Triumph of the Titans.

• Autores: Kristina A. Curry Rogers, Michael D. D'Emic
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 306, Nº. 5, 2012, págs. 48-55
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the evolutionary success of sauropods, such as Apatosaurus, formerly known as Brontosaurus, which lived for approximately 150 million years. Topics include a traditionally-held view by paleontologists that sauropods, with their long necks and small brains, were unfit for life on land or in water, discoveries in the 21st century that overturn that scenario, and the success of sauropods in terms of geographical range, diversity, and longevity of lineages via their ability to adapt to a changing world through a mixture of mammal-like and reptile-like traits.