Locomotor kinematics of the manus and pes in dinocephalian therapsids reconstructed from three-dimensional morphology of footprints from Gansfontein, South Africa
- Autores
- Blob, Richard W.; Wilson, Jeffrey A.; Marsicano, Claudia Alicia; Panko, Laura J.; Smith, Roger M.
- Año de publicación
- 2017
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- inglés
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- The Gansfontein paleosurface from the Late PermianAbrahamskraal Formation (Beaufort Group, TapinocephalusAssemblage Zone) near Fraserburg, South Africa, preserves several vertebratetrackways. Among the best-preserved trackways is a series of several footprintsthat have been attributed to a single dinocephalian therapsid walking acrossthe surface. This attribution is based on both the large size of the footprints(25 cm in breadth), and the reduction of digit I in the manus and pes. However,a curious feature of this trackway is that, in contrast to the straight digitsindicated by skeletal specimens of dinocephalians, the digit impressions from theprints are curved so that their tips point medially. To test hypotheses aboutthe locomotor kinematics of the dinocephalian manus and pes that produced thesecurved-digit prints, we constructed contour maps that depicted how the depth ofan impression varied within individual prints. In our initial analysis, we constructedthe maps by pouring milk into the prints in successive increments of 2 mm inheight, and tracing the perimeters of filled areas on translucent paper fixedto the paleosurface by tape. We have also used surface scanners to generatedepth profiles with finer scale resolution. These analyses indicated that thedistal tips of digit impressions are among the shallowest portions of theprints, a pattern consistent with outward rotation of the hand and foot duringstance. In addition, heel impressions are lacking in the prints, indicatingthat the animal that made them may have used digitigrade foot posture. Spacing betweenleft and right prints is small, less than the breadth of individual prints.However, the presence of foot rotation during stance suggests thatdinocephalians used sprawling, rather than parasagittal limb posture. Closespacing of footprints likely resulted from a combination of lateral bending ofthe body and significant cranio-caudal limb excursion, rather than increasedadduction of the limbs under the body.
Fil: Blob, Richard W.. Clemson University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Wilson, Jeffrey A.. University of Michigan; Estados Unidos
Fil: Marsicano, Claudia Alicia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; Argentina
Fil: Panko, Laura J.. Northwestern University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Smith, Roger M.. Iziko South African Museum Cape Town; Sudáfrica
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Locomotor kinematics
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Locomotor kinematics of the manus and pes in dinocephalian therapsids reconstructed from three-dimensional morphology of footprints from Gansfontein, South AfricaBlob, Richard W.Wilson, Jeffrey A.Marsicano, Claudia AliciaPanko, Laura J.Smith, Roger M.Locomotor kinematicsDinocephaliaPermianKaroo BasinSouth Africahttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The Gansfontein paleosurface from the Late PermianAbrahamskraal Formation (Beaufort Group, TapinocephalusAssemblage Zone) near Fraserburg, South Africa, preserves several vertebratetrackways. Among the best-preserved trackways is a series of several footprintsthat have been attributed to a single dinocephalian therapsid walking acrossthe surface. This attribution is based on both the large size of the footprints(25 cm in breadth), and the reduction of digit I in the manus and pes. However,a curious feature of this trackway is that, in contrast to the straight digitsindicated by skeletal specimens of dinocephalians, the digit impressions from theprints are curved so that their tips point medially. To test hypotheses aboutthe locomotor kinematics of the dinocephalian manus and pes that produced thesecurved-digit prints, we constructed contour maps that depicted how the depth ofan impression varied within individual prints. In our initial analysis, we constructedthe maps by pouring milk into the prints in successive increments of 2 mm inheight, and tracing the perimeters of filled areas on translucent paper fixedto the paleosurface by tape. We have also used surface scanners to generatedepth profiles with finer scale resolution. These analyses indicated that thedistal tips of digit impressions are among the shallowest portions of theprints, a pattern consistent with outward rotation of the hand and foot duringstance. In addition, heel impressions are lacking in the prints, indicatingthat the animal that made them may have used digitigrade foot posture. Spacing betweenleft and right prints is small, less than the breadth of individual prints.However, the presence of foot rotation during stance suggests thatdinocephalians used sprawling, rather than parasagittal limb posture. Closespacing of footprints likely resulted from a combination of lateral bending ofthe body and significant cranio-caudal limb excursion, rather than increasedadduction of the limbs under the body.Fil: Blob, Richard W.. Clemson University; Estados UnidosFil: Wilson, Jeffrey A.. University of Michigan; Estados UnidosFil: Marsicano, Claudia Alicia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: Panko, Laura J.. Northwestern University; Estados UnidosFil: Smith, Roger M.. Iziko South African Museum Cape Town; Sudáfrica77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate PaleontologyCanadáSociety of Vertebrate PaleontologySociety of Vertebrate Paleontology2017info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjectReuniónBookhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794info:ar-repo/semantics/documentoDeConferenciaapplication/pdfapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/243612Locomotor kinematics of the manus and pes in dinocephalian therapsids reconstructed from three-dimensional morphology of footprints from Gansfontein, South Africa; 77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology; Canadá; 2017; 82-82CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://vertpaleo.org/future-past-meetings/Internacionalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:32:50Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/243612instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:32:50.503CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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Locomotor kinematics of the manus and pes in dinocephalian therapsids reconstructed from three-dimensional morphology of footprints from Gansfontein, South Africa |
