Talk:Terrestrial locomotion in animals

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[edit] Hibbertopterous

Hibbertopterus was one of the first animals to display terrestrial locomotion. Might be worth adding a section on the evolution of terrestrial locomotion, and show the Hibbertopterus trackway picture shown at the Hibbertopterus page.Nicolharper 16:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saltatorial

I think that saltatorial should redirect to this page and be explained here. I'm not really sure how to add it to the current page organizational structure. Any ideas? --Aranae 21:35, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I can't find the saltatorial page. Nicolharper 20:47, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry. The page doesn't exist. I am just suggesting that the term be linked here and discussed here since saltatorial is a form of terrestrial locomotion (the jumping style seen in kangaroos, jerboas, springhares, kangaroo rats, and gerbils).

Hi. Perhaps the place for discussing saltation on this page should be within leggedlocomotion#gaits, with leggedlocomotion#gaits perhaps divided into four subsections for walking, running, saltation, and other. There is some discussion of saltation in kangaroos on the kangaroo page, however a general discussion would be a good addition to this page. I have added some information from your post above to the terrestrial locomotion page. Nicolharper 14:12, 7 August 2006 (UTC)