… Rebbachisaurids display a wide range of body sizes, from the gigantic Rebbachisaurus (approximately
20 m long) to the diminutive Nigersaurus (approximately 9 m long; Text-fig. 1C; …

… enhanced the evolution of giant body size, or whether it simply represents a feature that
most nonchewing herbivores could evolve independently of body size has been hotly debated …

… to demonstrate the method used to calculate dinosaur body mass. The depth of the animal
was … A review of some recent criticism of the restorations of sauropod dinosaurs existing in the …

… dinosaurs, which involved a dramatic decrease in body size. Recurring phylogenetic trends
among dinosaurs include, to the contrary, increase in body size… the earliest known sauropod, …

… Body size is one of the most fundamental attributes of any organism [1], [2]. While body size
… that have ever existed on earth, the sauropod dinosaurs, must be studied from the fossil …

… all these features characterizes the body plan of Eusauropoda (true sauropods)—the clade
… that allowed them to attain large body sizes without having the anatomical traits previously …

… of their large body mass may partly explain why we infer sauropod methane emissions to
have … Take together, our calculations suggest that sauropod dinosaurs could potentially have …

… Therefore, we would expect retention times in sauropod dinosaurs to be more similar to
those of reptiles (Fig. 5c), to efficiently digest the non-comminuted digesta. Because of a link …

… sauropod-type of sacrum predated the marked increase in body size that characterizes the
origins of sauropods… between this sacral configuration and body size. Alternative phylogenetic …

… Sauropodomorph dinosaurs were the dominant medium to … long necks and reaching a size
unparalleled by other terrestrial … sauropods, implying numerous changes in their body plan, …