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Locomotor and postural diversity among reptiles viewed through the prism of femoral microanatomy: Palaeobiological implications for some Permian and Mesozoic taxa

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 242, Issue 5, Page 891-916, May 2023., 2023
Reptiles show great diversity of locomotion and posture. We employed phylogenetically informed statistical methods to explore their bone microanatomy. We used our models to infer the locomotion of extinct reptiles that document the different episodes of postural diversification in this clade.
Jordan Gônet, Jérémie Bardin, Marc Girondot, John R. Hutchinson, Michel Laurin   +4 more
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The neural distribution of the avian homologue of oxytocin, mesotocin, in two songbird species, the zebra finch and the canary: A potential role in song perception and production

Journal of Comparative Neurology, Volume 530, Issue 13, Page 2402-2414, September 2022., 2022
Abstract The avian homologue of oxytocin (OT), formerly called mesotocin, influences social behaviors in songbirds and potentially song production. We sought to characterize the distribution of OT peptide in the brain of two songbird species: canaries (Serinus canaria) and zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).
Chelsea M. Haakenson, Jacques Balthazart, Farrah N. Madison, Gregory F. Ball   +3 more
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Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians

Biological Reviews, Volume 97, Issue 2, Page 766-801, April 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT The whole‐body (tachymetabolic) endothermy seen in modern birds and mammals is long held to have evolved independently in each group, a reasonable assumption when it was believed that its earliest appearances in birds and mammals arose many millions of years apart.
Gordon Grigg, Julia Nowack, José Eduardo Pereira Wilken Bicudo, Naresh Chandra Bal, Holly N. Woodward, Roger S. Seymour   +5 more
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Revisiting the choristodere and stem-lepidosaur specimens of the Guimarota Beds (Kimmeridgian, Portugal): taxonomic implications [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
The Guimarota beds (Kimmeridgian, Portugal) constitute one of the richest microvertebrate assemblages for the Upper Jurassic, which include a diverse fauna of small reptiles.
ALEXANDRE R.D. GUILLAUME, EDUARDO PUÉRTOLAS-PASCUAL, MIGUEL MORENO-AZANZA   +2 more
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Morphology of the temporal skull region in tetrapods: research history, functional explanations, and a new comprehensive classification scheme

Biological Reviews, Volume 96, Issue 5, Page 2229-2257, October 2021., 2021
ABSTRACT The morphology of the temporal region in the tetrapod skull traditionally has been a widely discussed feature of vertebrate anatomy. The evolution of different temporal openings in Amniota (mammals, birds, and reptiles), Lissamphibia (frogs, salamanders, and caecilians), and several extinct tetrapod groups has sparked debates on the ...
Pascal Abel, Ingmar Werneburg
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A new rhynchocephalian from the late jurassic of Germany with a dentition that is unique amongst tetrapods. [PDF]

, 2012
Rhynchocephalians, the sister group of squamates (lizards and snakes), are only represented by the single genus Sphenodon today. This taxon is often considered to represent a very conservative lineage.
Adriana López-Arbarello (123259), Heyng, Alexander M., Heyng Alexander M., Hecker, Andreas, Rauhut, Oliver W. M., Alexander M. Heyng (123257), Andreas Hecker (123262), Oliver W. M. Rauhut, Oliver W M Rauhut, Alexander M Heyng, Oliver W. M. Rauhut (123254), Rauhut Oliver W. M., López-Arbarello Adriana, Hecker Andreas, Andreas Hecker, Alexander M. Heyng, López-Arbarello, Adriana, Adriana López-Arbarello   +17 more
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Tanystropheid archosauromorphs in the Lower Triassic of Gondwana [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2018
Tanystropheidae is a clade of early archosauromorphs with a reported distribution ranging from the Early to the Late Triassic of Asia, Europe, and North America.
Tiane Macedo De Oliveira, Daniel Oliveira, Cesar L. Schultz, Leonardo Kerber, Felipe L. Pinheiro   +4 more
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Description and etiology of paleopathological lesions in the type specimen of Parasaurolophus walkeri (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae), with proposed reconstructions of the nuchal ligament

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 238, Issue 5, Page 1055-1069, May 2021., 2021
The fossilized lesions in Parasaurolophus walkeri comprise periodontal disease, fractured ribs, and myositis ossificans traumatica in a number of vertebral dorsal spines and in the ilium. The injuries appear to have been caused by one or more non‐threatening events. The discoidal overgrowth on the dorsal spines m ight represent a pathological correlate
Filippo Bertozzo, Fabio Manucci, Matthew Dempsey, Darren H. Tanke, David C. Evans, Alastair Ruffell, Eileen Murphy   +6 more
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New data on the braincase of the aetosaurian archosaur (Reptilia: Diapsida) Stagonolepis robertsoni Agassiz [PDF]

, 2002
Gower, David J., Walker, Alick D. (2002): New data on the braincase of the aetosaurian archosaur (Reptilia: Diapsida) Stagonolepis robertsoni Agassiz.
Gower, David J., Walker, Alick D., DAVID J. GOWER, ALICK D. WALKER   +3 more
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Pseudosuchian thermometabolism: A review of the past two decades. [PDF]

Anat Rec (Hoboken)
Abstract Pseudosuchia, one of the two main clades of Archosauria, is today only represented by some 20 extant species, the crocodilians, representing only a fraction of its extinct diversity. Extant crocodilians are ectotherms but present morphological and anatomical features usually associated with endothermy.
Faure-Brac MG.
europepmc   +2 more sources