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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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Autores principales: Hutchinson, John R., Felkler, Dean, Houston, Kati, Chang, Yu-Mei, Brueggen, John, Kledzik, David, Vliet, Kent A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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