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A new archosauriform (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Manda beds (Middle Triassic) of southwestern Tanzania. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundArchosauria and their closest relatives, the non-archosaurian archosauriforms, diversified in the Early and Middle Triassic, soon after the end-Permian extinction. This diversification is poorly documented in most Lower and Middle Triassic rock
Sterling J Nesbitt, Richard J Butler, David J Gower   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sedimentary characteristics and main controlling factors of the Middle-Upper Permian and Middle-Upper Triassic around Bogda Mountain of Xinjiang, NW China

Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2022
Based on field geological survey, interpretation of seismic data and analysis of drilling and logging data, the evolution of geological structures, stratigraphic sedimentary filling sequence and sedimentary system around the Bogda Mountain were analyzed ...
Youxing YANG, Junfeng ZHANG, Jinhu ZHANG, Yongjin GAO, Xingui ZHOU, Xiangcan SUN, Lei WEN, Miaoqing MIAO   +7 more
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New Permian and Triassic Scytinopteridae (Homoptera: Cicadomorpha) with elytrized tegmina, with notes on the origin of true bugs (Heteroptera) [PDF]

Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень
New Scytinopteridae with elytrized tegmina are described: Ooscyta chertoprudi gen. et sp. n. from the Late Permian of Karaungir, East Kazakhstan and Synelytra tverdokhlebovorum gen. et sp. n.
D.E. Shcherbakov
doaj   +1 more source

THE LATE TRIASSIC ARCHOSAUROMORPH TRILOPHOSAURUS AS AN ARBOREAL CLIMBER

RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA, 2005
Two species of the unusual archosauromorph Trilophosaurus, T. buettneri Case and T. jacobsi Murry, are known from diverse localities in the Upper Triassic Chinle Group in the southwestern USA. Both species likely occupied similar ecological niches, based on morphological similarities in the postcrania, which are essentially identical.
JUSTIN A. SPIELMANN, ANDREW B. HECKERT, SPENCER G. LUCAS   +2 more
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Reassessment of the evidence for postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in Triassic archosaurs, and the early evolution of the avian respiratory system. [PDF]

, 2012
Uniquely among extant vertebrates, birds possess complex respiratory systems characterised by the combination of small, rigid lungs, extensive pulmonary air sacs that possess diverticula that invade (pneumatise) the postcranial skeleton, unidirectional ...
Barrett, Paul M., David J. Gower (175487), Butler, Richard J.; id_orcid, Gower, David J., Richard J. Butler (172299), Butler, Richard J., Richard J Butler, David J Gower, Paul M. Barrett (162813), Paul M Barrett   +9 more
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A new species of Lonchidiidae (Hybodontiformes) from the Late Jurassic of Brazil (Aliança Formation, Jatobá Basin)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Aliança Formation (Jatobá Basin) represents lacustrine deposits formed in oxygenated waters that hosted a diverse fauna, including Hybodontiform sharks. Within this group, the Family Lonchidiidae comprises 11 valid genera, with Parvodus previously reported in Brazilian deposits from the Brejo Santo Formation (Araripe Basin, Late Jurassic ...
Larissa de Souza Ribeiro, Marco Aurélio Gallo de França   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

K-feldspar sand-grain provenance in the Triassic, west of Shetland : distinguishing first-cycle and recycled sediment sources? [PDF]

, 2009
Sandstone provenance studies can help constrain palaeogeographic reconstructions and ancient drainage system scales and pathways. However, these insights can be obscured by difficulties in geochemically distinguishing or adequately characterising ...
Daly, J. Stephen, Shane Tyrrell, Tyrrell, Shane, Leleu, Sophie, J. Stephen Daly, Souders, A. Kate, Haughton, Peter D. W., Peter D.W. Haughton, Sophie Leleu, A. Kate Souders   +9 more
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Comparative cranial biomechanics reveal macroevolutionary trends in theropod dinosaurs, with emphasis on Tyrannosauroidea

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Tyrannosaurus is viewed as a model organism in vertebrate paleontology, with numerous studies analyzing its feeding biomechanics. Nonetheless, the evolution of this feeding performance has been under‐addressed in Tyrannosauroidea, especially in basal tyrannosauroids. Here we used muscle‐force reconstruction and finite element analysis (FEA) to
Evan Johnson‐Ransom, Paul Gignac, Daniel E. Barta, Ryan N. Felice, Eric Snively   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A second species of non‐crocodyliform crocodylomorph from the Late Triassic fissure deposits of southwestern UK: Implications for locomotory ecological diversity in Saltoposuchidae

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Late Triassic–Early Jurassic fissures of the Bristol Channel area (southwest England and south Wales) are renowned for their diverse vertebrate faunas. These assemblages have yielded an array of predominantly small‐bodied forms that are crucial to our understanding of the early evolution of several major tetrapod clades.
Ewan H. Bodenham, Stephan N. F. Spiekman, Susannah C. R. Maidment, Paul Upchurch, Philip D. Mannion   +4 more
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Biomineralization of primary carbonate cements: a new biosignature in the fossil record from the Anisian of Southern Italy

Lethaia, EarlyView., 2021
Biomineralization is a generic term used to indicate biological‐mediated mineral formation. In carbonate mineralization, nucleation of crystals can be: (1) controlled directly by the organisms, like in the skeletal formation of most metazoans; (2) induced by microbial communities, by indirect precipitation mediated by their metabolic activities; or (3)
Adriano Guido, Matteo Sposato, Giuseppe Palladino, Alessandro Vescogni, Domenico Miriello   +4 more
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