他总结说,这类研究“为恐龙的研究开辟了新路,让研究豁然开朗。 而在过去,很多恐龙‘只能在黑暗中四处奔跑’。”
Such research, he concluded, "sheds a new light on dinosaurs…which is handy because a lot of them were running around in the dark!
长期以来,研究恐龙生理学的科学家们一直在争论恐龙到底是温血动物还是冷血动物。
Scientists studying the physiology of dinosaurs have long debated whether dinosaurs were warm- or cold-blooded.
1840年至1880年间首次发现并研究了这种被称为蜥脚类动物的巨型食草恐龙的骨骼化石,为成年型恐龙的巨大特征提供了证据。
Fossil bones of the huge herbivorous dinosaurs known as sauropods were first discovered and studied between 1840 and 1880, providing evidence for the gargantuan dimensions of the adults.
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