Inter-vertebral flexibility of the ostrich neck: implications for estimating sauropod neck flexibility.

The flexibility and posture of the neck in sauropod dinosaurs has long been contentious. Improved constraints on sauropod neck function will have major implications for what we know of their foraging strategies, ecology and overall biology. Several hypotheses have been proposed, based primarily on o...

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Main Authors: Matthew J Cobley, Emily J Rayfield, Paul M Barrett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3743800?pdf=render