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News Release 11-127
Scientists Measure Body Temperature of Dinosaurs for the First Time
Some dinosaurs were as warm as modern mammals
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Skull reconstruction of Camarasaurus; its body temperature was similar to that of humans.
Credit: Sauriermuseum Aathal, Switzerland
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NSF-funded scientists John Eiler and Rob Eagle of Caltech measure body temperatures of dinosaurs for the first time.
Credit: Caltech
Scientists at work unearthing dinosaur fossils at a site in Como Bluff Quarry, Wyoming.
Credit: Melissa Connely, Wyoming Dinosaur International Society
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Member of research team closely inspects find in Como Bluff Quarry sediments.
Credit: Melissa Connely, Wyoming Dinosaur International Society
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Close-up of a Camarasaurus skull, displaying its dentition with large spatulate teeth.
Credit: Sauriermuseum Aathal, Switzerland
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Sideview of a Camarasaurus skeleton still in sandstone, found on Howe Ranch, Wyoming.
Credit: Sauriermuseum Aathal, Switzerland
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Camarasaurus skull with many spatulate teeth, typical for this plant-eating sauropod dinosaur.
Credit: Sauriermuseum Aathal, Switzerland
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The researchers' work is described in the June 23, 2011 issue of the online journal Science Express.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2011
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