Softening the steps to gigantism in sauropod dinosaurs through the evolution of a pedal pad

Biomechanical insights into the role of foot pads during locomotion in camelid species

(2020) Christofer J. Clemente et al.   Scientific Reports

Reviving Kalosauropus, an Early Jurassic sauropodomorph track from southern Africa (Lesotho)

(2020) Riyaad Mukaddam et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

I can see clearly now: Reinterpreting statistical significance

(2019) Jonathan Dushoff et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

“Keep your feet on the ground”: Simulated range of motion and hind foot posture of the Middle Jurassic sauropod Rhoetosaurus brownei and its implications for sauropod biology

(2019) Andréas Jannel et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Foot pressure distribution in White Rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) during walking

(2019) Olga Panagiotopoulou et al.   PeerJ

FEM analysis in excellent cushion characteristic of ostrich (Struthio camelus) toe pads

(2019) Rui Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Osteology of the Late Cretaceous Argentinean sauropod dinosaur Mendozasaurus neguyelap: implications for basal titanosaur relationships

(2018) Bernardo J Gonzàlez Riga et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

An early trend towards gigantism in Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs

(2018) Cecilia Apaldetti et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A Giant Dinosaur from the Earliest Jurassic of South Africa and the Transition to Quadrupedality in Early Sauropodomorphs

(2018) Blair W. McPhee et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Plantar pressure distribution of ostrich during locomotion on loose sand and solid ground

(2017) Rui Zhang et al.   PeerJ

Osteology of Galeamopus pabsti sp. nov. (Sauropoda: Diplodocidae), with implications for neurocentral closure timing, and the cervico-dorsal transition in diplodocids

(2017) Emanuel Tschopp et al.   PeerJ

A preliminary case study of the effect of shoe-wearing on the biomechanics of a horse’s foot

(2016) Olga Panagiotopoulou et al.   PeerJ

Foot pressure distributions during walking in African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

(2016) Olga Panagiotopoulou et al.   Royal Society Open Science

A gigantic new dinosaur from Argentina and the evolution of the sauropod hind foot

(2016) Bernardo J. González Riga et al.   Scientific Reports

A new sauropodomorph ichnogenus from the Lower Jurassic of Sichuan, China fills a gap in the track record

(2015) Lida Xing et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

A review of paleontological finite element models and their validity

(2014) Jen A. Bright   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

RADIOGRAPHIC PROTOCOL AND NORMAL ANATOMY OF THE HIND FEET IN THE WHITE RHINOCEROS (CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM)

(2014) Robert J. Dudley et al.   VETERINARY RADIOLOGY & ULTRASOUND

Rates of Dinosaur Body Mass Evolution Indicate 170 Million Years of Sustained Ecological Innovation on the Avian Stem Lineage

(2014) Roger B. J. Benson et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The evolution of mammal body sizes: responses to Cenozoic climate change in North American mammals

(2013) B. G. Lovegrove et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Does footprint depth correlate with foot motion and pressure?

(2013) K. T. Bates et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Of Mice, Men and Elephants: The Relation between Articular Cartilage Thickness and Body Mass

(2013) Jos Malda et al.   PLoS One

Herbivory and Body Size: Allometries of Diet Quality and Gastrointestinal Physiology, and Implications for Herbivore Ecology and Dinosaur Gigantism

(2013) Marcus Clauss et al.   PLoS One

An Evolutionary Cascade Model for Sauropod Dinosaur Gigantism - Overview, Update and Tests

(2013) P. Martin Sander   PLoS One

Statistical parametric mapping of the regional distribution and ontogenetic scaling of foot pressures during walking in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

(2012) O. Panagiotopoulou et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The cranial anatomy of the sauropodTuriasaurus riodevensisand implications for its phylogenetic relationships

(2012) Rafael Royo-Torres et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Revision of the sauropod dinosaurs of the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group, southern USA, with the description of a new genus

(2012) Michael D. D’Emic   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Finite element modelling versus classic beam theory: comparing methods for stress estimation in a morphologically diverse sample of vertebrate long bones

(2012) C. A. Brassey et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

New anatomical information onRhoetosaurus browneiLongman, 1926, a gravisaurian sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Queensland, Australia

(2012) Jay P. Nair et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Speeds and stance of titanosaur sauropods: analysis of Titanopodus tracks from the Late Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina

(2011) Bernardo J. González Riga   ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS

The Response of Cranial Biomechanical Finite Element Models to Variations in Mesh Density

(2011) Jen A. Bright et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

A sauropod dinosaur pes from the latest Cretaceous of North America and the validity ofAlamosaurus sanjuanensis(Sauropoda, Titanosauria)

(2011) Michael D. D’emic et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

From Flat Foot to Fat Foot: Structure, Ontogeny, Function, and Evolution of Elephant "Sixth Toes"

(2011) J. R. Hutchinson et al.   SCIENCE

The heel fat pad: mechanical properties and clinical applications

(2011) Scott C Wearing et al.   Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

The DigitalPlateosaurusII: An Assessment of the Range of Motion of the Limbs and Vertebral Column and of Previous Reconstructions using a Digital Skeletal Mount

(2010) Heinrich Mallison   ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA

Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism

(2010) P. Martin Sander et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Scaling and mechanics of carnivoran footpads reveal the principles of footpad design

(2010) K.-J. Chi et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

The evolution of the unguligrade manus in artiodactyls

(2010) Andrew B. Clifford   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Completeness metrics and the quality of the sauropodomorph fossil record through geological and historical time

(2010) Philip D. Mannion et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY

Cartilaginous Epiphyses in Extant Archosaurs and Their Implications for Reconstructing Limb Function in Dinosaurs

(2010) Casey M. Holliday et al.   PLoS One

New Sauropod Trackways from the Middle Jurassic of Portugal

(2009) Vanda F. Santos et al.   ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA

Implications of an avian-style respiratory system for gigantism in sauropod dinosaurs

(2009) Steven F. Perry et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

A re-evaluation ofBrachiosaurus altithoraxRiggs 1903 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) and its generic separation fromGiraffatitan brancai(Janensch 1914)

(2009) Michael P. Taylor   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Microscopic Morphology of the Elephant's Hoof

(2009) Andreas Benz et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE

A NEW WIDE-GAUGE SAUROPOD TRACK SITE FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MENDOZA, NEUQUÉN BASIN, ARGENTINA

(2009) BERNARDO JAVIER GONZÁLEZ RIGA et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

A Basal Sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Ischigualasto Formation (Triassic, Carnian) and the Early Evolution of Sauropodomorpha

(2009) Ricardo N. Martinez et al.   PLoS One

Finite element analysis of plantar fascia under stretch—The relative contribution of windlass mechanism and Achilles tendon force

(2008) Hsin-Yi Kathy Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS