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Divergent evolution of terrestrial locomotor abilities in extant Crocodylia
Extant Crocodylia are exceptional because they employ almost the full range of quadrupedal footfall patterns (“gaits”) used by mammals; including asymmetrical gaits such as galloping and bounding. Perhaps this capacity evolved in stem Crocodylomorpha, during the Triassic when taxa were smaller, terr...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6917812/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31848420 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55768-6 |