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Divergent locomotor evolution in “giant” kangaroos: Evidence from foot bone bending resistances and microanatomy

The extinct sthenurine (giant, short‐faced) kangaroos have been proposed to have a different type of locomotor behavior to extant (macropodine) kangaroos, based both on physical limitations (the size of many exceeds the proposed limit for hopping) and anatomical features (features of the hind limb a...

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Autores principales: Wagstaffe, Amber Y., O'Driscoll, Adrian M., Kunz, Callum J., Rayfield, Emily J., Janis, Christine M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9303454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34997777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21445