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Postcranial skeletal anatomy of the holotype and referred specimens of Buitreraptor gonzalezorum Makovicky, Apesteguía and Agnolín 2005 (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae), from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Here we provide a detailed description of the postcranial skeleton of the holotype and referred specimens of Buitreraptor gonzalezorum. This taxon was recovered as an unenlagiine dromaeosaurid in several recent phylogenetic studies and is the best ...
Federico A. Gianechini, Peter J. Makovicky, Sebastián Apesteguía, Ignacio Cerda   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Could theropod dinosaurs have evolved to a human level of intelligence?

Journal of Comparative Neurology, Volume 531, Issue 9, Page 975-1006, June 2023., 2023
Images showing models of the theropod dinosaur Troodon formosus and the dinosaur humanoid proposed by Russell and Seguin (1982). Noting that theropod dinosaurs such as troodon had large brains, large grasping hands, and likely binocular vision, Russell and Seguin suggested that a branch of these dinosaurs might have evolved to a human intelligence ...
Anton Reiner
wiley   +1 more source

Machine learning confirms new records of maniraptoran theropods in Middle Jurassic UK microvertebrate faunas

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 9, Issue 2, March/April 2023., 2023
Abstract Current research suggests that the initial radiation of maniraptoran theropods occurred in the Middle Jurassic, although their fossil record is known almost exclusively from the Cretaceous. However, fossils of Jurassic maniraptorans are scarce, usually consisting solely of isolated teeth, and their identifications are often disputed.
Simon Wills, Charlie J. Underwood, Paul M. Barrett, Philip Mannion   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relative skull size evolution in Mesozoic archosauromorphs: potential drivers and morphological uniqueness of erythrosuchid archosauriforms

Palaeontology, Volume 65, Issue 3, May/June 2022., 2022
Abstract Little is known about the large‐scale evolutionary patterns of skull size relative to body size, and the possible drivers behind these patterns, in Archosauromorpha. For example, the large skulls of erythrosuchids, a group of non‐archosaurian archosauromorphs from the Early and Middle Triassic, and of theropod dinosaurs are regarded as ...
Jordan Bestwick, Pedro L. Godoy, Susannah C. R. Maidment, Martín D. Ezcurra, Mia Wroe, Thomas J. Raven, Joseph A. Bonsor, Richard J. Butler, Kenneth Angielczyk   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Upper Cretaceous European theropod palaeobiodiversity, palaeobiogeography and the intra‐Maastrichtian faunal turnover: new contributions from the Iberian fossil site of Laño

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, Angelica Torices, José Ignacio Canudo, Philip J. Currie, Xabier Pereda‐Suberbiola, David Button   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The predatory ecology of Deinonychus and the origin of flapping in birds. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Most non-avian theropod dinosaurs are characterized by fearsome serrated teeth and sharp recurved claws. Interpretation of theropod predatory ecology is typically based on functional morphological analysis of these and other physical features.
Denver W Fowler, Elizabeth A Freedman, John B Scannella, Robert E Kambic   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review of the tetrapod skull-neck boundary: implications for the evolution of the atlas-axis complex. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT This review describes variation in modern and fossil occiput–atlas–axis complex anatomy of total group Tetrapoda with the aim of documenting the range of structural variation throughout their evolutionary history to establish grounds for comparison of the complex between tetrapod clades.
Korneisel DE, Maddin HC.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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, Hans C.E. Larsson, Michael B. Habib   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

On the absence of sternal elements inAnchiornis(Paraves) andSapeornis(Aves) and the complex early evolution of the avian sternum [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014
, Xiaoting Zheng, Xiaoli Wang
exaly   +2 more sources

Paravian Phylogeny and the Dinosaur-Bird Transition: An Overview

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2019
Recent years witnessed the discovery of a great diversity of early birds as well as closely related non-avian theropods, which modified previous conceptions about the origin of birds and their flight. We here present a review of the taxonomic composition
Federico L. Agnolin, Federico L. Agnolin, Federico L. Agnolin, Matias J. Motta, Matias J. Motta, Federico Brissón Egli, Federico Brissón Egli, Gastón Lo Coco, Gastón Lo Coco, Fernando E. Novas, Fernando E. Novas   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source