Re: Sauropod and forest dwelling

["Matthew Bonnan" <mbonnan@hotmail.com>]

Carlo:

My post was quick and generalized.  By up and down I meant dorsiflexion 
(raising the foot up) and plantarflexion (directing the foot down) at the 
metatarsoastragalar joint, combined with more mobility in the toes 
themselves.  The point is, for graviportal animals, sauropods have unusually 
mobile feet, something you don't see in elephants or giant ground sloths.

Matt Bonnan


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