Turning semicircular canal function on its head: dinosaurs and a novel vestibular analysis.

Previous investigations have correlated vestibular function to locomotion in vertebrates by scaling semicircular duct radius of curvature to body mass. However, this method fails to discriminate bipedal from quadrupedal non-avian dinosaurs. Because they exhibit a broad range of relative head sizes,...

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Main Authors: Justin A Georgi, Justin S Sipla, Catherine A Forster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23516495/pdf/?tool=EBI