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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 +3 more
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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 +8 more
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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 +5 more
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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 +3 more
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Barb geometry of asymmetrical feathers reveals a transitional morphology in the evolution of avian flight [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2015 Teresa J Feo +2 more
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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 +2 more
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Soft-tissue and dermal arrangement in the wing of an Early Cretaceous bird:Implications for the evolution of avian flight [PDF]
, 2015 Despite a wealth of fossils of Mesozoic birds revealing evidence of plumage and other soft-tissue structures, the epidermal and dermal anatomy of their wing’s patagia remain largely unknown.
Chiappe, Luis M +4 more
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A Jurassic ornithischian dinosaur from Siberia with both feathers and scales [PDF]
, 2014 Feathers, not just for the birds? Theropod dinosaurs, thought to be the direct ancestors of birds, sported birdlike feathers. But were they the only feathery dino group? Godefroit et al.
Benton, Michael J +7 more
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A bony-crested Jurassic dinosaur with evidence of iridescent plumage highlights complexity in early paravian evolution [PDF]
, 2018 The Jurassic Yanliao theropods have offered rare glimpses of the early paravian evolution and particularly of bird origins, but, with the exception of the bizarre scansoriopterygids, they have shown similar skeletal and integumentary morphologies.
Clarke, Julia A +9 more
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Cranial anatomy of Anchiornis huxleyi (Theropoda: Paraves) sheds new light on bird skull evolution [PDF]
古脊椎动物学报 (中英文版)The origin of birds from theropod dinosaurs, by any measures, is the most eye-catching evolutionary transition in the history of life, which encompasses numerous extensive morphological and biological changes. Compared to postcranium, little progress has
WANG Min, WANG Xiao-Li, ZHENG Xiao-Ting, ZHOU Zhong-He
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