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Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 8, Issue 1, January/February 2022., 2022 Abstract A total of 227 theropod teeth have so far been recovered from the upper Campanian Laño site (northern Iberian Peninsula). The teeth were studied for their qualitative and quantitative features. From the theropod sample found at Laño, seven morphotypes attributed to five taxa are identified: a medium to large abelisaurid (Arcovenator sp.) and ...
Erik Isasmendi +5 more
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The first dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Bayan Gobi Formation of Nei Mongol, China [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 The first dromaeosaurid theropod from the Lower Cretaceous Bayan Gobi Formation is identified based on an incompletely preserved partially-articulated left leg, increasing the known diversity of its understudied ecosystem.
Michael Pittman +3 more
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The phylogenetic affinities of the bizarre Late Cretaceous Romanian theropod Balaur bondoc (Dinosauria, Maniraptora): dromaeosaurid or flightless bird? [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 The exceptionally well-preserved Romanian dinosaur Balaur bondoc is the most complete theropod known to date from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe. Previous studies of this remarkable taxon have included its phylogenetic interpretation as an aberrant ...
Andrea Cau, Tom Brougham, Darren Naish
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Morphological disparity in theropod jaws: comparing discrete characters and geometric morphometrics
Palaeontology, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 283-299, March 2020., 2020 Abstract Disparity, the diversity of form and function of organisms, can be assessed from cladistic or phenetic characters, and from discrete characters or continuous characters such as landmarks, outlines, or ratios. But do these different methods of assessing disparity provide comparable results?
Joep Schaeffer +4 more
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A new small deinonychosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagônia, Argentina
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2011 Here we report on a new small deinonychosaurian theropod, Pamparaptor micros gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of Patagônia, Argentina. Pamparaptor micros exhibits a pedal structure previously unknown among South Américan deinonychosaurians. The
Juan D. Porfiri +2 more
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Paravian Phylogeny and the Dinosaur-Bird Transition: An Overview
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2019 Recent years witnessed the discovery of a great diversity of early birds as well as closely related non-avian theropods, which modified previous conceptions about the origin of birds and their flight. We here present a review of the taxonomic composition
Federico L. Agnolin +10 more
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PLoS ONE, 2016 Remains of theropod dinosaurs are very rare in Northern Germany because the area was repeatedly submerged by a shallow epicontinental sea during the Mesozoic.
Oliver Gerke, Oliver Wings
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Unenlagiinae revisited: dromaeosaurid theropods from South América
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2011 Over the past two decades, the record of South American unenlagiine dromaeosaurids was substantially increased both in quantity as well as in quality of specimens.
Federico A. Gianechini +1 more
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Skeletal completeness of the non‐avian theropod dinosaur fossil record
Palaeontology, Volume 62, Issue 6, Page 951-981, November 2019., 2019 Abstract Non‐avian theropods were a highly successful clade of bipedal, predominantly carnivorous, dinosaurs. Their diversity and macroevolutionary patterns have been the subject of many studies. Changes in fossil specimen completeness through time and space can bias our understanding of macroevolution.
Daniel D. Cashmore +2 more
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The geometry of taking flight: Limb morphometrics in Mesozoic theropods
Journal of Morphology, Volume 276, Issue 2, Page 152-166, February 2015., 2015 ABSTRACT Theropoda was one of the most successful dinosaurian clades during the Mesozoic and has remained a dominant component of faunas throughout the Cenozoic, with nearly 10,000 extant representatives. The discovery of Archaeopteryx provides evidence that avian theropods evolved at least 155 million years ago and that more than half of the tenure of
Brandon P. Hedrick +4 more
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