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Thus, problems with stegosaur tracks possibly stem from the expectation of their quadrupedality.
Neoceratopsian publications for 2008 ReBecca Foster 2009
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Little known is that the Shoebill is one of a handful of birds that occasionally practices quadrupedality: when Shoebills lunge forward while grabbing prey, they sometimes use their wings to help push themselves upright.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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"A very great plenty of lizards and turtles and frogs and toads and salamanders — and snakes, of course, though snakes lack four legs of quadrupedality."
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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The discovery of four families in which some members only walk on all fours (quadrupedality) may help us understand how humans, unlike other primates, are able
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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I’m serious: future post to come on quadrupedality in humans.
Archive 2007-01-01 Darren Naish 2007
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I’m serious: future post to come on quadrupedality in humans.
Why I hate Darwin’s beard Darren Naish 2007
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