Limb swinging in elephants and giraffes and implications for the reconstruction of limb movements and speed estimates in large dinosaurs
Speeds of walking dinosaurs that left fossil trackways have been estimated using the stride length times natural pendulum frequency of the limbs. In a detailed analysis of limb movements in walking Asian elephants and giraffes, however, distinct differences between actual limb movements and the pred...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
1999-01-01
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| Series: | Fossil Record |
| Online Access: | http://www.foss-rec.net/2/81/1999/fr-2-81-1999.pdf |