{"id":248558,"date":"2021-05-12T23:52:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T20:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tree-like-dino-grew-based-on-resource-availability-study\/"},"modified":"2021-05-12T23:52:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T20:52:49","slug":"tree-like-dino-grew-based-on-resource-availability-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tree-like-dino-grew-based-on-resource-availability-study\/","title":{"rendered":"#’Tree’-like dino grew based on resource availability: study"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’Tree’-like dino grew based on resource availability: study<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Look who got their \u201cFlintstones\u201d vitamins. <\/p>\n

A new study has added evidence that some dinosaurs, particularly the Massospondylus carinatus, experienced growth spurts and pauses seasonally, in relation to health and habitat \u2014 so that in prosperous years, the animals could almost double in size.<\/p>\n

Most animals, including humans, grow steadily over time, ceasing once biological adulthood is achieved, per the Daily Mail\u2019s report<\/a>. However, the growth of Massospondylus depends on environmental factors such as diet and climate \u2014 a trait more commonly seen in plants. <\/p>\n

Massospondylus\u2019 sporadic growth pattern is illustrated best by its unique bone structure, which demonstrates \u201cgrowth rings,\u201d much like many tree species, according to the research, published in Biology Letters on Wednesday<\/a>. The team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History say their findings \u201cshow us there is still so much to learn about these unique creatures,\u201d they told Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

Though the upper limits of its potential size are unknown, fossil specimens of the bipedal dinosaur have indicated heights of up to 20 feet, and they\u2019re thought to have weighed as much as 1,100 pounds on a plant-based diet. <\/p>\n

\u201cOne year they might gain [220 pounds] of body weight and the next year they\u2019d only grow by [22 pounds],\u201d said paleontologist Kimberley Chapelle. <\/p>\n

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Massospondylus carinatus fossil skull at the Royal Ontario Museum.<\/figcaption>
CaptMondo via Wikimedia<\/a> Commons<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In bountiful years, the Triassic Age dinosaur could grow at an unencumbered pace. In less fortunate seasons, however, Massospondylus would cut back on growth to conserve energy.<\/p>\n

Plateosaurus, a relative of Massospondylus, was thought to have grown with similar variability, a quality biologists call developmental plasticity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Researchers point out that Massospondylus was among the first dinosaurs to be named and cataloged, after paleontologists discovered its fossils in the mid-19th century.<\/p>\n

\u201cMassospondylus was one of the first southern African dinosaurs named back in 1854, and we are still learning so much from it,\u201d said Chapelle. \u201cIt teaches us so much about our past environments and what southern Africa was like 200 million years ago.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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