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Locomotor kinematics of the manus and pes in dinocephalian therapsids reconstructed from three-dimensional morphology of footprints from Gansfontein, South Africa |
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Locomotor kinematics of the manus and pes in dinocephalian therapsids reconstructed from three-dimensional morphology of footprints from Gansfontein, South Africa Blob, Richard W. Locomotor kinematics Dinocephalia Permian Karoo Basin South Africa |
title_short |
Locomotor kinematics of the manus and pes in dinocephalian therapsids reconstructed from three-dimensional morphology of footprints from Gansfontein, South Africa |
title_full |
Locomotor kinematics of the manus and pes in dinocephalian therapsids reconstructed from three-dimensional morphology of footprints from Gansfontein, South Africa |
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Locomotor kinematics of the manus and pes in dinocephalian therapsids reconstructed from three-dimensional morphology of footprints from Gansfontein, South Africa |
title_full_unstemmed |
Locomotor kinematics of the manus and pes in dinocephalian therapsids reconstructed from three-dimensional morphology of footprints from Gansfontein, South Africa |
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Locomotor kinematics of the manus and pes in dinocephalian therapsids reconstructed from three-dimensional morphology of footprints from Gansfontein, South Africa |
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Blob, Richard W. Wilson, Jeffrey A. Marsicano, Claudia Alicia Panko, Laura J. Smith, Roger M. |
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Blob, Richard W. |
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Blob, Richard W. Wilson, Jeffrey A. Marsicano, Claudia Alicia Panko, Laura J. Smith, Roger M. |
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Wilson, Jeffrey A. Marsicano, Claudia Alicia Panko, Laura J. Smith, Roger M. |
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Locomotor kinematics Dinocephalia Permian Karoo Basin South Africa |
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Locomotor kinematics Dinocephalia Permian Karoo Basin South Africa |
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
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The Gansfontein paleosurface from the Late PermianAbrahamskraal Formation (Beaufort Group, TapinocephalusAssemblage Zone) near Fraserburg, South Africa, preserves several vertebratetrackways. Among the best-preserved trackways is a series of several footprintsthat have been attributed to a single dinocephalian therapsid walking acrossthe surface. This attribution is based on both the large size of the footprints(25 cm in breadth), and the reduction of digit I in the manus and pes. However,a curious feature of this trackway is that, in contrast to the straight digitsindicated by skeletal specimens of dinocephalians, the digit impressions from theprints are curved so that their tips point medially. To test hypotheses aboutthe locomotor kinematics of the dinocephalian manus and pes that produced thesecurved-digit prints, we constructed contour maps that depicted how the depth ofan impression varied within individual prints. In our initial analysis, we constructedthe maps by pouring milk into the prints in successive increments of 2 mm inheight, and tracing the perimeters of filled areas on translucent paper fixedto the paleosurface by tape. We have also used surface scanners to generatedepth profiles with finer scale resolution. These analyses indicated that thedistal tips of digit impressions are among the shallowest portions of theprints, a pattern consistent with outward rotation of the hand and foot duringstance. In addition, heel impressions are lacking in the prints, indicatingthat the animal that made them may have used digitigrade foot posture. Spacing betweenleft and right prints is small, less than the breadth of individual prints.However, the presence of foot rotation during stance suggests thatdinocephalians used sprawling, rather than parasagittal limb posture. Closespacing of footprints likely resulted from a combination of lateral bending ofthe body and significant cranio-caudal limb excursion, rather than increasedadduction of the limbs under the body. Fil: Blob, Richard W.. Clemson University; Estados Unidos Fil: Wilson, Jeffrey A.. University of Michigan; Estados Unidos Fil: Marsicano, Claudia Alicia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; Argentina Fil: Panko, Laura J.. Northwestern University; Estados Unidos Fil: Smith, Roger M.. Iziko South African Museum Cape Town; Sudáfrica 77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Canadá Society of Vertebrate Paleontology |
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The Gansfontein paleosurface from the Late PermianAbrahamskraal Formation (Beaufort Group, TapinocephalusAssemblage Zone) near Fraserburg, South Africa, preserves several vertebratetrackways. Among the best-preserved trackways is a series of several footprintsthat have been attributed to a single dinocephalian therapsid walking acrossthe surface. This attribution is based on both the large size of the footprints(25 cm in breadth), and the reduction of digit I in the manus and pes. However,a curious feature of this trackway is that, in contrast to the straight digitsindicated by skeletal specimens of dinocephalians, the digit impressions from theprints are curved so that their tips point medially. To test hypotheses aboutthe locomotor kinematics of the dinocephalian manus and pes that produced thesecurved-digit prints, we constructed contour maps that depicted how the depth ofan impression varied within individual prints. In our initial analysis, we constructedthe maps by pouring milk into the prints in successive increments of 2 mm inheight, and tracing the perimeters of filled areas on translucent paper fixedto the paleosurface by tape. We have also used surface scanners to generatedepth profiles with finer scale resolution. These analyses indicated that thedistal tips of digit impressions are among the shallowest portions of theprints, a pattern consistent with outward rotation of the hand and foot duringstance. In addition, heel impressions are lacking in the prints, indicatingthat the animal that made them may have used digitigrade foot posture. Spacing betweenleft and right prints is small, less than the breadth of individual prints.However, the presence of foot rotation during stance suggests thatdinocephalians used sprawling, rather than parasagittal limb posture. Closespacing of footprints likely resulted from a combination of lateral bending ofthe body and significant cranio-caudal limb excursion, rather than increasedadduction of the limbs under the body. |
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