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dinosaur speeds



Greetings,
Anyone know of references to trackway analyses that suggest dinosaur speeds
higher than Alexander's classic 1 - 3m/s (human walking speed) based on
dimensional analyses and Froude numbers (Steve?).

The megalosaurus trackway here suggests that the animal was mincing along at
what is a very relaxed pace even for me.

I'm going to get a class of undergrads to test Alexander's analyses and have
searched the searchable literature reasonably thoroughly without much luck-
anyone know of anything else out there?

Cheers,
Adrian