Body temperatures of dinosaurs measured for first time: Some dinosaurs were as warm as most modern mammals
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 14:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Were dinosaurs slow and lumbering, or quick and agile? It depends largely on whether they were cold or warm blooded. Now, a team of researchers has developed a new approach to take body temperatures of dinosaurs for the first time, providing new insights into whether dinosaurs were cold or warm blooded.
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