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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Publié dans:	Paleobiology. - 1988. - 50(2024), 2 vom: 12. Mai, Seite 308-329
Auteur principal:	Pintore, Romain (Auteur)
Autres auteurs:	Hutchinson, John R, Bishop, Peter J, Tsai, Henry P, Houssaye, Alexandra
Format:	Article en ligne
Langue:	English
Publié:	2024
Accès à la collection:	Paleobiology
Sujets:	Journal Article