Implications of limb bone scaling, curvature and eccentricity in mammals and non-avian dinosaurs

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-55

  Carrano, Matthew T ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Limb posture; Regressions; Terrestrial locomotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035017241     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836901000541     Document Type: Article

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