The evolution of femoral morphology in giant non-avian theropod dinosaurs

Theropods are obligate bipedal dinosaurs that appeared 230 million years ago and are still extant as birds. Their history is characterized by extreme variations in body mass, with gigantism evolving convergently between many lineages. However, no quantification of hindlimb functional morphology has...

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Veröffentlicht in:Paleobiology. - 1988. - 50(2024), 2 vom: 18. Mai, Seite 308-329
1. Verfasser: Pintore, Romain (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hutchinson, John R, Bishop, Peter J, Tsai, Henry P, Houssaye, Alexandra
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Paleobiology
Schlagworte:Journal Article