Thomas Holtz Measuring Toe (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Thomas Holtz Measuring Toe

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Thomas Holtz, principal lecturer in the UMD Department of Geology, measures a dinosaur toe bone. Holtz and his colleagues found that long lower limbs were an adaptation that made large theropod dinosaurs more efficient at walking, helping them conserve energy as they hunted.

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