DAWNDINOS Video 4: Thinking Twice
Channel: What's In John's Freezer?
Date: 2020-07-21

Were dinosaurs special? Maybe yes! DAWNDINOS project's research technician Emily Keeble details three studies by Kubo & Kubo that resuscitated the dinosaur "locomotor superiority hypothesis" with novel data and analyses. 

Watch for the fifth, final video in this series soon!
Funded by the European Research Council
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Three scientific papers discussed:
• Kubo, T. & Kubo, M.O. 2012. Associated evolution of bipedality and cursoriality among Triassic archosaurs: a phylogenetically controlled evaluation. Paleobiology 38(3), 474-485 https://bioone.org/journals/Paleobiology/volume-38/issue-3/11015.1/Associated-evolution-of-bipedality-and-cursoriality-among-Triassic-archosaurs/10.1666/11015.1.short

• Kubo, T. & Kubo, M.O. 2013. Analysis of Triassic archosauriform trackways: difference in stride/foot ratios between dinosauromorphs and other archosauriforms. Palaios 28, 259-265 https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sepm/palaios/article-abstract/28/4/259/146326/ANALYSIS-OF-TRIASSIC-ARCHOSAURIFORM-TRACKWAYS

• Kubo, T. & Kubo, M.O. 2016. Non-plantigrade foot posture: a constraint on dinosaur body size. PLOS One 11(1): e0145716. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0145716


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