Sunday 9 November 2014

Ancient Earth: Armored Dinosaurs Used Nose to Modify Temperature of Air They Breathed

Armored dinosaurs utilized their long, winding nasal passages to modify the temperature of the air they breathed and used them as heat transfer devices, says a new study. Scientists at Ohio University used CT scans to document the anatomy of nasal passages in two different ankylosaur species. They then modeled airflow through 3D reconstructions of these tubes. Paleontologist Jason Bourke found that the convoluted passageways would have given the inhaled ...

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