Walking like dinosaurs: chickens with artificial tails provide clues about non-avian theropod locomotion.

Birds still share many traits with their dinosaur ancestors, making them the best living group to reconstruct certain aspects of non-avian theropod biology. Bipedal, digitigrade locomotion and parasagittal hindlimb movement are some of those inherited traits. Living birds, however, maintain an unusu...

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Main Authors: Bruno Grossi, José Iriarte-Díaz, Omar Larach, Mauricio Canals, Rodrigo A Vásquez
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/019da2286d7646a3a196d45ea5ade5d7
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