Dinosaurs: Rise of the titans

The sauropods were the biggest creatures ever to walk the planet. But the keys to their success emerged in their tiny ancestors.

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Heeren, F. Dinosaurs: Rise of the titans. Nature 475, 159–161 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/475159a