The functional significance of aberrant cervical counts in sloths: insights from automated exhaustive analysis of cervical range of motion

Multi-Joint Analysis of Pose Viability Supports the Possibility of Salamander-Like Hindlimb Configurations in the Permian Tetrapod Eryops megacephalus

(2022) Eva C Herbst et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Temporarily Withdrawn: Spherical frame projections for visualising joint range of motion, and a complementary method to capture mobility data

(2022) Eva C. Herbst et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

In vivo and ex vivo range of motion in the fire salamander Salamandra salamandra

(2022) Eva C. Herbst et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Intelligent sampling of high‐dimensional joint mobility space for analysis of articular function

(2022) Peter J. Bishop et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Pushing the boundary? Testing the “functional elongation hypothesis” of the giraffe's neck

(2021) Marilena A. Müller et al.   EVOLUTION

Low elbow mobility indicates unique forelimb posture and function in a giant extinct marsupial

(2021) Hazel L. Richards et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

How the even‐toed ungulate vertebral column works: Comparison of intervertebral mobility in 33 genera

(2021) Ruslan I. Belyaev et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Paleobiological reconstructions of articular function require all six degrees of freedom

(2021) Armita R. Manafzadeh et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Ontogenetic similarities between giraffe and sauropod neck osteological mobility

(2020) Daniel Vidal et al.   PLoS One

Regionalization of the axial skeleton predates functional adaptation in the forerunners of mammals

(2020) Katrina E. Jones et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A coordinate-system-independent method for comparing joint rotational mobilities

(2020) Armita R. Manafzadeh et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Evolution of the Mammalian Neck from Developmental, Morpho-Functional, and Paleontological Perspectives

(2020) Patrick Arnold   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

A mechanistic approach for the calculation of intervertebral mobility in mammals based on vertebrae osteometry

(2020) Ruslan I. Belyaev et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Evolution of bone cortical compactness in slow arboreal mammals

(2020) Fabio Alfieri et al.   EVOLUTION

Palaeoproteomics resolves sloth relationships

(2019) Samantha Presslee et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Homeotic transformations reflect departure from the mammalian ‘rule of seven’ cervical vertebrae in sloths: inferences on the Hox code and morphological modularity of the mammalian neck

(2018) Christine Böhmer et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Coupled motions in human and porcine thoracic and lumbar spines

(2018) Idsart Kingma et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

ROM mapping of ligamentous constraints on avian hip mobility: implications for extinct ornithodirans

(2018) Armita R. Manafzadeh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Experimental determination of three-dimensional cervical joint mobility in the avian neck

(2017) Robert E. Kambic et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Barn owls maximize head rotations by a combination of yawing and rolling in functionally diverse regions of the neck

(2017) Markus Krings et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

A repeated-measures analysis of the effects of soft tissues on wrist range of motion in the extant phylogenetic bracket of dinosaurs: Implications for the functional origins of an automatic wrist folding mechanism in crocodilia

(2014) Joel David Hutson et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Soft tissue influence onex vivomobility in the hip ofIguana: comparison within vivomovement and its bearing on joint motion of fossil sprawling tetrapods

(2014) Patrick Arnold et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

The Cervical Spine of the American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata pratincola): I. Anatomy of the Vertebrae and Regionalization in Their S-Shaped Arrangement

(2014) Markus Krings et al.   PLoS One

Inter-Vertebral Flexibility of the Ostrich Neck: Implications for Estimating Sauropod Neck Flexibility

(2013) Matthew J. Cobley et al.   PLoS One

The Effect of Intervertebral Cartilage on Neutral Posture and Range of Motion in the Necks of Sauropod Dinosaurs

(2013) Michael P. Taylor et al.   PLoS One

Three-dimensional limb joint mobility in the early tetrapod Ichthyostega

(2012) Stephanie E. Pierce et al.   NATURE

Comparative axial morphology in pinnipeds and its correlation with aquatic locomotory behaviour

(2011) S. E. Pierce et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

The Convergent Evolution of Suspensory Posture and Locomotion in Tree Sloths

(2011) John A. Nyakatura   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

Kinematic Motion Patterns of the Cranial and Caudal Canine Cervical Spine

(2011) Jacqueline A. Johnson et al.   VETERINARY SURGERY

Breaking evolutionary and pleiotropic constraints in mammals: On sloths, manatees and homeotic mutations

(2011) Irma Varela-Lasheras et al.   EvoDevo

Functional morphology and three-dimensional kinematics of the thoraco-lumbar region of the spine of the two-toed sloth

(2010) J. A. Nyakatura et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Limb kinematics during locomotion in the two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus, Xenarthra) and its implications for the evolution of the sloth locomotor apparatus

(2010) John A. Nyakatura et al.   ZOOLOGY

Head and Neck Posture in Sauropod Dinosaurs Inferred from Extant Animals

(2009) Michael P. Taylor et al.   ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA

Anatomical transformation in mammals: developmental origin of aberrant cervical anatomy in tree sloths

(2009) Emily A. Buchholtz et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT