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RE: Acrocanthosaurus atokensis locomotion

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> dexter dexter
> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 3:06 AM
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Acrocanthosaurus atokensis locomotion
>
> Has there been any kind of locomotion and/or biomecanical
> study done on _A.atokensis_ ? Just seems pretty speedy-built
> for such a large theropod ...
>
Not as yet.

However, I should point out that _Acro._ is  plotted on the same limb
proportion charts as tyrannosaurs in (among others) my 1994/5 SVP paper and
the Farlow et al. Dinosaur locomotion paper in American Zoologist
(references to both on my website, with links to the latter).  _Acro._ falls
short of tyrannosaurs both in tibia and in metatarsal length for the same
femur size.

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                Vertebrate Paleontologist
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