ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2017
Using step width to compare locomotor biomechanics between extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs and modern obligate bipeds.
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- The moa footprints from the Pliocene - early Pleistocene of Kyeburn, Otago, New Zealand.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2024Article
- Fast-running theropods tracks from the Early Cretaceous of La Rioja, Spain.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Predictive simulations of running gait reveal a critical dynamic role for the tail in bipedal dinosaur locomotion.Science advances · 2021Article
- The evolution of pelvic limb muscle moment arms in bird-line archosaurs.Science advances · 2021Article
- Virtual Point Control for Step-Down Perturbations and Downhill Slopes in Bipedal Running.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Article
- The influence of speed and size on avian terrestrial locomotor biomechanics: Predicting locomotion in extinct theropod dinosaurs.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
How extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs locomoted is a subject of considerable interest, as is the manner in which it evolved on the line leading to birds. Fossil footprints provide the most direct evidence for answering these questions. In this study, step width-the mediolateral (transverse) distance between successive footfalls-was investigated with respect to speed (stride length) in non-avian theropod trackways of Late Triassic age. Comparable kinematic data were also collected for humans and 11 species of ground-dwelling birds. Permutation tests of the slope on a plot of step width against stride length showed that step width decreased continuously with increasing speed in the extinct theropods (
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