Sentences with phrase «legged ceratopsian»

According to Dodson's reading of bones, all straight - legged ceratopsian reconstructions suffer from painful shoulder dislocations.

Not exact matches

In most dinosaur art before the 1980s, ceratopsians dragged their bellies under legs crooked out to the sides.

But Peter Dodson, a ceratopsian expert at the University of Pennsylvania, argues the proper pose is crook - legged, not necessarily in the «extreme push - ups» pose of modern crocodiles, but certainly not in the straight pillar fashion of modern rhinos either.

One major controversy with ceratopsians (the family of Triceratops and Protoceratops) is whether they stood on straight legs like rhinos or crouched crook - legged like crocodiles.