Does pace angulation correlate with limb posture?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 275, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 54-58

  Kubo, Tai ^a   Ozaki, Mugino ^b  

^a ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Femoral abduction; Neoichnology; Pace angulation; Posture; Trackway

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LIMB; LIZARD; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRACKWAY; WALKING;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 63649117588     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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