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Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling and optimization
Dromaeosaurids were a clade of bird-like, carnivorous dinosaurs that are well known for their characteristic morphology of pedal digit II, which bore an enlarged, sickle-shaped claw and permitted an extreme range of flexion–extension. Proposed functions for the claw often revolve around predation, b...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6717499/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31523517 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7577 |