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Gatesy, S.M. 1990. Caudofemoral musculature and the evolution of theropod locomotion. Paleobiology(16(2): 170-186.

Gatesy, S.M. and Biewener, A.A. 1991. Bipedal locomotion: effects of speed, size and limb posture in birds and humans. Journal of Zoology, London 224: 127-147.

Gatesy, S.M. 1991. Hind limb movements of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and postural grades. Journal of Zoology, London 224: 577-588.

Gatesy, S.M. 1991. Hind limb scaling in birds and other theropods: implications for terrestrial locomotion. Journal of Morphology 209(1): 83-96.

Gatesy, S.M. and Dial, K.P. 1993. Tail muscle activity patterns in walking and flying pigeons (Columbia livia). Journal of Experimental Biology 176: 55-76.

Gatesy, S.M. and English, A.W. 1993. Evidence for compartmental identity in the development of the rat lateral gastrocnemius muscle. Developmental Dynamics 196: 174-182.

Gatesy, S.M. 1994. Neuromuscular diversity in archosaur deep dorsal thigh muscles. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 43(1): 1-14.

Jenkins, F.A. Jr., Shubin, N.H., Amaral, W.W., Gatesy, S.M., Schaff, C.R., Clemmensen, L.B., downs, W.R., Davidson, A.R., Bonde, N., and Osbaeck, F. 1994. Late Triassic continental vertebrates and depositional environments of the Fleming Fjord Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland. Meddelelser om Gronland, Geoscience 32: 1-25.

Gatesy, S.M. 1995. Functional evolution of the hind limb and tail from basal theropods to birds. p. 219-234 in J.J. Thomason, ed., Functional Morphology in Vertebrate Paleontology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

Gatesy, S.M. and Dial, K.P. 1996. Locomotor modules and the evolution of avian flight. Evolution 50(1): 331-340.

Gatesy,. S.M. and Dial, K.P. 1996. From frond to fan: Archaeopteryx and the evolution of short-tailed birds. Evolution 50(5): 2037-2048.

Jenkins, F.A.J., Jr., Gatesy, S.M., Shubin, N.H. and Amaral, W.W. 1997. Haramiyids and Triassic mammalian evolution. Nature 385: 715-718.

Gatesy, S.M. and Middleton, K.M. 1997. Bipedalism, and the evol of theropod diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (17(2): 308-329.

Gatesy, S.M. 1997. A electromyographic analysis of hindlimb function in Alligator during terrestrial locomotion. Journal of Morphology 234: 197-212.

Gatesy, S.M. 1999. Guineafowl hind limb function. I: cineradiographic analysis and speed effects. Journal of Morphology 240: 127-142.

Gatesy, S.M. 1999. Guineafowl hind limb function. II: electromyographic analysis and motor pattern evolution. Journal of Morphology 240: 127-142.

Gatesy, S.M., Middleton, K.M., Jenkins, F.A.J., Jr. and Shubin, N.H. 1999. Three-dimensional preservation of foot movements in Triassic theropod dinosaurs. Nature 399: 141-144.

Gatesy, S.M. and Middleton, K.M. 1999. Theropod hind limb disparity revisited: a response. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):606.

Middleton, K.M. and Gatesy, S.M. 2000. Theropod forelimb design and evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128:149-187.

Hutchinson, J.R. and Gatesy, S.M. 2000. Adductors, abductors, and the evolution of archosaur locomotion. Paleobiology 26(4):734-751.

Farlow, J.O., Gatesy, S.M., Holtz, T.R., Jr., Hutchinson, J.R., and Robinson, J.M. 2000. Theropod locomotion. American Zoologist 40:640-663.

Hutchinson, J.R. and Gatesy, S.M. 2000. Bipedalism. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. ELS HOME

Gatesy, S.M. 2001. Skin impressions in Triassic theropod tracks as records of foot movement. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 156(1):137-149.

Jenkins, F.A. Jr., Shubin, N.H., Gatesy, S.M. and Padian, K. 2001. A diminutive pterosaur (Pterosauria: Eudimorphodontidae) from the Greenlandic Triassic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 156(1):151-170.

Gatesy, S.M. 2001. The evolutionary history of the theropod caudal locomotor module. p. 333-350 in J. Gauthier and J.F. Gall, eds., New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds. New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History.

Bimber, O., Gatesy, S.M., Witmer, L.M., Raskar, R. and Encarnacao, L.M. 2002. Merging fossil specimens with computer-generated information. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 35(9):25-30.

Gatesy, S.M. 2002. Locomotor evolution on the line to modern birds. p. 432-447 in L. Chiappe and L. Witmer, eds., Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Gatesy, S.M. 2003. Direct and indirect track features: what sediment did a dinosaur touch? Ichnos 10:91-98.

Gatesy, S.M. and Baier, D.B. 2005. The origin of the avian flight stroke: a kinematic and kinetic perspective. Paleobiology 31(3):382-399.

Gatesy, S.M., Shubin, N.H. and Jenkins, F.A., Jr. 2005. Anaglyph stereo imaging of dinosaur track morphology and microtopography. Palaeontologia Electronica Vol. 8, Issue 1; 10A: 10p.

Hutchinson, J.R. and Gatesy, S.M. 2006. Dinosaur locomotion: Beyond the bones. Nature News and Views Feature 440:292-294.

Baier, D.B., Gatesy, S.M. and Jenkins, F.A., Jr. 2007. A critical ligamentous mechanism in the evolution of avian flight. Nature 445:307-310.

Gatesy, S.M. and Middleton, K.M. 2007. Skeletal adaptations for flight. p. 269-283 in B.K. Hall, ed., Fins into Limbs: Evolution, Development, and Transformation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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