How did dinosaurs stand and move? Computer simulation and other methods have told us much about how dinosaurs did and did not move, but they have not yet reached their full potential.
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Hutchinson, J., Gatesy, S. Beyond the bones. Nature 440, 292–294 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/440292a
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