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Science 10 October 2008:
Vol. 322. no. 5899, pp. 200 - 201
DOI: 10.1126/science.1160904
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Perspectives

PALEONTOLOGY:
Sauropod Gigantism

P. Martin Sander1 and Marcus Clauss2

How did sauropod dinosaurs reach body sizes that remain unsurpassed in land-living animals?

1Division of Paleontology, Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, D-53115 Bonn, Germany. E-mail: martin.sander{at}uni-bonn.de

2Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. E-mail: mclauss{at}vetclinics.uzh.ch

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