Using the American alligator and a repeated-measures design to place constraints on in vivo shoulder joint range of motion in dinosaurs and other fossil archosaurs

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 275-284

  Hutson, Joel D ^a,c   Hutson, Kelda N ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Math and Physical Science Division   (United States)

^c Elgin Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Archosauria; Biomechanics; Bird; Crocodylia; Forelimb; Functional morphology; Glenoid; Humerus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CROCODILIAN; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; HUMERUS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA;

EID: 84871815481     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.074229     Document Type: Article

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