Tuataras and salamanders show that walking and running mechanics are ancient features of tetrapod locomotion

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1593, 2006, Pages 1563-1568

  Reilly, Stephen M ^a   McElroy, Eric J ^a   Odum, R Andrew ^b   Hornyak, Valerie A ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Toledo Zoological Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Locomotion; Mechanics; Sphenodon; Tetrapod evolution

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; REPTILE; TETRAPOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SALAMANDER; WALKING; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GAIT; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; GAIT; LIZARDS; RUNNING; URODELA; WALKING;

EID: 33746192310     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3489     Document Type: Article

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