Scaling effects in caudal fin propulsion and the speed of ichthyosaurs

Nature

Volumn 415, Issue 6869, 2002, Pages 309-312

  Motani, Ryosuke ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; PROPULSION;

CAUDAL FIN PROPULSION;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

BODY SHAPE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FLUID MECHANICS; JURASSIC; KINEMATICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY BUILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; KINEMATICS; LIMB; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; TUNA; VERTEBRATE; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHARKS; SWIMMING; TUNA; WHALES;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037122730     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/415309a     Document Type: Article

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