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and dinosaurs achieved a bipedal posture as their legs increased in size, their hips strengthened, and their spines adapted for dorsoventral flexion. Other adaptations that may have facilitated bipedal locomotion include the development of a chambered heart and lungs with unidirectional airflow (both
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in 1915, he described it as "a well-muscled creature light in weight, possibly bipedal in gait occasionally, and most assuredly swift in movement." Mehl based this description on its long limb bones and deep hip socket, two features which link it with bipedal dinosaurs. Since the 1970s however,
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in birds and crocodilians (most likely), phylogenetic bracketing implies that they inherited this trait from their common ancestor and that this ancestor also had an erect stance. With this reasoning, the first archosaurs are thought to have had the ability to high walk.
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vertebrae connecting the spine to the hip, three more than most early archosaurs. The hind legs are about twice as long as the arms and placed close together. Five digits are present on the foot, but the fifth is reduced to a small splint of bone next to the
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Parker WG and Nesbitt 2013. Cranial remains of Poposaurus gracilis (Pseudosuchia: Poposauroidea) from the Upper Triassic, the distribution of the taxon, and its implications for poposauroid evolution. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 379: 22
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based on more complete material from the Popo Agie Formation, including vertebrae, hips, and limb bones. He cited the holotype as 602, but in fact the holotype is UR 357. Mehl concluded that the ilium described by Lees, UR 358, also belonged to
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was hypothesized in a 2011 study that examined muscle scars on the bones and made inferences based on phylogenetic bracketing. 26 muscles, three ligaments, and two connective tissue structures were described. While the hypothesized muscles of
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and theropod dinosaurs, including its hollow leg bones and deep hip socket, but did not consider it a dinosaur because each sacral vertebra supported only one rib (theropods usually have multiple ribs projecting from each sacral vertebra).
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or hip socket faces downward and is positioned directly over the head of the femur. In contrast, dinosaurs have "buttress erect" hip structures in which the acetabulum faces laterally and the head of the femur is angled to fit into it.
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is thought to have had a puboischiotibialis muscle, but this muscle is absent in birds and probably non-avian dinosaurs as well. The extensor digitorum brevis was probably present on the foot of
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was expected to be similar in appearance to its relatives. In 2011, the nearly complete subadult specimen YPM VP 057100 was described. The specimen confirmed Mehl's description, revealing that
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and dinosaurs inherited a propensity for erect hind-limb driven movement from an early archosaur ancestor. The posture of this ancestral archosaur can be inferred from a method called
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and early dinosaurs were both bipedal, the method of locomotion evolved independently in each group. The independent origins are shown through several differences in the skeletons of
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has been considered a pseudosuchian archosaur more closely related to crocodilians than dinosaurs. Most of its close relatives (such as the large-bodied
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differ from those of crocodilians. For example, the puboischiofemoralis internus muscle originates on the spine in crocodilians and on the hip in
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was an obligate biped, meaning that it walked on two legs rather than four. However, as a pseudosuchian, it is more closely related to living
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as a phytosaur because the shape of its ilium was different and it had more sacral vertebrae fused to the hip. Mehl made comparisons between
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of Virginia, marking the first occurrence of this genus from eastern North America. This material was found at the same locality as
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could not have been a more primitive archosaur because it had hollow leg bones and complex vertebrae. He placed it in the
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was about 4–5 metres (13–16 ft) long and weighed 90 to 100 kilograms (200 to 220 lb) as an adult. The body of
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Gauthier, J.A.; Nesbitt, S.J.; Schachner, E.R.; Bever, G.S.; Joyce, W.G. (2011). "The bipedal stem crocodilian
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and was first mentioned in the 1980 paper describing it, where it was tentatively referred to as indeterminate
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also suggested a distinctive form of respiration that involved abdominal muscles. The study hypothesized that
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in that it is larger, it does not have a ridge of bone behind the hip socket, and does not have a pit on the
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is thought to have evolved this form of locomotion independently, possibly from early archosaurs' ability to
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had an ischiotruncus muscle running from the ischium at the back of the hip, across the pubis, and into the
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has the characteristic crurotarsal ankle of pseudosuchians, usually associated with quadrupedal locomotion.
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from Arizona, PEFO 34865, includes not only postcranial remains but also cranial remains, confirming that
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Schachner, E.R.; Manning, P.L.; Dodson, P. (2011). "Pelvic and hindlimb myology of the basal archosaur
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In 2022, the partial remains (fragmentary thoracic vertebrae and part a right humerus) of an immature
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A photograph of the ilium and sacrum of the Yale specimen, from the blog "What's in John's freezer"?
