[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]
Re:Caudo-femoralis remodeling
At 09:38 AM 7/24/97 -0700, you wrote:
>> I also believe that the caudo-femoralis (or is it caudi-femoralis?) was
>>the major propulsive muscle group in dinosaurs.
>>Mark Shelly
>
>This has already been stated by Steve Gatesy in his numerous publications
>on the topic (e.g. 1990's caudofemoral musculature and the evolution of
>theropod locomotion, Paleobiology 16(2): 170-186; also see chapter in
>Thomason's Functional Morphology in Vertebrate Paleontology tome, and
>references therein); it does seem quite apparent that the caudofemoralis
>longus was a major femoral retractor in many non-maniraptoran dinos, as in
>other Reptilia.
See also the latest publications on the subject:
Gatsey, S.M. & K.P. Dial. 1996. Locomotor modules and the evolution of
avian flight. Evolution 50: 331-340.
Gatsey, S.M. & K.M. Middleton. 1997. Bipedalism, flight, and the evolution
of theropod locomotor diversity. Journal of Vert Paleo 17(2): 308-329.
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist Webpage: http://www.geol.umd.edu
Dept. of Geology Email:th81@umail.umd.edu
University of Maryland Phone:301-405-4084
College Park, MD 20742 Fax: 301-314-9661