Giant Dinosaurs Hatched with Adult-like Proportions (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Giant Dinosaurs Hatched with Adult-like Proportions (2 of 3)

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UA 9998, a Rapetosaurus perinate, would have stood only knee-high. In comparison, an adult Rapetosaurus femur is about the same length as an averaged-sized woman. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 22, 2016 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by K.C. Rogers at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, and colleagues was titled, "Precociality in a tiny titanosaur from the Cretaceous of Madagascar."

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Raul Martin and Kristina Curry Rogers

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