Bone histology in Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia)--variation, growth, and implications. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundDysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki is a small ornithopod dinosaur known from thousands of bones and several ontogenetic stages. It was found in a single locality within the Tendaguru Formation of southeastern Tanzania, possibly representing a single
Tom R Hübner
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Asociacion faunistica de vertebrados mesozoicos de la localidad de Galve (Teruel)
Estudios Geologicos, 2002 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]
PeerJ, 2016 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]
Fossil Record, 2023 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]
PeerJ, 2019 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)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2014 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]
PeerJ, 2019 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]
PLoS ONE, 2013 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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Digital preparation and osteology of the skull of Lesothosaurus diagnosticus (Ornithischia: Dinosauria) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Several skulls of the ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus (Lower Jurassic, southern Africa) are known, but all are either incomplete, deformed, or incompletely prepared.
Laura B. Porro +2 more
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Ornithopod diversity in the Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian), New South Wales, Australia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 During the Early Cretaceous, dinosaur communities of the Australian-Antarctic rift system (Eumeralla and Wonthaggi formations) cropping out in Victoria were apparently dominated by a diverse small-bodied ‘basal ornithopod’ fauna.
Phil R. Bell +3 more
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