Footprints, trackways, and hip heights of bipedal dinosaurs - testing hip height predictions with computer models

Ichnos

Volumn 10, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 99-114

  Henderson, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Computer models; Dinosaurs; Hip heights; Trackways; Walking speeds

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL; TRACKWAY;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 0742270431     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940390257914     Document Type: Article

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