Walking, running, hopping: Analysis of gait variability and locomotor skills in Brasilichnium elusivum Leonardi, with inferences on trackmaker identification
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- 作者：Simone D'Orazi Porchettia ; simone.dorazi.porchetti@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Reinaldo J. Bertinib ; Max C. Langera
- 关键词：Synapsid gait ; Locomotion ; Mesozoic ; Brasilichnium ; Botucatu Formation ; Brazil
- 刊名：Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：1 January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：465
- 期：part_PA
- 页码：14-29
- 全文大小：6297 K
文摘
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Synapsids adopted walking, half-bounding, skipping, and running since the Jurassic.
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The trackmaker of B. elusivum was a Mammaliamorpha, with a semi-erect leg posture.
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B. elusivum is crucial for investigating aspects of locomotion in Mesozoic synapsids.
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B. elusivum fills a lack on evolution of bipedal saltatory gait in the Mesozoic synapsids.
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B. elusivum remarks the association of bipedal saltatory gait with erg settings.