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Sci Rep January 2016 PMID 26813782

An approach to scoring cursorial limb proportions in carnivorous dinosaurs and an attempt to account for allometry.

W Scott Persons, Philip J Currie

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  • The study develops a scoring system called Cursorial Limb Proportions (CLP) to measure how well carnivorous dinosaurs were adapted for running, accounting for the allometric relationship between limb length and body mass.
  • CLP scores are consistent within species across different specimens and growth stages, with early theropods showing lower scores and certain groups like tyrannosauroids and compsognathids showing higher scores, indicating varying levels of cursorial ability.
  • Comparisons of CLP scores between Tyrannosaurus and Nanotyrannus suggest distinct adaptations, supporting the idea that Nanotyrannus was a separate species with different ecological roles from Tyrannosaurus.
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