2007
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[108:mtibty]2.0.co;2
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My theropod is bigger than yours … or not: estimating body size from skull length in theropods

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“…Evidence of immaturity is also present in the lack of fusion between sacral vertebrae and presence of open neurocentral sutures, visible on many caudal vertebrae (BROCHU 1996). Based on the preserved length of the axial skeleton and the estimated length of the missing distal third of the tail, projected the length of the holotype of Juravenator starki to 0.75-.80 m. This value was considered to be a slight underestimation by THERRIEN & HENDERSON (2007), who based on a least-square regression of Anatomy of Juravenator starki from the Late Jurassic of Germany Fig. 5.…”
Section: Anatomical Descriptionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Evidence of immaturity is also present in the lack of fusion between sacral vertebrae and presence of open neurocentral sutures, visible on many caudal vertebrae (BROCHU 1996). Based on the preserved length of the axial skeleton and the estimated length of the missing distal third of the tail, projected the length of the holotype of Juravenator starki to 0.75-.80 m. This value was considered to be a slight underestimation by THERRIEN & HENDERSON (2007), who based on a least-square regression of Anatomy of Juravenator starki from the Late Jurassic of Germany Fig. 5.…”
Section: Anatomical Descriptionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Based on this skull with a restored length of 1.63 m, the adult C. saharicus used in our study is estimated to have a body length of 12.5 m. Another body length estimate of 13.3 m for C. saharicus was found using the skull length-body length scaling relationship established by Therrien and Henderson (2007). Various cladistic analyses have placed C. saharicus as part of the clade Allosauria (Carrano et al, 2012) along with genera such as Allosaurus and Acrocanthosaurus that are known from more complete skeletal material.…”
Section: Materials and Methods Model Generationmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…saharicus is related to the allosaurians Allosaurus and Acrocanthosaurus that have adult body lengths and masses estimated to be 7.40 m and 1.09 t, and 11.9 m and 5.67 t, respectively, (Therrien and Henderson, 2007). Assuming isometry among the large Allosauria, using the members Allosaurus and Acrocanthosaurus as exemplars, and that body mass is proportional to the cube of body length, we can use the lengths of the better-known latter two animals to make an alternate prediction of the total mass of C. saharicus with the following relationship: (1)…”
Section: Body Mass and CMmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Notable examples include the following: computer modeling of tetrapod movement and buoyancy (e.g., Henderson 2006bHenderson , 2006cHenderson , 2010aHenderson and Naish 2010;Hone and Henderson 2014); biomechanical studies of bite forces and feeding (e.g., Hurum and Currie 2000;Therrien 2005aTherrien , 2005bTherrien et al 2005;Henderson 2010b;Henderson and Nicholls 2015); estimating body sizes for dinosaurs and pterosaurs (Therrien and Henderson 2007;Butler et al 2009;Henderson 2010a); palaeopathological studies (e.g., Tanke 1992, 2005;Tanke and Currie 1998;Tanke and Rothschild 2002, 2010; and articles about the history of vertebrate palaeontology in Alberta (e.g., Tanke 2004Tanke , 2010aTanke , 2010bTanke and Currie 2010).…”
Section: Other Research Themesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…At the time of writing, only three of the research scientists (Braman, Brinkman, and Eberth) who were with the museum when it opened remain on staff. RTMP researchers have a long tradition of collaborating with one another on fieldwork and research projects, and that continues to the present (e.g., Currie and Eberth 1993;Nicholls and Brinkman 1993a;Johnston et al 1996;Eberth and Brinkman 1997;Eberth et al 2001bEberth et al , 2013Therrien and Henderson 2007;Eberth and Braman 2012;Scott and Gardner 2013;Gardner and Brinkman 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%