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Nature 440, 292-294 (16 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440292a; Published online 15 March 2006
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Dinosaur Locomotion: Beyond the bones
John R. Hutchinson1 & Stephen M. Gatesy2
Abstract
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.
Ray Harryhausen, famous animator of creatures in such films as Jason and the Argonauts and The Valley of Gwangi, has written that "I found dinosaurs to be the ideal subject for stop-motion animation... The fact that nobody knew how those huge reptiles had moved or, for that matter, exactly how they looked meant that I could bring them alive without any fear of criticism"1. Harryhausen indeed showed that nothing brings an extinct animal to life more than seeing it move.
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