Comments on: Stegosaurs Walked Like Sauropods

By: arani

arani — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 03:00:36 +0000

Is the Stegosaurid really bipedal like the track ways suggest?

By: Zach Miller

Zach Miller — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:42:48 +0000

Makes sense to me, what with the stegosaurs’ stubby fingers. I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if other thyreophorans showed a similar arrangemet.

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By: Brian Switek

Brian Switek — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:05:21 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Heinrich. I was quite pleased to see this work, too. Also, I know Senter has another paper in press at APP describing how ankylosaurs have a similar arrangement. I just saw it after I wrote this post, but will cover it soon.

By: Heinrich Mallison

Heinrich Mallison — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:46:17 +0000

Great work by Phil (again)! I have argued for non-spread-out metatarsals and metacarpals in “prosauropods”, and that is confirmed again and again and again, ad nauseam, by articulated finds. Similarly, the hands of sauropods have received a going-over before (e.g, by Matt Bonnan and colleagues, including IIRC Phil), and were found to be a much more sturdy construction than often claimed. It was high time someone take a look at other groups previously neglected!