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A
number of the principal investigators and members of the
new Research Unit
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A number of
the principal investigators and members of the Research
Unit, taken at the second meeting of the group held in the
Natural History Museum at the Humboldt University, Berlin,
November 2004.
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An approximately 6cm long drilling core from
the thighbone of the sauropod Janenschia. The
polished section shows yearly growth marks in the bone,
which at the onset of sexual maturity appear narrower.
Photograph G. OLESCHNSKI
Microscopic picture of a thin section from
the thighbone of a sauropod dinosaur. The microstructure of
the bone is preserved in great detail. In the outer area
(above) growth cycles are apparent; in the interior area a
bone type is predominant which is typical for large
warm-blooded animals. The photo width is approximately 5mm.
Photograph
M. Sander
Thighbone of the sauropod Alamosaurus
from the Upper Cretaceous (65 million years ago) from Texas,
with a Bonn University student as a benchmark. Photograph M.
Sander
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