The sweet spot of a biological hammer: The centre of percussion of glyptodont (Mammalia: Xenarthra) tail clubs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1675, 2009, Pages 3971-3978

  Blanco, R Ernesto ^a   Jones, Washington W ^b   Rinderknecht, Andrés ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Centre of percussion; Glyptodonts; Palaeobiology

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; EXTINCTION; INJURY; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; EDENTATA; GLYPTODONT; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCUSSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; TAIL;

MAMMALIA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 72749105859     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1144     Document Type: Article

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