cursoriality in English

noun

quality of being equipped to walk or run (especially referring to the limbs of particular animals)

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1. A negative correlation with Cursoriality because Cursoriality decreases from quadrupeds to bi-peds (Hypothesis 1)

2. Subject: "Cursoriality", etc

3. If a bipedal stance is required to evolve a higher degree of Cursoriality, Cursoriality and bipedality

4. Improvement of Cursoriality through Reducing Brake Judder and High Thermal Conduction

5. Hypotheses of wading and Cursoriality in caenagnathids are evaluated and compared

6. Maras have a particular limb anatomy facilitating a unique Cursoriality among rodents

7. We argue that many of the remaining morphological traits associated with Cursoriality (e.g., reduction in joint mobility and number of distal limb bone elements) promote Cursoriality only at large body sizes

8. Describe How We Know That Running – Cursoriality – Was A Key Feature Of Theropod Behavior

9. Cursoriality and quadrupedality indices were calculated for each node using squared change parsimony

10. Generally, Cursoriality indices are higher at the nodes among ornithodirans and lower among crurotarsans

11. “Condylarths” were found to have displayed a broad range of locomotor adaptions, including Cursoriality.

12. Question: Describe How We Know That Running – Cursoriality – Was A Key Feature Of Theropod Behavior

13. The primary aim of this study is to broadly evaluate the relationship between Cursoriality (i.e

14. Describe how we know that running - Cursoriality - was a key feature of theropod behavior

15. Adaptations to Cursoriality and digit reduction in the forelimb of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

16. This result also indicates that the means of acquiring Cursoriality may differ between archosaurs and mammals.

17. Pictus and the dhole (Cuon alpinus) provide further insight into adaptations to Cursoriality in canids

18. Pronghorns are specialized for Cursoriality (running), resulting in enhanced speed, endurance and the inability to jump

19. Adaptations to Cursoriality and digit reduction in the forelimb of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

20. Horses experienced a period of diversification; anatomical modifications in horses indicate an increase in Cursoriality compared to more primitive ancestors

21. Adaptations to Cursoriality and digit reduction in the forelimb of the African wild dog ( Lycaon pictus) PeerJ

22. Horses experienced a period of diversification; anatomical modifications in horses indicate an increase in Cursoriality compared to more primitive ancestors.

23. Associated evolution of bipedality and Cursoriality among Triassic archosaurs: a phylogenetically controlled evaluation Tai Kubo and Mugino O

24. Cursoriality Evolution Biomechanics Increasing stride length 1) Lengthen limbs 2) Loss or reduction of clavicle 3) Dorso-ventral flexion of spine

25. Cursoriality was an economic means of traveling long distances to acquire food that was usually low-lying vegetation, more easily accessed by walking

26. Caenagnathids were oviraptorosaur theropods characterized by elongate hind limbs that are proposed as adaptations for either wading or enhanced Cursoriality

27. Bipedalism is probably an adaptation for Cursoriality among archosaurs, which may explain why bipedalism evolved convergently in the crocodilian and bird lineages

28. Cursoriality evolved first in forests, presumably in response to selection for rapid running speeds facilitated by local knowledge, in order to avoid predators

29. After all, it seems to combine a ‘typical’ non-bird theropod skeletal bauplan – traditionally associated with terrestriality and Cursoriality – with massive, fully vaned feathers that

30. Supposedly, theropods are too large and too specialized for terrestrial Cursoriality to give rise to birds, possess anatomical characters that bar them from avialan ancestry, and appear too late

31. During the Miocene, micro-Cursoriality was pre-adaptive to open, arid habitats, and became more derived in the newly evolved Elephantulus and Macroscelides elephant-shrews with trail

32. Cursoriality evolved in the Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla and Carnivora coincident with global cooling and the replacement of forests with open landscapes in the Oligocene and Miocene

33. Abstract: Limb length, Cursoriality and speed have long been areas of significant interest in theropod paleobiology, since locomotory capacity, especially running ability, is critical in the

34. Digitigrade postures are often associated with Cursoriality (e.g., Howell, 1944;Jenkins, 1971;Brown and Yalden, 1973;Gambaryan, 1974;Coombs, 1978;Hildebrand, 1985;Stein and Casinos, 1997), and

35. Alexander Dececchi (from the Department of Biology, Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota) and colleagues from several institutions began their article by stating, Limb length, Cursoriality and speed have

36. Comparative studies provide correlational evidence of morphological adaptations for high locomotor performance, such as the classical indicators of Cursoriality in mammals, long limbs and high metatarsal/femur ratios

37. New heterodontosaurid remains from the Cañadón Asfalto Formation: Cursoriality and the functional importance of the pes in small heterodontosaurids - Volume 90 Issue 3 - Marcos G

38. Among extant carnivores, such a rotatory fibula is known in bears and cats for instance and, among Hyaenodontidae, a rotary fibula is known in Hyaenodon, although Hyaenodon shows clear adaptations to Cursoriality as well.

39. The results indicate that overall, both cursors and non-cursors exhibit varied trabecular mass in limb epiphyses and, in certain instances, conform to a proximal-distal decrease in mass irrespective of Cursoriality.

40. Limb length, Cursoriality and speed have long been areas of significant interest in theropod paleobiology, since locomotory capacity, especially running ability, is critical in the pursuit of prey and to avoid becoming prey

41. Second, adaptation of different species of canids including specialization for Cursoriality in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) and remarkable adaptation of the weasel-like bush dog (Speothos venaticus) for life in the amazon rain forest.

42. Even though quality of the available speed data is highly variable, both metatarsal/femur ratio—the traditional index of ‘Cursoriality’ in mammals—and hind limb length (corrected for body size) are significant predictors of maximal running speed.

43. Relative to most previous studies of Cursoriality, our focus on a size‐restricted, taxonomically narrow group of mammals permits us to evaluate the degree to which ‘cursorial specialization’ affects locomotor anatomy independently of broader allometric and phylogenetic trends that might obscure such a …

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45. Smith, Brent Adrian, Aryeh Grossman of Midwestern University release new research into the adaptations to Cursoriality and digit reduction in the forelimb of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus).The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), an endangered canid native to southern and eastern Africa, is distinct among canids in being described as entirely tetradactyl, and in its