Special vertebral structure helps dinosaurs support body weight

In the study published in Ameghinian magazine, a paleontologist specializing in vertebrate animals John Fronimos at the University of Michigan (USA) introduced him to discover the unique structural characteristics Origin of vertebrae in large dinosaur Sauropods (a branch of the lizard hip dinosaur).

According to ddos, the boundary between the upper and lower sections of the vertebrae is not straight but has a zigzag shape. John Fronimos and co-author of the study Jeffrey Wilson believes that this attribute allows Sauropods to reach huge sizes.

Dinosaurs are giant animals up to 50m long and weighing up to 77 tons. Their necks are also long, like, super Supersaurus dinosaurs (a dinosaur genus belonging to the Sauropod set) with a length of 15m with a total body length of about 33m.

In Sauropod dinosaurs, the vertebrae are rigid when they reach the age of 20, which has reached adult size.(Illustration).

For many years, scientists have recorded some adaptive transformations in the Sauropod reptile skeleton, in order to support the giant body.

Like other vertebrates, the vertebrae consist of two main parts: the cylindrical vertebral body (corpus vertebrae) and the arcus vertebrae that have an arched shape . The long holes between the vertebral body and the artery contain the spinal cord. They are arranged separately, then gradually connected and developed together. But before connecting together, the vertebral body is connected to the arc by elastic cartilage tissue.

In Sauropod dinosaurs, the vertebrae are rigid when they reach the age of 20, which has reached adult size. Paleontologist John Fronimos began studying Spinophorosaurus nigerensis dinosaur fossils in one of the museums in Spain and found that the seam formed the boundary between the vertebral body and the vertebra of the vertebrae, no straight but twisted.

Scientists believe that the parts of the vertebrae fit exactly like the core jigsaw to increase the contact area between the bones and to distribute the load over a larger area, reducing the pressure on each separate points. This helped the bulky and heavy Sauropod dinosaurs support their weight.