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CHAPTER 5: Mechanical and phylogenetic integration of the<br />

tyrannosaurid arctometatanus<br />

FlNlTE ELEMENT ANALYSIS AND <strong>THE</strong> FUNCTlONAL lNT ERPLAY<br />

<strong>OF</strong> BONES AND LIGAMENTS<br />

Lessons for applying the finite elernent rnethod to palaeontology<br />

FEA and ligament-skeletal dynamics<br />

REDUCTION AND SYN<strong>THE</strong>SIS <strong>OF</strong> <strong>THE</strong> ARCTOMETATARSUS<br />

AS A BIOMECHANICAL SYSTEM<br />

Descriptive rnorphology, qualitative modeling, quantitative testing<br />

Probable function of the tyrannosaurid arctometatarsus<br />

Mat do bone and ligament morphology irnply for metatarsus<br />

function of other theropods?<br />

EVOLUTIONARY CONTUCT FOR <strong>THE</strong> ARCTOMETATARSUS<br />

Aptational terrninology<br />

Epistemology and evolution of aptations<br />

Implications of phylogenetic distribution of the arctometatarsus<br />

Did intermetatarsal ligaments facilitate partially exaptive origination<br />

of the arctometatarsus?<br />

How often did the arctometatarsus evolve?<br />

What selective factors contributed to arctometatarsus evolution?<br />

A PARSIMONIOUS SCENARIO FOR ARCTOMETATARSUS<br />

EVOLUTION<br />

Figures for Chapter 5<br />

LITERATURE ClTED<br />

APPENDIX: Principal Components Analysis

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