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Cortical bone geometry and static gravitational loads in neosauropod dinosaurs: Implications for biomechanical constraints on terrestrial gigantism.

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Cortical bone geometry and static gravitational loads in neosauropod dinosaurs: Implications for biomechanical constraints on terrestrial gigantism.
Image: T. Aureliano et al. — Fig. 3, hindlimb compressive loads vs hydroxyapatite (1,000 MPa) and composite-bone (150 MPa) limits, in The Anatomical Record, DOI 10.1002/ar.70383. CC BY 4.0

Sauropod dinosaurs achieved unprecedented terrestrial gigantism, raising questions about the biomechanical limits of bone under extreme gravitational loads.

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