantages of Neck Poses and Feeding Strategies of Sauropods with the Example of Mamenchisaurus youngi

Andreas Christian, Guangzhao Peng, Toru Sekiya, Yong Ye, Marco G. Wulf, Thorsten Steuer

published 30 Oct 2013

Body Temperatures in Dinosaurs: What Can Growth Curves Tell Us?

Eva Maria Griebeler

published 30 Oct 2013

Sauropod Necks: Are They Really for Heat Loss?

Donald M. Henderson

published 30 Oct 2013

Preliminary Analysis of Osteocyte Lacunar Density in Long Bones of Tetrapods: All Measures Are Bigger in Sauropod Dinosaurs

Koen W. H. Stein, Jan Werner

published 30 Oct 2013

Ecological Interactions in Dinosaur Communities: Influences of Small Offspring and Complex Ontogenetic Life Histories

Daryl Codron, Chris Carbone, Marcus Clauss

published 30 Oct 2013

Quantitative Interpretation of Tracks for Determination of Body Mass

Tom Schanz, Yvonne Lins, Hanna Viefhaus, Thomas Barciaga, Sashima Läbe, Holger Preuschoft, Ulrich Witzel, P. Martin Sander

published 30 Oct 2013

Caudal Pneumaticity and Pneumatic Hiatuses in the Sauropod Dinosaurs Giraffatitan and Apatosaurus

Mathew J. Wedel, Michael P. Taylor

published 30 Oct 2013

The Effect of Intervertebral Cartilage on Neutral Posture and Range of Motion in the Necks of Sauropod Dinosaurs

Michael P. Taylor, Mathew J. Wedel

published 30 Oct 2013

An Evolutionary Cascade Model for Sauropod Dinosaur Gigantism - Overview, Update and Tests

P. Martin Sander

published 30 Oct 2013

Torsion and Bending in the Neck and Tail of Sauropod Dinosaurs and the Function of Cervical Ribs: Insights from Functional Morphology and Biomechanics

Holger Preuschoft, Nicole Klein

published 30 Oct 2013

March of the Titans: The Locomotor Capabilities of Sauropod Dinosaurs

William Irvin Sellers, Lee Margetts, Rodolfo Aníbal Coria, Phillip Lars Manning

published 30 Oct 2013