A functional and biomechanical perspective of locomotion in sauropod dinosaurs - Or why sauropods did not waddle

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-30

  Lingham Soliar, Theargarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DINOSAUR; DISPLACEMENT; LOCOMOTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACKWAY;

PALUXY RIVER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 1642487735     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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