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Testing the locomotor superiority hypothesis for early dinosaurs

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  • BACKGROUND
    • Locomotor Superiority Hypothesis
    • Research Questions, Work Plan and Goals
    • Triassic-Jurassic Transition Period
    • Research Impact & Benefits
  • METHODS
    • Experimental Data Collection
    • Musculoskeletal modelling and simulation of movement
    • CT Scanning and Photogrammetry
  • ANIMALS
    • Living Archosaurs
    • Extinct Archosaurs
      • Euparkeria capensis
      • Riojasuchus tenuisceps
      • Typothorax/Coahomasuchus
      • Poposaurus gracilis
      • Batrachotomus kupferzellensis
      • Sphenosuchus acutus
      • Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum
      • Silesaurus opelensis
      • Marasuchus lilloensis
      • Heterodontosaurus tucki
      • Mussaurus patagonicus
      • Coelophysis bauri
      • Postosuchus kirkpatricki
  • TEAM
    • John Hutchinson
    • Delyle Polet
    • Louise Kermode
    • Oliver Demuth
    • Philip Morris
    • James Charles
    • François Clarac
    • Collaborators
  • ACTIVITIES & OUTREACH
    • ACTIVITIES
      • DAWNDINOS debuts Dr Delyle Polet’s ‘Dinosaur Balancing Game’ on National Biomechanics Day !
      • Walking the Walk! Learn about walking by doing it!
      • Dawndinos Crossword
      • Leg bone differences between lightly and heavily built archosaurs
      • Bucket Lift
      • Elbow Flex
      • Archosaur Adaptations
      • Adaptation of the Human Hand
      • How heavy is your Pet Dinosaur?
      • How scientists determine the strength of dinosaur muscles & Tyrannosaurus bite
      • Dawndinos Lockdown Quiz
      • Answers Dawndinos Lockdown Quiz
      • Dawndinos Crossword Answers!
      • Answer Page -DAWNDINOS debuts Dr Delyle Polet’s ‘Dinosaur Balancing Game’ on National Biomechanics Day!
    • DAWNDINOS Outreach Videos
      • Video 1: The Locomotor Superiority Hypothesis
      • Video 2: Origins of the Locomotor Superiority Hypothesis
      • Video 3: An Opposing Hypothesis
      • Video 4: Thinking Twice
      • Video 5: The Dawndinos Project
      • Video Overview of Dawndinos Project by Emily Keeble
    • Dawndinos ‘Zoom Dino Club’ for Schools!
    • DAWNDINOS Leaflet shows how we use biomechanics to bring dinosaurs back to life!
    • National Biomechanics Day, April 8th 2020
    • National Biomechanics Day 2019
    • RVC Summer Schools
    • School-based Outreach
      • Dino Club 2021
      • Dino Club 2019
      • Dino Club 2018
      • Dino Art Club
    • RVC Open Days
    • School visits to Structure & Motion Lab
    • ‘I Know Dino Podcast’
    • Evolution of Horses and more!
  • OUTPUTS
    • Published Papers
      • Blog post by Dr Ashleigh Wiseman on Dawndinos latest paper!
      • New study on 3D geometric morphometrics of Triassic archosauriform femora, showing shape changes with size and locomotor habits (bipedal and quadrupedal)
      • Integrative Organismal Biology Blog Post on Dawndinos Tinamou jumping paper
      • New DAWNDINOS studies of archosaur locomotion
      • New modelling of ancient fossil movement reveals important step in the evolution of posture in the ancestors of dinosaurs and crocodiles
    • Conferences
      • 2019 Abstracts
      • 2018 Abstracts
      • 2020 Abstracts
    • Press releases
    • Team news stories
      • Early Jurassic dinosaur shifted from four legs to two legs as it grew up
      • Andrew Cuff’s Argentinian Adventure!
      • ‘Archosaurian Dawn’ From Sketches to Final Artwork
      • My American Adventure! by Romain Pintore
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Integrative Organismal Biology Blog Post on Dawndinos Tinamou jumping paper

Read this great blog post “How do Birds Jump?” about our Tinamou jumping paper which feature’s some of the amazing work done by Dr Peter Bishop and collaborators working on the Dawndinos project!

https://iobopen.wordpress.com/2021/06/01/how-do-birds-jump/

Paper: https://academic.oup.com/iob/advance-article/doi/10.1093/iob/obab006/6226705

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