[dinosaur] Tenontosaurus growth compared to Alligator and Gallus (free pdf)

Ben Creisler
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A recent dino-related paper not yet mentioned:

Free pdf:

Norbert Brunner, Manfred Kühleitner, Werner Georg Nowak, Katharina
Renner-Martin & Klaus Scheicher (2019)
Comparing growth patterns of three species: Similarities and differences.
PLoS ONE 14(10): e0224168.
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Quantitative studies of the growth of dinosaurs have made comparisons with
modern animals possible. Therefore, it is meaningful to ask, if extinct
dinosaurs grew faster than modern animals, e.g. birds (modern dinosaurs)
and reptiles. However, past studies relied on only a few growth models. If
these models were false, what about the conclusions? This paper fits growth
data to a more comprehensive class of models, defined by the von
Bertalanffy-Pütter (BP) differential equation. Applied to data about
Tenontosaurus tilletti, Alligator mississippiensis and the Athens Canadian
Random Bred strain of Gallus gallus domesticus the best fitting growth
curves did barely differ, if they were rescaled for size and lifespan. A
difference could be discerned, if time was rescaled for the age at the
inception point (maximal growth) or if the percentual growth was compared.


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