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Data from: Linking the evolution of body shape and locomotor biomechanics in bird-line archosaurs
, 2013 Locomotion in living birds (Neornithes) has two remarkable features: feather-assisted flight, and the use of unusually crouched hindlimbs for bipedal support and movement.
Bates, Karl T. +3 more
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The caudal vertebral series in abelisaurid dinosaurs
, 2014 The caudal vertebrae of abelisaurid theropods show notable variations in the shape of the transverse process, among other characters, and these distinguish the two subclasses Brachyrostra and Carnotaurini.
Mendez, A.H.
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, 2014 The Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group), between Lucélia and Irapuru municipalities (northwestern São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil), has been in the last years a very important area for collecting Upper Cretaceous fossil vertebrates.
Geroto, Caio Fabricio Cezar +1 more
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Maniraptora ("Seizing Hands"): Birds and their Closest Relatives
This site describes the clade Maniraptora (which is defined as containing all dinosaurs closer to birds than to ornithomimids). This is the group of theropod dinosaurs from which many paleontologists believe birds were derived some 150 or so million ...
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, 2010 Large-bodied theropod dinosaurs from the Early-mid Cretaceous of the northern continents (Laurasia) are poorly known. One of the most complete and intriguing theropods from this interval is Shaochilong maortuensis Hu, 1964 from the Turonian (< 92 Ma ...
Brusatte, SL +3 more
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Chthonic severance: dinosaur eggs of the Mesozoic, the significance of partially buried eggs and contact incubation precursors. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 Hogan JD, Varricchio DJ.
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A short history of research on Archaeopteryx and its relationship with dinosaurs
, 2010 : Archaeopteryx, first discovered in 1861 from the Solnhofen lithographic limestone of Bavaria, is the oldest feathered animal in the fossil record. Since its discovery it has been the focus of discussions about avian ancestry.
Peter Wellnhofer
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, 2014 44 pages : illustrations (1 color), map ; 26 cm.The basalmost alvarezsauroid Haplocheirus sollers is known from a single specimen collected in Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) beds of the Shishugou Formation in northwestern China.
Norell, Mark. +3 more
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A newly recognized theropod assemblage from the Lewisville Formation (Woodbine Group; Cenomanian) and its implications for understanding Late Cretaceous Appalachian terrestrial ecosystems. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Noto CR +3 more
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The evolution of nest site use and nest architecture in modern birds and their ancestors. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 Mainwaring MC +5 more
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