New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos SocABSTRACT 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.
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Microstructure and development of the dermal ossicles of Antarctopelta oliveroi (Dinosauria, Ankylosauria): A complex morphogenetic system deciphered through three-dimensional X-ray microtomography. [PDF]
J AnatSeries of images of the dermal ossicle of Antarctopelta oliveroi (Dinosauria, Ankylosauria) illustrating (A) the 3D distribution of the vascular mesh in the ossicle; (B) the large volume of the numerous cells in periphery; (C) the radial orientation of the fiber bundles in the main core of the osteoderm (called basal plate); (D) the orthogonal ...
Sanchez S +4 more
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Novel pneumatic features in the ribs of the sauropod dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2023 Pneumatic dorsal ribs are known for many sauropods, but to date costal pneumaticity has received relatively little attention. In particular, the pneumatic ribs of the holotype specimen of Brachiosaurus altithorax have been largely overlooked, although ...
MICHAEL P. TAYLOR, MATHEW J. WEDEL
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New information on the Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs of Zhejiang Province, China: impact on Laurasian titanosauriform phylogeny and biogeography [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Titanosaurs were a globally distributed clade of Cretaceous sauropods. Historically regarded as a primarily Gondwanan radiation, there is a growing number of Eurasian taxa, with several putative titanosaurs contemporaneous with, or even pre-dating, the ...
Philip D. Mannion +3 more
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Dinosaur diversification rates were not in decline prior to the K-Pg boundary [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Determining the tempo and mode of non-avian dinosaur extinction is one of the most contentious issues in palaeobiology. Extensive disagreements remain over whether their extinction was catastrophic and geologically instantaneous or the culmination of ...
Joseph A. Bonsor +3 more
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2023 Numerous dromaeosaurid taxa recovered from the Upper Cretaceous strata of the Gobi Desert raise questions over niche partitioning among closely related species.
ŁUKASZ CZEPIŃSKI
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Microstructural and crystallographic evolution of palaeognath (Aves) eggshells
eLife, 2023 The avian palaeognath phylogeny has been recently revised significantly due to the advancement of genome-wide comparative analyses and provides the opportunity to trace the evolution of the microstructure and crystallography of modern dinosaur eggshells.
Seung Choi +5 more
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Iridescent plumage in a juvenile dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2023 Colour reconstructions have provided new insights into the lives of dinosaurs and other extinct animals, by predicting colouration patterns from fossilised pigment-bearing organelles called melanosomes.
ANGUS D. CROUDACE +4 more
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Multiple optimality criteria support Ornithoscelida [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 A recent study of early dinosaur evolution using equal-weights parsimony recovered a scheme of dinosaur interrelationships and classification that differed from historical consensus in a single, but significant, respect; Ornithischia and Saurischia were ...
Luke A. Parry +2 more
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2022 We describe a microvertebrate assemblage from the J&M site, of the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) Williams Fork Formation. Breakdown of fossil bearing matrix was achieved with the use of heated dimethyl sulfoxide.
NICKOLAS A. BRAND +5 more
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