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Endothermy, neuron counts, and other issues: Further remarks on neurocognitive evolution in fossil vertebrates

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Last year, we challenged the view that large‐bodied theropod dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex resembled primates in cognition and behavior, a proposition made by Herculano‐Houzel in 2023. More recently, Jensen et al. have criticized our work on this topic, raising methodological and conceptual issues.
Kai R. Caspar, Cristián Gutiérrez‐Ibáñez, Hady George, Thomas R. Holtz Jr., Darren Naish, Grant R. Hurlburt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The cranial anatomy of the neornithischian dinosaur Thescelosaurus neglectus [PDF]

PeerJ, 2014
Though the dinosaur Thescelosaurus neglectus was first described in 1913 and is known from the relatively fossiliferous Lance and Hell Creek formations in the Western Interior Basin of North America, the cranial anatomy of this species remains poorly ...
Clint A. Boyd
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An osteohistological analysis of Triceratops (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) cranial ornamentation

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Ceratopsids are among the most distinctive and well known extinct Cretaceous vertebrates, yet many details regarding the growth and composition of their cranial features are still not fully anatomically described or understood. In particular, striking cranial adornments such as the postorbital horns and parietal‐squamosal frill of Triceratops ...
Kyle D. Obuszewski, N. Adam Smith, Guinevere Rose Brown   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An exquisitely preserved young iguanodontian from the Upper Jurassic of Tanzania sheds light on skeletal fusion patterns within Archosauria

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
Abstract Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki (Ornithopoda, Dinosauria) is a small‐sized dryosaurid iguanodontian known from various isolated remains collected from the Tendaguru Formation (Upper Jurassic, Tanzania). Micro‐computed tomography of a small individual encased in a block offered a unique opportunity to describe c.
Riccardo Rocchi, Filippo Maria Rotatori, Gabriel S. Ferreira, Federico Fanti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inferred presence of extraoral tissues in Triassic archosauromorphs and the evolutionary implications for the clade Sauropsida

Palaeontology, Volume 69, Issue 3, 2026.
Abstract Recent work has suggested that the presence of extraoral soft tissues (‘lips’), in the form of labial scales in theropod dinosaurs, could be inferred based on: anteroposteriorly distributed foramina in the rostral bones, similar to extant lepidosaurs; vertically projected teeth; uniform enamel thickness in maxillary teeth; and an allometric ...
Rafael Terras, Jaqueline Borger, Manuelle O. P. Almeida, Silvia Bettin, Owen A. Higgins, Giulia Marciani, Stefano Benazzi, Rodrigo T. Müller, Leonardo Kerber, Mirian Carbonera   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new taxon of saurischian dinosaur from the Coelophysis Quarry of New Mexico, USA (Triassic: latest Norian or Rhaetian) highlights herrerasaurian diversity in the latest Triassic

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
Abstract The most complete record of the earliest dinosaur lineages is from the Carnian from the higher latitudes of Pangea (e.g. present‐day Brazil, Argentina), but dinosaurian assemblages from the upper stages of the Upper Triassic are better known from the low latitudes of Pangea (present day southwestern USA).
Simba Srivastava, Sterling J. Nesbitt
wiley   +1 more source

Braincase anatomy and palaeoneurology of Venetoraptor gassenae, a lagerpetid pterosauromorph from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil

Palaeontology, Volume 69, Issue 2, 2026.
Abstract There is a growing consensus that pterosaurs and the flightless Lagerpetidae are closely related. This relationship is supported by apomorphies throughout the skeleton, including endocranial character states such as a well‐developed floccular fossa and a tall anterior semicircular canal. Our knowledge of lagerpetid anatomy has been improved by
Lísie V.S. Damke, Leonardo Kerber, Mario Bronzati, Maurício S. Garcia, Martín D. Ezcurra, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Rodrigo T. Müller   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bone histology of Protoceratops andrewsi from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and its biological implications [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2018
Protoceratops andrewsi is one of the best known and abundant ornithischian dinosaurs from the Djadokhta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Mongolia) and a subject of many morphological studies.
Łucja Fostowicz-Frelik, Justyna Słowiak   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The early origin of Iguanodontia: new insights into the macroevolution, diversity and biogeography of the clade

Palaeontology, Volume 69, Issue 2, 2026.
Abstract Iguanodontia (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) is a speciose group of herbivorous dinosaurs that include the famous genus Iguanodon, one of foundational members of the clade Dinosauria. Despite their very long history of research, several aspects of their systematic relationships and their evolutionary history remain somewhat nebulous.
Filippo Maria Rotatori, Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza, Federico Fanti, Miguel Moreno‐Azanza   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insight on the anatomy, systematic relationships, and age of the Early Cretaceous ankylopollexian dinosaur Dakotadon lakotaensis [PDF]

PeerJ, 2015
Knowledge regarding the early evolution within the dinosaurian clade Ankylopollexia drastically increased over the past two decades, in part because of an increase in described taxa from the Early Cretaceous of North America. These advances motivated the
Clint A. Boyd, Darrin C. Pagnac
doaj   +2 more sources