Dinosaurs' unique bone structure key to their size

[Oxytropidoceras]

Dinosaurs' unique bone structure key to carrying weight

Trabecular structure different than mammals, birds

Southern Methodist University, PhysOrg, August 20, 2020

 

The paper is:

 

Trevor G. Aguirre, Aniket Ingrole, Luca Fuller, Tim W. Seek,

Anthony R. Fiorillo, Joseph J. W. Sertich, Seth W. Donahue. 

Differing trabecular bone architecture in dinosaurs and 

mammals contribute to stiffness and limits on bone strain. 

PLOS ONE, 2020; 15 (8): e0237042 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237042

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.