Estimating Mass Properties of Dinosaurs Using Laser Imaging and 3D Computer Modelling

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Karl T. Bates ,

* E-mail: karl.bates@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation Adaptive Organismal Biology Research Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Jackson's Mill, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Phillip L. Manning,

Affiliations The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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David Hodgetts,

Affiliation School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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William I. Sellers

Affiliation Adaptive Organismal Biology Research Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Jackson's Mill, Manchester, United Kingdom
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A juvenille Edmontosaurus annectens (BHI 126950)
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0004532#article1.body1.sec2.sec1.p1

This specimen is a composite from bonebed material--probably a relatively accurate reconstruction, but a reconstruction nonetheless.

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