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Upright Sauropod Necks

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Subject: Upright Sauropod Necks
From: "Ralph Miller" <ralph.miller@alumni.usc.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 09:59:55 -0700
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Please pardon the cross posting.

The following paper infers a more upright posture for sauropod dinosaurs. 

Taylor, M.P., Wedel, M.J., and Naish, D. 2009. Head and neck posture in
sauropod dinosaurs inferred from extant animals. Acta Palaeontologica
Polonica 54 (2): 213?220.

http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app54/app54-213.pdf

Read the Science Daily report on the above paper at
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526213918.htm


Ralph W. Miller III
Docent at the California Academy of Sciences
Member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

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