... joint anatomy predicts rib motion during breathing in crocodylians, our best living model for the earliest archosaurs. Archosauria Crocodylia Breathing Biomechanics X-ray Costovertebral joint Vertebral rib The primitive mode of ventilation in amniotes is costal aspiration, which uses...

... of alligator bite force that can be used for inferring feeding behavior in fossils. Crocodylia Biomechanics Feeding Finite element analysis Modeling Developing computational models that accurately estimate biological and biomechanical functions remains difficult for researchers interested...

... Archosauria bird forelimb biomechanics glenoid humerus Crocodylia Reliable estimates of forelimb range of motion (ROM) in fossilized dinosaurs, as well as other fossil archosaurs, are of great importance to researchers attempting to reconstruct different aspects of how they lived. Humeral ROM...

... Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, IL 60123-7193, USA 25 1 2012 7 3 2012 © 2012. 2012 range of motion functional morphology dinosaur archosaur forelimb biomechanics pronation repeated measures Crocodylia Struthioniformes Study of the fossilized bones...

... 2003 2003 locomotion biomechanics kinematics EMG muscle electromyography modulation neural control bone stress posture evolution vertebrate alligator Sauria Crocodylia Quadrupedal tetrapod species use a diverse variety of limb postures during terrestrial locomotion...

... 2 2001 © 2001 by Company of Biologists 2001 locomotion biomechanics kinematics force platform bone stress safety factor posture evolution Sauria Crocodylia Lepidosauria lizard The limb postures of terrestrial tetrapods span a continuum from sprawling to fully...

... ). Changes in femoral morphology during egg-laying in Alligator mississippiensis . J. Morph . 189 , 183 – 188 . 10.1002/jmor.1051890208 locomotion biomechanics bone strain safety factor posture evolution Sauria Crocodylia Lepidosauria lizard Alligator mississippiensis Iguana...