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in its own suborder of ornithischians, which he called Poposauria. In 1930, American paleontologist
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that were even larger than dinosaurs, as their insertion site runs along the entire length of the
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Lucas, Spencer G.; Blodgett, Robert B.; Lichtig, Asher J.; Hunt, Adrian P. (August 2, 2022).
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VP 057100, and informally named "the Yale specimen", was found in the Chinle Formation of
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share many aspects with those of birds, they are more similar to those of crocodilians.
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in its own family, Poposauridae. In the same paper, Colbert described an ilium from the
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was indeed bipedal. The skeleton preserves both the fore and hind limbs, showing that
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pseudosuchian. In 1915, Mehl described a "distal femur" in the holotype specimen of
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Anatomical reconstructions of respiratory morphology and hindlimb musculature in
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is also similar to those of living crocodilians. Other aspects of the muscles of
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In 1995, paleontologists Robert Long and Phillip Murry described new fossils of
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are elongated. The end of the pubis forms a distinct hook that is unique to
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from Poposauridae, claiming that the material used in this assignment was a
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was assigned to many different groups of reptiles. Hungarian paleontologist
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and shuvosaurids than it is to any other pseudosuchian. The analysis found
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material could belong to the same animal. Mehl noted similarities between
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is laterally compressed, with a long and narrow hip structure. The
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was again described in 2007, along with two new specimens from the
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that fits into the ilium. In 2011, a nearly complete specimen of
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of the southwestern and eastern United States. It belongs to the
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Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
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and classified it as a theropod dinosaur. Colbert thought that
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A photograph of the Yale specimen, copyrighted Emma Shachner
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with their limbs erect. If an erect stance is considered
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bone extends far from the ankle to form a distinct heel.
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Although they evolved bipedal locomotion independently,
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gave an extensive description of the known material of
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bones of the abdomen. In a form of respiration called
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With the tail comprising about half the body length,
