Bipedalism
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Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an animal moves by means of its two rear limbs or legs. An animal or machine that usually moves in a bipedal manner is known as a biped, meaning 't
An ostrich, the co-fastest extant biped at 70 km/h (43 mph)
A Man Running; by Eadweard Muybridge
A group of children racing
ASIMO – a bipedal robot
Dinosaur
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Dinosaurs are a diverse group of warmblooded reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They existed through most of the Mesozoic era, first appearing early in the Triassic period. They became the dominant ter
Bipedalism
…habitual bipeds whose normal method of locomotion is two-legged. In the Triassic period some groups of archosaurs, a group that includes crocodiles and dinosaurs, developed bipedalism; among the dinosaurs, all the early forms and many later groups were habitual or exclusive bipeds; the birds are members of a…
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Brontosaurus excelsus remount in the Peabody Museum
Natural History Museum, London Stegosaurus
Tyrannosaurus Rex Holotype