Reconstruction of the cervical skeleton posture of <i>Brachiosaurus brancai</i> Janensch, 1914 by an analysis of the intervertebral stress along the neck and a comparison with the results of different approaches

The neck posture of <i>Brachiosaurus brancai</i> Janensch, 1914 is reanalysed by employing the Preuschoft method to deduce the pattern of stress in the joints between the vertebral centra along the neck. The cogency of different methods for reconstructing the posture of a long neck, espe...

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Main Authors: A. Christian, G. Dzemski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2007-02-01
Series:Fossil Record
Online Access:http://www.foss-rec.net/10/38/2007/fr-10-38-2007.pdf