An exceptionally preserved armored dinosaur reveals the morphology and allometry of osteoderms and their horny epidermal coverings [PDF]
Although the evolution and function of “exaggerated” bony projections in ornithischian dinosaurs has been subject to significant debate recently, our understanding of the structure and morphology of their epidermal keratinized coverings is greatly ...
Caleb M. Brown
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Abstract Once known solely from dental material and thought to represent an early ornithischian dinosaur, the early‐diverging pseudosuchian Revueltosaurus callenderi is described from a minimum of 12 skeletons from a monodominant bonebed in the upper part of the Chinle Formation of Arizona.
William G. Parker +7 more
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Jaw Mechanics in Basal Ceratopsia (Ornithischia, Dinosauria) [PDF]
AbstractCeratopsian dinosaurs were a dominant group of herbivores in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems. We hypothesize that an understanding of the feeding system will provide important insight into the evolutionary success of these animals. The mandibular mechanics of eight genera of basal ceratopsians was examined to understand the variability in ...
Kyo, Tanoue +3 more
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Asociacion faunistica de vertebrados mesozoicos de la localidad de Galve (Teruel)
Los sedimentos del Tithónico-Barremiense de la Cuenca Ibérica aflorantes en los alrededores de la localidad de Galve (Teniel), son particularmente ricos en restos de vertebrados mesozoicos.
B. Sánchez Hemández
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Dental microwear reveals mammal-like chewing in the neoceratopsian dinosaur Leptoceratops gracilis [PDF]
Extensive oral processing of food through dental occlusion and orbital mandibular movement is often cited as a uniquely mammalian trait that contributed to their evolutionary success.
Frank J. Varriale
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The Rhabdodontidae (Dinosauria, Ornithischia), an enigmatic dinosaur group endemic to the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago [PDF]
The Rhabdodontidae was one of the most important dinosaur groups inhabiting the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago. Currently, the clade comprises nine species within six genera, which have been found in southern France, northern Spain, eastern Austria,
Felix J. Augustin +2 more
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Appendicular skeleton of Protoceratops andrewsi (Dinosauria, Ornithischia): comparative morphology, ontogenetic changes, and the implications for non-ceratopsid ceratopsian locomotion [PDF]
Protoceratops andrewsi is a well-known ceratopsian dinosaur from the Djadokhta Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Mongolia). Since the 1920s, numerous skeletons of different ontogenetic stages from hatchlings to adults, including fully articulated specimens ...
Justyna Słowiak +2 more
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The vertebrate fauna from the stipite layers of the Grands Causses (Middle Jurassic, France)
The stipites are Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) coals that formed in an everglades-like environment and are now exposed in the Grands Causses (southern France).
Fabien eKnoll +3 more
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Integumentary structure and composition in an exceptionally well-preserved hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) [PDF]
Preserved labile tissues (e.g., skin, muscle) in the fossil record of terrestrial vertebrates are increasingly becoming recognized as an important source of biological and taphonomic information.
Mauricio Barbi +7 more
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Secondary cartilage revealed in a non-avian dinosaur embryo. [PDF]
The skull and jaws of extant birds possess secondary cartilage, a tissue that arises after bone formation during embryonic development at articulations, ligamentous and muscular insertions.
Alida M Bailleul +2 more
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