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In 1928, Nopcsa placed it in a new family called 2303:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1989:Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 654:In his 1977 study of Late Triassic saurischians, 568:dinosaur in 1921, identifying similarities with 411:, was originally the type species of the genus 1841:also has a "pillar erect" stance in which the 2549: 2090:, a new reptile from the Triassic of Wyoming" 8: 838:Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument 786:Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument 505:. In 1915, paleontologist M. G. Mehl named 4665: 4500: 4403: 4301: 4051: 4047: 3782: 3778: 3767: 3754: 3377: 3203: 3173: 3162: 3149: 2976: 2843: 2737: 2733: 2722: 2709: 2651: 2624: 2615: 2572: 2556: 2542: 2534: 2456:(Ph.D. thesis). University of Pennsylvania 128: 31: 4775:Late Triassic archosaurs of North America 2367: 2357: 2229:Weinbaum, J.C.; Hungerbühler, A. (2007). 2113: 1978: 1976: 1974: 1972: 1970: 1968: 1939:The 2011 study of the leg musculature of 948:, part of the larger pseudosuchian group 2441: 2439: 2391: 2389: 2387: 702:based on the unique shape of its ilium. 2135: 2133: 2079: 2077: 1964: 980:was placed within Poposauroidea as the 2336:Stefanic, C.M.; Nesbitt, S.J. (2018). 990:and the shuvosaurids. This means that 913:and a few other early pseudosuchians. 472:by J. H. Lees and later identified as 808:was reclassified as a new species of 528:, also from the Triassic of Wyoming. 7: 1785:The hypothesized leg musculature of 1608: 1584: 1577: 1553: 1529: 1505: 1481: 1386: 1362: 1338: 1314: 1264: 1257: 1233: 1221: 1192: 1144: 1103: 1076: 1049: 1038: 496:, and identified it as that of the 419:has been variously classified as a 1887:through phylogenetic bracketing). 848:was a hyper-carnivorous predator. 532:was only known from some teeth, a 25: 1833:and dinosaurs. Unlike dinosaurs, 1822:had much shorter arms than legs. 619:In 1961, American paleontologist 608:dinosaurs. German paleontologist 4795:Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera 4649: 4648: 4599: 4592: 4585: 3739: 3731: 3724: 3716: 3135: 3128: 3120: 2520: 2206:Long, R.A.; Murry, P.A. (1995). 1883:of which are assumed present in 984:to the large-bodied herbivorous 765:, which they held in the family 466:An ilium (hip bone) assigned to 415:. Since it was first described, 158: 4805:Carnian genus first appearances 2400:(archosauria: Poposauroidea)". 1855:extant phylogenetic bracketing 855:were described from the early 1: 4785:Fossil taxa described in 1915 804:of Arizona. Long and Murry's 540:, so Mehl suggested that the 403:, was described and named by 145:(1915) in the collections of 2238:Paläontologische Zeitschrift 2173:Paläontologische Zeitschrift 1793:When M. G. Mehl first named 137:Illustration of UR 357, the 1012:poposauroids. Below is the 994:is more closely related to 612:considered it a very early 492:(part of the hip) from the 407:in 1915. A second species, 4826: 4790:Taxa named by Maurice Mehl 2488:feet, from the same source 944:is a member of the family 580:and a new suborder called 27:Extinct genus of Archosaur 4613: 4582: 4406: 4304: 4054: 4050: 3785: 3781: 3766: 3753: 3713: 3380: 3206: 3176: 3161: 3148: 3117: 2979: 2846: 2740: 2736: 2721: 2708: 2654: 2627: 2614: 2571: 2167:Galton, P.M. (1977). "On 1665: 1630: 1613: 1606: 1589: 1582: 1575: 1558: 1551: 1534: 1527: 1510: 1503: 1486: 1479: 1408: 1391: 1384: 1367: 1360: 1343: 1336: 1319: 1312: 1286: 1269: 1262: 1255: 1238: 1231: 1219: 1197: 1190: 1166: 1149: 1142: 1125: 1108: 1101: 1081: 1074: 1054: 1047: 780:have been found from the 332: 325: 289: 284: 155:Scientific classification 153: 136: 127: 34: 4810:Norian genus extinctions 2446:Schachner, E.R. (2010). 1008:to be successively more 556:In the following years, 484:were found in 1904 near 2484:An articulated pair of 2338:"The axial skeleton of 2142:"The Triassic reptile, 1923:is thought to have had 1890:The leg musculature of 741:was in fact a pubis of 647:, which he assigned to 3212:Benggwigwishingasuchus 2140:Colbert, E.H. (1961). 2094:The Journal of Geology 2032:The Journal of Geology 2028:, a Wyoming phytosaur" 1790: 1035: 890: 806:Lythrosuchus langstoni 792:The known material of 789: 753:, and the newly named 522:and the earlier named 514:. He did not classify 477: 405:Maurice Goldsmith Mehl 4742:Paleobiology Database 2504:Paleobiology Database 2402:Journal of Morphology 1861:represented today by 1784: 1026: 884: 775: 480:The first remains of 465: 2340:Poposaurus langstoni 2298:R. E. Weems (1980). 