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The axial biomechanics of Trigonosaurus pricei (Neosauropoda: Titanosauria) and the importance of the cervical-dorsal region to sauropod high-browser feeding strategy
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- 1. Laboratório de Macrofósseis, Departamento de Geologia, Instituto de Geociências (IGEO), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- 2. Laboratório de Paleontologia e Evolução (Labpaleoevo), Curso de Geologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Aparecida de Goiânia, GO, Brazil
- 3. Laboratório de Sistemática e Tafonomia de Vertebrados Fósseis, Departamento de Geologia e Paleontologia, Museu Nacional-Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, CEP 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- 4. Museu de Paleontologia 'Prof. Antônio Celso de Arruda Campos', Praça do Centenário, s/n, CEP 15910-000 Monte Alto-SP, Brazil
- 5. Grant Institute, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Vidal, Luciano S., Bergqvist, Lílian P., Candeiro, Carlos R.A., Bandeira, Kamila L.N., Tavares, Sandra, Brusatte, Stephen L., Pereira, Paulo V.L.G.C. (2024): The axial biomechanics of Trigonosaurus pricei (Neosauropoda: Titanosauria) and the importance of the cervical-dorsal region to sauropod high-browser feeding strategy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201 (3): 1-33, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae087, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae087
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