Morphological indicators of foot posture in mammals: A statistical and biomechanical analysis

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-104

  Carrano, Matthew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Digitigrady; Eutheria; Fossil taxa; Functional morphology; Hindlimb; Lever theory; Plantigrady

Indexed keywords

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031286375     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb00148.x     Document Type: Article

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