2169:Staurikosaums pricei 2001:10.3374/014.052.0102 889:relative to a human. 645:Howard County, Texas 621:Edwin Harris Colbert 564:classified it as an 502:Paleorhinus bransoni 469:Paleorhinus bransoni 339:Long and Murry, 1995 3168:Paracrocodylomorpha 3155:Paracrocodylomorpha 3089:Paracrocodylomorpha 2528:Paleontology portal 2451:Poposaurus gracilis 2398:Poposaurus gracilis 2233:Poposaurus gracilis 2106:1915JG.....23..516M 2088:Poposaurus gracilis 2084:Mehl, M.G. (1915). 2044:1907JG.....15..121L 2022:Lees, J.H. (1907). 1985:Poposaurus gracilis 1953:cuirassal breathing 1857:. 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They removed 546:Dolichobrachium 538:pectoral girdle 530:Dolichobrachium 525:Dolichobrachium 486:Lander, Wyoming 460: 274: 266: 253: 240: 157: 123: 121: 120: 115: 110: 105: 100: 95: 90: 85: 80: 75: 70: 65: 54: 53: 38: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 4823: 4821: 4813: 4812: 4807: 4802: 4797: 4792: 4787: 4782: 4777: 4772: 4762: 4761: 4755: 4754: 4752: 4751: 4738: 4725: 4712: 4699: 4683: 4681: 4675: 4674: 4669: 4660: 4659: 4657: 4656: 4646: 4641: 4636: 4631: 4626: 4624:Prestosuchidae 4621: 4614: 4611: 4610: 4607: 4606: 4583: 4581: 4578: 4577: 4574: 4573: 4570: 4569: 4566: 4565: 4562: 4561: 4559: 4558: 4557: 4556: 4550: 4541: 4539: 4533: 4532: 4530: 4529: 4528: 4527: 4521: 4512: 4510: 4498: 4492: 4491: 4488: 4487: 4485: 4484: 4481:Shartegosuchus 4477: 4470: 4463: 4456: 4448: 4446: 4440: 4439: 4437: 4436: 4429: 4426:Sichuanosuchus 4422: 4415: 4407: 4401: 4392: 4391: 4389: 4388: 4384:Thalattosuchia 4377: 4367: 4356: 4346: 4343:Lusitanisuchus 4336: 4326: 4316: 4305: 4299: 4294: 4291: 4290: 4287: 4286: 4284: 4283: 4276: 4268: 4261: 4253: 4251: 4242: 4241: 4239: 4238: 4230: 4222: 4220: 4218:Notochampsidae 4211: 4210: 4208: 4207: 4200: 4196:Pedeticosaurus 4192: 4184: 4177: 4170: 4167:Erythrochampsa 4163: 4156: 4149: 4146:Coloradisuchus 4141: 4139: 4130: 4129: 4127: 4126: 4116: 4106: 4096: 4086: 4076: 4066: 4055: 4045: 4040: 4037: 4036: 4033: 4032: 4030: 4029: 4028: 4027: 4025:Thalattosuchia 4018: 4016: 4014:Thalattosuchia 4007: 4006: 4004: 4003: 3996: 3989: 3981: 3979: 3970: 3969: 3967: 3966: 3959: 3952: 3944: 3942: 3933: 3932: 3930: 3929: 3919: 3908: 3898: 3895:Redondavenator 3888: 3878: 3868: 3858: 3848: 3838: 3827: 3817: 3807: 3804:Dibothrosuchus 3797: 3786: 3776: 3771: 3764: 3763: 3758: 3751: 3750: 3747: 3746: 3714: 3712: 3709: 3708: 3705: 3704: 3701: 3700: 3698: 3697: 3696: 3695: 3689: 3687: 3681: 3680: 3678: 3677: 3669: 3661: 3654: 3646: 3639: 3631: 3624: 3617: 3609: 3602: 3595: 3587: 3579: 3570: 3568: 3559: 3558: 3556: 3555: 3545: 3535: 3525: 3515: 3505: 3494: 3484: 3480:Incertovenator 3473: 3462: 3452: 3442: 3432: 3422: 3412: 3402: 3392: 3381: 3375: 3369: 3368: 3365: 3364: 3362: 3361: 3354: 3347: 3339: 3337: 3331: 3330: 3328: 3327: 3320: 3312: 3310: 3304: 3303: 3301: 3300: 3293: 3285: 3282:Hypselorhachis 3278: 3275:Ctenosauriscus 3271: 3268:Bystrowisuchus 3264: 3257: 3249: 3247: 3241: 3240: 3238: 3237: 3230: 3222: 3215: 3207: 3201: 3192: 3191: 3189: 3188: 3177: 3171: 3166: 3159: 3158: 3153: 3146: 3145: 3142: 3141: 3118: 3116: 3113: 3112: 3109: 3108: 3105: 3104: 3102: 3101: 3100: 3099: 3093: 3091: 3085: 3084: 3082: 3081: 3074: 3067: 3060: 3052: 3044: 3042: 3033: 3032: 3029: 3028: 3026: 3025: 3024: 3023: 3014: 3012: 3006: 3005: 3003: 3002: 2999:Revueltosaurus 2995: 2988: 2980: 2974: 2965: 2964: 2962: 2961: 2954: 2947: 2940: 2933: 2925: 2916: 2914: 2912:Erpetosuchidae 2905: 2904: 2902: 2901: 2891: 2880: 2870: 2859: 2847: 2841: 2836: 2833: 2832: 2829: 2828: 2826: 2825: 2822:Venaticosuchus 2818: 2811: 2804: 2797: 2788: 2786: 2777: 2776: 2774: 2773: 2762: 2752: 2749:Dasygnathoides 2741: 2731: 2726: 2719: 2718: 2713: 2706: 2705: 2702: 2701: 2698: 2697: 2694: 2693: 2690: 2689: 2687: 2686: 2685: 2684: 2678: 2676: 2670: 2669: 2667: 2666: 2665: 2664: 2655: 2649: 2643: 2642: 2640: 2639: 2638: 2637: 2628: 2622: 2612: 2611: 2607: 2606: 2597: 2591: 2585: 2576: 2569: 2568: 2563: 2561: 2560: 2553: 2546: 2538: 2532: 2531: 2516: 2515: 2506: 2495: 2490: 2481: 2474: 2473:External links 2471: 2468: 2467: 2435: 2383: 2328: 2305:. 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