The femur in Psittacosaurus somewhat
curved, therefore I would say Psittacosaurus was a general quadruped
with some bipedal abilities. Because of all this talk on Psittacosaurus and some
new findings, I have included a line drawing of Psittacosaurus that I
made. It is based on the recent finding of hair on a Psittacosaurus fossil
and a quadrupedal stance. Note that the nose is oriented towards
the front of the skull.
> I
read somewhere that, as a general rule, you can tell a biped from a >
quadruped by the shape of the femur. If it's straight, it was probably a >
quadruped. If it's curved, a biped. Is this correct? If so it would >
suggest that Leptoceratops was a quadruped (as I reconstruct it). What >
are the fermora of psittacosaurids like? > > > -- >
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> Dann
Pigdon
Australian Dinosaurs: > GIS
Archaeologist
http://www.geocities.com/dannsdinosaurs > Melbourne, Australia
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~dannj/ >
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