10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIGITIGRADE»
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digitigrade in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
digitigrade and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology
The metacarpus of Jobaria and neosauropods is arranged into a tightly bound,
digitigrade structure that is hypothesized to have contacted the substrate at the
metacarpal–phalangeal joints. The metacarpals arranged into a vertical cylinder
in ...
Kristina Curry Rogers, Jeffrey A. Wilson, 2005
2
Skulls and Bones: A Guide to the Skeletal Structures and ...
Digitigrade foot position places weight on the phalanges and movement uses
only the digits. Most carnivores, such as cats; omnivores, such as dogs; and small
herbivores, such as mice, squirrels, and woodchucks, often rely on digitigrade ...
If by variation, the digitigrade position became gradually, or suddenly, the fixed
posture of the foot in progression, the structure of the digits would soon be
affected. Provided that the feet were used only in locomotion, the shorter digits
would not ...
4
Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge
The legs also are completely digitigrade ; that is to say, the heel is elevated, and
does not come into contact with the surface, as in man and other similarly formed
animals which walk upon the whole sole of the foot, and are thence said to be ...
5
The Popular Science Monthly
If by variation, the digitigrade position became gradually, or suddenly, the fixed
posture of the foot in progression, the structure of the digits would soon be
affected. Provided that the feet were used only in locomotion, the shorter digits
would not ...
6
Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Terrestrial ...
Cursorial amphicyonids are long-limbed, long-footed, digitigrade animals but
lack the extreme appression of the ... their digitigrade stance: similarly, a number
of large amphicyonine amphicyonids are plantigrade, whereas temnocyonines
and ...
Christine Marie Janis, Kathleen Marie Scott, Louis L. Jacobs, 1998
7
Popular Science Monthly and World's Advance
If by variation, the digitigrade position became gradually, or suddenly, the fixed
posture of the foot in progression, the structure of the digits would soon be
affected. Provided that the feet were used only in locomotion, the shorter digits
would not ...
8
Thunder-lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs
(A) Typical saurischian hindlimb showing digitigrade pes and elevated
metatarsus with inferred M. gastrocnemius angle of insertion. (B) Hypothetical
sauropod hindlimb retaining primitively digitigrade pes and elevated metatarsus
with inferred ...
Virginia Tidwell, Kenneth Carpenter, 2005
9
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
Generic character. 1 - 1 Dental formula: — incisors, -: D Of these last the three
first 6-6 nines, ; ; molars, • . 1—1 5 — 5 are spurious, the fourth is the carnassier,
and the rest are tuberculated. Feet, digitigrade ; toes, 5 — 4, with long fal- cular ...
10
Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History
In a digitigrade posture, however, the animal walks on the fingers and toes, and
the palm and heel parts of the hands and feet are lifted into the air. Thus the main
joint is the joint between the base of the finger/toe bones and the metapodials ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIGITIGRADE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
digitigrade is used in the context of the following news items.
9 Interesting Facts About Your Cat's Paws
Cats are Digitigrade. They navigate through their world on tippy toes. It's about survival and a good meal. Walking and running on toes ups the ... «Catster, Jun 15»
Special effects artist 'fauns' over latest project
Harris creates haunted illusions for Utah scare attractions and her latest project brings a fantasy character to life with digitigrade stilts and ... «Daily Herald, May 15»
Meet the fastest robot in the world
Most birds are digitigrade animals, which means that they walk on their toes, not the entire feet – and all their bones are perfectly suited for this ... «ZME Science, Mar 15»
Declawing of cat is inhumane procedure
Cats are digitigrade mammals — they walk on their toes. Declawing a cat destroys its ability to move comfortably the way nature intended. «Columbus Dispatch, Feb 15»
The Weird Science Behind Your Cat's Paws
Cats are digitigrade walkers, which means that instead of walking on the heels and the balls of the feet like we do, they walk on the balls of the ... «Catster, Feb 15»
Meet Spot: Boston Dynamics's kickable robot dog
The legs are also backwards angled (more digitigrade) like a horse or dog, where Big Dog's legs are forward bending. In the video, Spot is ... «SiliconANGLE, Feb 15»
The tiger truths
This is because cats are digitigrade: They walk on their toes, giving their bodies a forward thrust that means they are built for speed and stealth. «Livemint, Jan 15»
Elder Scrolls 6 Argonia: Elsweyr – 'The Other Place'
They sport a feline appearance as well as a tail, and some of them might be walking around in a digitigrade—tiptoed—stance. They make up ... «Bitbag, Sep 14»
18 things you didn't know about dog paws
Dogs are digitigrade animals, meaning that their digits — not their heels — take most of their weight when they walk. Because of this, dogs' toe ... «Mother Nature Network, Jun 14»
5 Cool Things to see at the Gadget Show Live 2014
... 2014 you should swing by the DigiLegs stand to see some ultra-cool stilts that will turn your legs into the hind quarters of a digitigrade animal. «Gadget Helpline, Apr 14»
