Horton’s question brought up a crucial point: the lack of discussion on dissecting sauropods. They are curious about the lung and air sac system of titanosaur sauropods, given their quarter-century of research into sauropod respiratory systems. Birds, which survived the K-Pg disaster due to their small size, might not represent the apex of saurischian lung evolution. Titanosaurs are the likely sauropods to have rivalled or exceed birds in under-the-hood adaptations, especially Rapetosaurus due to its fast growth rates and unique features. Dissecting other top sauropod choices would reveal more about sauropods.
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