{"id":24352,"date":"2022-08-11T11:07:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=24352"},"modified":"2022-08-11T11:07:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:07:39","slug":"prehistoric-podiatry-how-dinos-carried-their-enormous-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=24352","title":{"rendered":"Prehistoric podiatry – How dinos carried their enormous weight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In all its \u201890s CGI glory, the first \u201cJurassic Park\u201d movie depicted a field of roaming sauropods \u2013 those giraffe-looking dinosaurs \u2013 with the film\u2019s iconic theme song ascending.<\/p>\n

The cinematic moment captured the imagination of viewers, but new evidence suggests that Steven Spielberg\u2019s dino-flick got one detail wrong \u2013 namely, the sauropods\u2019 feet.<\/p>\n

In a digital reconstruction study<\/a>, led by scientists from University of Queensland and Monash University, 3D modelling was used to test the function of foot bones of different sauropods. Their research was fuelled by a simple question: How would the dinosaurs\u2019 feet be capable of supporting their weight?<\/p>\n

The findings suggest that the hind feet of the sauropod had a soft tissue pad beneath the heel, cushioning the foot to absorb their immense weight. This, researchers say, differs from conceptions that sauropods had feet similar to modern-day elephants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sauropods were the largest terrestrial animals that roamed the Earth for more than 100 million years.<\/p>\n

They were first thought to have been semi-aquatic with water buoyancy supporting their massive weight, a theory disproved by the discovery of sauropod tracks in terrestrial deposits in the mid-twentieth century.<\/p>\n

Monash University\u2019s Dr Olga Panagiotopoulou<\/a> said it had also been thought sauropods had feet similar to a modern-day elephant.<\/p>\n

\u201cPopular culture \u2013 think Jurassic Park or Walking with Dinosaurs \u2013 often depicts these behemoths with almost-cylindrical, thick, elephant-like feet,\u201d Dr Panagiotopoulou said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when it comes to their skeletal structure, elephants are actually \u2018tip-toed\u2019 on all four feet, whereas sauropods have different foot configurations in their front and back feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cSauropod\u2019s front feet are more columnar-like, while they present more \u2018wedge high heels\u2019 at the back supported by a large soft tissue pad.\u201d<\/p>\n

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