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 predicted limb movements using only gravity as driving force were observed. Additionally, stride frequency was highly variable. Swing time was fairly constant, but especially at high walking speeds, much shorter than half the natural pendulum period. An analysis of hip and shoulder movements during walking showed that limb swinging was influenced by accelerations of hip and shoulder joints especially at high walking speeds. These results suggest an e...
Gait reconstruction of extinct animals requires the integration of palaeontological information obta...
Locomotor energetics are an important determinant of an animal's ecological niche. It is commonly as...
The criteria used to define the gaits of living animals cannot be applied very easily to skeletons o...
Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758) possess specialised anatomy. Their disproportionatel...
<div><p>How extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs moved is a subject of considerable interest and co...
How extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs moved is a subject of considerable interest and controvers...
How extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs locomoted is a subject of considerable interest, as is the...
Gibbons are highly arboreal apes, and it is expected that their bipedal locomotion will show some pa...
Limb phase, the timing of the footfalls in quadrupedal locomotion that describes common gaits such a...
Locomotor energetics are an important determinant of an animal's ecological niche. It is commonly as...
The known relationships of speed, gait and body size (derived mainly from mammals) are used to deter...
One of the prominent questions in paleoanthropological studies is the origin of bipedalism. There ha...
How extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs moved is a subject of considerable interest and controvers...
This study gives a qualitative and quantitative description of the different terrestrial locomotor m...
Estimates of locomotory speeds of small to large-sized Patagonian dinosaurs are presented for the fi...
Gait reconstruction of extinct animals requires the integration of palaeontological information obta...
Locomotor energetics are an important determinant of an animal's ecological niche. It is commonly as...
The criteria used to define the gaits of living animals cannot be applied very easily to skeletons o...
Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758) possess specialised anatomy. Their disproportionatel...
<div><p>How extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs moved is a subject of considerable interest and co...
How extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs moved is a subject of considerable interest and controvers...
How extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs locomoted is a subject of considerable interest, as is the...
Gibbons are highly arboreal apes, and it is expected that their bipedal locomotion will show some pa...
Limb phase, the timing of the footfalls in quadrupedal locomotion that describes common gaits such a...
Locomotor energetics are an important determinant of an animal's ecological niche. It is commonly as...
The known relationships of speed, gait and body size (derived mainly from mammals) are used to deter...
One of the prominent questions in paleoanthropological studies is the origin of bipedalism. There ha...
How extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs moved is a subject of considerable interest and controvers...
This study gives a qualitative and quantitative description of the different terrestrial locomotor m...
Estimates of locomotory speeds of small to large-sized Patagonian dinosaurs are presented for the fi...
Gait reconstruction of extinct animals requires the integration of palaeontological information obta...
Locomotor energetics are an important determinant of an animal's ecological niche. It is commonly as...
The criteria used to define the gaits of living animals cannot be applied very easily to skeletons o...