Dinosaur Body Temperatures (IMAGE)

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Dinosaur Body Temperatures

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A model based on growth trajectories estimated from fossils provides evidence that dinosaurs were reptiles whose body temperatures increased with body size.

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Image: Gillooly et al.

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