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Synthetic analysis of trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes with new insights from Bohaiornithidae

eLife
Enantiornithines were the dominant birds of the Mesozoic, but understanding of their diet is still tenuous. We introduce new data on the enantiornithine family Bohaiornithidae, famous for their large size and powerfully built teeth and claws.
Case Vincent Miller, Jen A Bright, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Michael Pittman   +4 more
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A new troodontid theropod, Talos sampsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of North America.

PLoS ONE, 2011
BackgroundTroodontids are a predominantly small-bodied group of feathered theropod dinosaurs notable for their close evolutionary relationship with Avialae. Despite a diverse Asian representation with remarkable growth in recent years, the North American
Lindsay E Zanno, David J Varricchio, Patrick M O'Connor, Alan L Titus, Michael J Knell   +4 more
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Functional morphology and biomechanics of the locomotor apparatus in the large Late Triassic carnivore Postosuchus kirkpatricki (Archosauria: Rauisuchidae)

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
A three‐dimensional model is used to analyze the locomotor biomechanics of the large Late Triassic archosaurian reptile Postosuchus kirkpatricki. The study finds that it is more uncertain than previously concluded whether it was quadrupedal or bipedal, and plantigrade or digitigrade, but it clearly had locomotor specializations including large hindlimb
John R. Hutchinson, Emily Faughey, Matthew Humpage, Tristan Dupuis, Oliver E. Demuth, Romain Pintore, Francois Clarac   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exceptional Preservation of Non-Mineralized Biomaterials in Fossils of the Avialae Clade

, 2021
Thousands of primitive and diverse fossils birds from Mesozoic and Cenozoic have been discovered around the world. Among these, hundreds of studies have found exceptional preservation of mineralized biomaterials, allowing to expand the knowledge about the ecology and Evolution of birds.
Alves, Everton Fernando, Machado, Marcio Fraiberg   +1 more
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Diet of bird‐like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 4, Page 1760-1778, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Troodontidae is a clade of small‐to medium‐sized maniraptoran theropods that mainly lived in Laurasia (modern Asia, North America and Europe) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are believed to have had a variety of diets. The uniqueness of troodontid teeth suggests that they diverged from the typical flesh‐based diet of non‐avian ...
Yui Chi Fan, Case Vincent Miller, Michael Pittman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inferred presence of extraoral tissues in Triassic archosauromorphs and the evolutionary implications for the clade Sauropsida

Palaeontology, Volume 69, Issue 3, 2026.
Abstract Recent work has suggested that the presence of extraoral soft tissues (‘lips’), in the form of labial scales in theropod dinosaurs, could be inferred based on: anteroposteriorly distributed foramina in the rostral bones, similar to extant lepidosaurs; vertically projected teeth; uniform enamel thickness in maxillary teeth; and an allometric ...
Rafael Terras, Jaqueline Borger, Manuelle O. P. Almeida, Silvia Bettin, Owen A. Higgins, Giulia Marciani, Stefano Benazzi, Rodrigo T. Müller, Leonardo Kerber, Mirian Carbonera   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of the tetrapod skull–neck boundary: implications for the evolution of the atlas–axis complex

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 2435-2470, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This review describes variation in modern and fossil occiput–atlas–axis complex anatomy of total group Tetrapoda with the aim of documenting the range of structural variation throughout their evolutionary history to establish grounds for comparison of the complex between tetrapod clades.
Dana E. Korneisel, Hillary C. Maddin
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of poor sampling of polymorphism on cladistic analysis

Cladistics, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 317-334, June 2016., 2016
Abstract Despite its ubiquity in the natural world, polymorphism is commonly disregarded or poorly sampled in phylogenetic analyses due to deliberate sampling strategy, inadequate sampling effort and limited specimen availability. Poor sampling of intraspecific variation engenders differential sampling of morphs within polymorphic species, which could ...
Akinobu Watanabe
wiley   +1 more source

New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 5, Page 1829-1860, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Diversity in the body shapes and sizes of dinosaurs was foundational to their widespread success during the Mesozoic era. The ability to quantify body size and form reliably is therefore critical to the study of dinosaur biology and evolution.
Matthew Dempsey, Samuel R. R. Cross, Susannah C. R. Maidment, John R. Hutchinson, Karl T. Bates   +4 more
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Skull morphology and histology indicate the presence of an unexpected buccal soft tissue structure in dinosaurs

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 247, Issue 3-4, Page 790-818, September/October 2025.
A combined approach of osteology and histology was used to examine the cheek regions of dinosaurs. Strong evidence was found for a soft tissue in this region connecting the zygoma to the mandible, here named the ‘exoparia’. Abstract Unlike mammals, reptiles typically lack large muscles and ligaments that connect the zygoma to the mandible.
Henry S. Sharpe, Yan‐yin Wang, Thomas W. Dudgeon, Mark J. Powers, S. Amber Whitebone, Colton C. Coppock, Aaron D. Dyer, Corwin Sullivan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source