Ruizhe Jackevan Zhao

This study estimates body masses for plesiosaurs and finds constrained body size evolution but no correlation between body size and morphological evolution rates.

This paper develops a method for estimating body volume and mass of plesiosaurs using skeletal reconstructions and volumetric-density approaches, finding trunk length and dorsal vertebrae dimensions as the best size proxies.

This paper introduces a 2D volumetric-density method for estimating body volume and surface area from cross-sections, achieving less than 2% error in all tested cases.