Dinosaur Legs in Motion

Every little kid who has stared up at a skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex has envisioned the creature running, slashing its giant jaws and roaring in the Mesozoic air. However, scientists are not afforded such liberal imaginations, and must stick with the facts. And the facts are just bones. A recent article in this weeks Nature, takes a look at three possible styles of reconstructing Tyrannosaurus rex. Take a look at the animations, and see how really different the possiblities really are!


Hutchinson, JR and Gatesy, SM (2006) Dinosaur Locomotion: Beyond the bones. Nature 440, 292-294 (16 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440292a

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