Erratum to: Bridging "Romer's Gap": Limb Mechanics of an Extant Belly-Dragging Lizard Inform Debate on Tetrapod Locomotion During the Early Carboniferous (Evol Biol, 10.1007/s11692-013-9266-z);Bridging "Romer's Gap": Limb Mechanics of an Extant Belly-Dragging Lizard Inform Debate on Tetrapod Locomotion During the Early Carboniferous

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-190

  Nyakatura, John A ^a   Andrada, Emanuel ^a   Curth, Stefan ^a   Fischer, Martin S ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Belly dragging; Early tetrapods; External moment; Moment arm; Substrate reaction force; Tiliqua scincoides; X ray motion analysis; XROMM

Indexed keywords

SALAMANDROIDEA; SQUAMATA; TETRAPODA; TILIQUA SCINCOIDES;

EID: 84901000367     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-014-9280-9     Document Type: Erratum

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