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Fujiwara, Shin-ichi
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2009 |
Olecranon orientation as an indicator of elbow joint angle in the stance phase, and estimation of forelimb posture in extinct quadruped animals.
Jour. Morph. 270: 1107-1121. 4 tabs. 8 figs.
–Concludes that Desmostylus had more upright forelimbs than Ashoroa or Paleoparadoxia.
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Fujiwara, Shin-ichi; Kuwazuru, Osamu; Inuzuka, Norihisa; Yoshikawa, Nobuhiro
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2009 |
Relationship between scapular position and structural strength of rib cage in quadruped animals.
Jour. Morph. 270: 1084-1094. 1 tab. 5 figs.
–Concludes that the scapula of Paleoparadoxia media was oriented like that of other quadrupedal mammals, not in the position suggested by a "herpetiform" or sprawling reconstruction.
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Fujiwara, Shin-ichi; Hutchinson, John R.
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2012 |
Elbow joint adductor moment arm as an indicator of forelimb posture in extinct quadrupedal tetrapods.
Proc. Roy. Soc. B 279: 2561-2570. 2 tabs. 3 figs. + 50 pp. of electronic Supplementary Material. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.0190 Publ. online Feb. 22, 2012.
–Concludes that desmostylians were "upright/sagittally locomoting taxa", rather than sprawling.
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Daryl P. Domning, Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
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