Body size evolution in Titanosauriformes (Sauropoda, Macronaria)

• Published in: Journal of evolutionary biology Vol. 27; no. 9; pp. 2001 - 2012
• Main Authors: Souza, L. M, Santucci, R. M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Blackwell Science 01.09.2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal behavior; Animals; Biological Evolution; Body Size; Cope's rule; Dinosaurs; Dinosaurs - anatomy & histology; Evolution; femur; Fossils; Paleontology; Phylogeny; Regression Analysis; statistical analysis; Titanosaur; Titanosaur; body size; phylogeny; Cope's rule; femur

Titanosauriformes is a conspicuous and diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs that inhabited almost all land masses during Cretaceous times. Besides the diversity of forms, the clade comprises one of the largest land animals found so far, Argentinosaurus, as well as some of the smallest sauropods known...