#Looping footstep pattern in modern guineafowl sheds light on dinosaur tracks
“#Looping footstep pattern in modern guineafowl sheds light on dinosaur tracks”
The researchers suggest the looping pattern they observed likely made walking in mucky water less difficult. They further suggest that its expression in modern birds demonstrates how successful the foot shape observed in dinosaurs has been.
More information:
Morgan L. Turner et al. It’s in the loop: shared sub-surface foot kinematics in birds and other dinosaurs shed light on a new dimension of fossil track diversity, Biology Letters (2020). DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0309
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