Evolution of hind limb morphology of Titanosauriformes (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) analyzed via 3D geometric morphometrics reveals wide-gauge posture as an exaptation for gigantism [PDF]
eLifeThe sauropod hind limb was the main support that allowed their gigantic body masses and a wide range of dynamic stability adaptations. It was closely related to the position of the center of masses of their multi-ton barrel-shaped bodies and experienced ...
Adrián Páramo +3 more
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A revision of Sanpasaurus yaoi Young, 1944 from the Early Jurassic of China, and its relevance to the early evolution of Sauropoda (Dinosauria). [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 © 2016 McPhee et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it
McPhee BW +5 more
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New specimens of Baurutitan britoi and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 The description of new titanosaur specimens unearthed from deposits of the Serra da Galga Formation (Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous) at the BR-262 site, near Peirópolis (Uberaba, Minas Gerais State, Brazil), sheds light on the taxonomy of two taxa ...
Julian C. G. Silva Junior +4 more
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New titanosauriform (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) specimens from the Upper Cretaceous Daijiaping Formation of southern China [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs were once considered rare in the Upper Cretaceous of Asia, but a number of titanosauriforms from this stratigraphic interval have been discovered in China in recent years.
Fenglu Han +5 more
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Histological evidence for a supraspinous ligament in sauropod dinosaurs [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 Supraspinous ossified rods have been reported in the sacra of some derived sauropod dinosaurs. Although different hypotheses have been proposed to explain the origin of this structure, histological evidence has never been provided to support or reject ...
Ignacio A. Cerda +3 more
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A new juvenile sauropod specimen from the Middle Jurassic Dongdaqiao Formation of East Tibet [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Jurassic strata are widely distributed in the eastern part of Tibet Autonomous Region, and have yielded many dinosaur bones. However, none of these specimens has been studied extensively, and some remain unprepared. Here we provide a detailed description
Xianyin An +8 more
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Caudal pneumaticity and pneumatic hiatuses in the sauropod dinosaurs Giraffatitan and Apatosaurus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Skeletal pneumaticity is found in the presacral vertebrae of most sauropod dinosaurs, but pneumaticity is much less common in the vertebrae of the tail.
Mathew J Wedel, Michael P Taylor
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Revision of Amygdalodon patagonicus Cabrera, 1947 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2003 The type material of the oldest known sauropod dinosaur from South America, Amygdalodon patagonicus, from the Cerro Carnerero Formation (Toarcian-Bajocian) of Chubut province. Argentina, is reviewed.
O. W. M. Rauhut
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A new sauropod dinosaur hindlimb from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation, Isle of Wight, UK [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceThe Barremian-aged Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, UK, offers a globally significant glimpse into the sauropod dinosaur faunas of the early Cretaceous. These deposits have yielded specimens of several neosauropod lineages, such as rebbachisaurids,
Robert R. Higgins +3 more
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Ecomorphospace occupation of large herbivorous dinosaurs from Late Jurassic through to Late Cretaceous time in North America [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Following the Late Jurassic, megaherbivore communities in North America undergo a dramatic turnover in faunal composition: sauropods decline to the point of becoming relatively minor components of ecosystems, stegosaurs become extinct, and hadrosaurids ...
Taia Wyenberg-Henzler
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