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rhamphotheca: New Research Provides Clear Answer to Debate About Dinosaur Posture provided by Royal Veterinary College Research published today (22 - Feb.) provides, for the first time, a clear answer to the debate as to whether Triceratops and other extinct creatures took on a more mammal-like or more reptile like posture. Dr. Shin-ichi Fujiwara from the University of Tokyo and Professor John Hutchinson from the Royal Veterinary College have developed a new, advanced method that provides insight into the kinds of forelimb postures animals might use, derived from simple measurements on bones. Findings using the new method show that, contrary to popular belief, Triceratops had quite upright forelimbs like larger mammals, not splayed out to the sides like most reptiles and amphibians. This understanding changes the way we visualise the posture and motion of Triceratops, and also suggests that the animal might have been more athletic than previously thought… (read more: PhysOrg)     (image: Shin-ichi Fujiwara (drawing grayscale) and Soichiro Kawabe (color) from the Univ. of Tokyo) __________________________________ More information: Fujiwara, S; Hutchinson, J, Elbow joint adductor moment arm as an indicator of forelimb posture in extinct quadrupedal tetrapods , Proc. R. Soc. B; published ahead of print February 22, 2012, doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.0190 Here I thought we pretty much accepted it as being like that anyway, the last time I saw a triceratops depicted as being a squat, bow legged, horned iguana was in the late 80’s.

rhamphotheca:

New Research Provides Clear Answer to Debate About Dinosaur Posture

provided by Royal Veterinary College

Research published today (22 - Feb.) provides, for the first time, a clear answer to the debate as to whether Triceratops and other extinct creatures took on a more mammal-like or more reptile like posture.

Dr. Shin-ichi Fujiwara from the University of Tokyo and Professor John Hutchinson from the Royal Veterinary College have developed a new, advanced method that provides insight into the kinds of forelimb postures might use, derived from simple measurements on bones.

Findings using the new method show that, contrary to popular belief, Triceratops had quite upright forelimbs like larger mammals, not splayed out to the sides like most reptiles and amphibians. This understanding changes the way we visualise the posture and motion of , and also suggests that the animal might have been more athletic than previously thought…

(read more: PhysOrg)    

(image: Shin-ichi Fujiwara (drawing grayscale) and Soichiro Kawabe (color) from the Univ. of Tokyo)

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More information: Fujiwara, S; Hutchinson, J, Elbow joint adductor moment arm as an indicator of forelimb posture in extinct quadrupedal tetrapods , Proc. R. Soc. B; published ahead of print February 22, 2012, doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.0190

Here I thought we pretty much accepted it as being like that anyway, the last time I saw a triceratops depicted as being a squat, bow legged, horned iguana was in the late 80’s.

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    lol i thought this was common knowledge? i was like, “new… when?” “popular belief with who? people from the 50’s?” haha...
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    Huh. I thought that was scientific canon for some time now. Guess I was wrong.
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