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Cursorial Adaptations

Cursorial Adaptations is a biological construct referring to morphological, physiological, and biomechanical traits that enhance terrestrial locomotor efficiency in mammals, particularly through limb elongation, reduced distal limb mass, and increased stride length to facilitate high-speed running in open environments.

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2017–2026

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Wired to run: exercise-induced endocannabinoid signaling in humans and cursorial mammals with implications for the ‘runner’s high’

David A. Raichlen, A. D. Foster, Gregory L. Gerdeman et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2012 · 260 citations

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Hip structure and locomotion in ambulatory and cursorial carnivores

Farish A. Jenkins, Scott Camazine · Journal of Zoology · 1977 · 207 citations

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What, if anything, is a cursor? Categories versus continua for determining locomotor habit in mammals and dinosaurs

Matthew T. Carrano · Journal of Zoology · 1999 · 200 citations · Full text

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Morphology and locomotor adaptations of the bovid femur in relation to habitat

John Kappelman · Journal of Morphology · 1988 · 183 citations

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First trace and body fossil evidence of a burrowing, denning dinosaur

David J. Varricchio, Anthony J. Martin, Yoshihiro Katsura · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2007 · 165 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MT
    Matthew T. Carrano

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    2 publications · 224 citations

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  2. DJ
    David J. Varricchio

    Montana State University, United States

    2 publications · 285 citations

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  3. RR
    Robert R. Jackson

    University of Canterbury, New Zealand

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  4. CM
    Christine M. Janis

    Brown University, United States

    2 publications · 99 citations

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  5. WL
    William L. Engels

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 32 citations

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Institutions

118

  1. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    575 citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    307 citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    648 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    92 citations

  5. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    385 citations

  6. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    153 citations

  7. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    224 citations

  8. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    349 citations

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  1. Journal of Morphology

    10 publications · 616 citations

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  2. The American Naturalist

    AN · 5 publications · 292 citations

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  3. Journal of Experimental Biology

    4 publications · 498 citations

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  4. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 4 publications · 367 citations

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