Terrestrial Locomotion in Extant Marine Tetrapods with Flippers

Vincent Bels, Glenn Le Floch, Florence Kirchhoff, Maëlle Rivain, Laura Leroy, Nikos Vallianos, Chanel Comis, Eric Pelle, Julien Pfyffer, Philippa Agnew, John Davenport

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DOI: 10.3390/biology15201890
Published: 2026-10-20
Container: Biology
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@article{allodium:10.3390/biology15201890,
  title = {Terrestrial Locomotion in Extant Marine Tetrapods with Flippers},
  author = {Vincent Bels and Glenn Le Floch and Florence Kirchhoff and Maëlle Rivain and Laura Leroy and Nikos Vallianos and Chanel Comis and Eric Pelle and Julien Pfyffer and Philippa Agnew and John Davenport},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Biology},
  doi = {10.3390/biology15201890},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15201890}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Terrestrial Locomotion in Extant Marine Tetrapods with Flippers
AU  - Vincent Bels
AU  - Glenn Le Floch
AU  - Florence Kirchhoff
AU  - Maëlle Rivain
AU  - Laura Leroy
AU  - Nikos Vallianos
AU  - Chanel Comis
AU  - Eric Pelle
AU  - Julien Pfyffer
AU  - Philippa Agnew
AU  - John Davenport
PY  - 2026
JO  - Biology
DO  - 10.3390/biology15201890
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15201890
ER  -

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Bels, V., Floch, G. L., Kirchhoff, F., Rivain, M., Leroy, L., Vallianos, N., Comis, C., Pelle, E., Pfyffer, J., Agnew, P., & Davenport, J. (2026). Terrestrial Locomotion in Extant Marine Tetrapods with Flippers. Biology. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15201890

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