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 wings before the bird: an evaluation of flapping-based locomotory hypotheses in bird antecedents [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Background: Powered flight is implicated as a major driver for the success of birds. Here we examine the effectiveness of three hypothesized pathways for the evolution of the flight stroke, the forelimb motion that powers aerial locomotion, in a ...
T. Alexander Dececchi +2 more
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The asymmetry of the carpal joint and the evolution of wing folding in maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2010 Corwin Sullivan +2 more
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Mid-mantle deformation inferred from seismic anisotropy [PDF]
, 2002 With time, convective processes in the Earth's mantle will tend to align crystals, grains and inclusions. This mantle fabric is detectable seismologically, as it produces an anisotropy in material properties—in particular, a directional dependence in ...
A Yeganeh-Haeri +34 more
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Osteology of the unenlagiid theropod Neuquenraptor argentinus from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia [PDF]
, 2017 Neuquenraptor argentinus was described as the first undoubted deinonychosaurian theropod from Gondwana. The only known specimen is represented by a fragmentary skeleton, including a nearly complete foot, coming from Late Cretaceous beds of Neuquén ...
Agnolin, Federico +3 more
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The taxonomy of a new parvicursorine alvarezsauroid specimen IVPP V20341 (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, China [PDF]
, 2015 A new parvicursorine alvarezsauroid theropod specimen IVPP V20341 from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, China is described.
Pittman, MD, Stiegler, JB, Xu, X
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Descendants of the Jurassic turiasaurs from Iberia found refuge in the Early Cretaceous of western USA [PDF]
, 2017 A new, largely complete eusauropod dinosaur with cranial and postcranial elements from two skeletons, Mierasaurus bobyoungi gen. nov., sp. nov. from the lower Yellow Cat Member (Early Cretaceous) of Utah (USA), is the first recognized member of ...
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Geosciences, 2012 At least two lineages of Mesozoic birds are known to have possessed a distinct feather morphotype for which there is no neornithine (modern) equivalent. The early stepwise evolution of apparently modern feathers occurred within Maniraptora, basal to the ...
David J. Bottjer +4 more
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A New Specimen of Autroraptor cabazai Novas, Pol. Canale, Porfiri and Calvo, 2008 (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Unenlagiidae) from the Latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Río Negro, Argentina [PDF]
, 2012 There were considerable differences in Late Cretaceous faunas of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, although the differences were breaking down during Campanian and Maastrichtian times with the appearance of hadrosaurids in Antarctica and South ...
Currie, Philip J. +1 more
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Unique caudal plumage of Jeholornis and complex tail evolution in early birds [PDF]
, 2013 The Early Cretaceous bird Jeholornis was previously only known to have a distally restricted ornamental frond of tail feathers. We describe a previously unrecognized fan-shaped tract of feathers situated dorsal to the proximal caudal vertebrae.
O'Connor, Jingmai +6 more
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