Swiss Journal of PalaeontologyPaleoenvironmental preferences for Cretaceous dinosaurs at a regional scale have been mainly assessed in North America. In south-western Europe, the dinosaur-bearing formations ranging the late Campanian to the latest Maastrichtian encompass coastal and ...
Bernat Josep Vázquez López +3 more
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Dinosaur tracks from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Parede (Cascais, Portugal): new contributions for the sauropod palaeobiology of the Iberian Peninsula [PDF]
A recently discovered Early Cretaceous (early late Albian) dinosaur tracksite at Parede beach (Cascais, Portugal) reveals evidence of dinoturbation and at least two sauropod trackways.
Barroso-Barcenilla, F. +5 more
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Egg shape changes at the theropod–bird transition, and a morphometric study of amniote eggs [PDF]
, 2014 The eggs of amniotes exhibit a remarkable variety of shapes, from spherical to elongate and from symmetrical to asymmetrical. We examine eggshell geometry in a diverse sample of fossil and living amniotes using geometric morphometrics and linear ...
Abramoff MD +14 more
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The ''sauropod'' from the Albian of Mesnil-Saint-Père (Aube, France): a pliosaur, not a dinosaur
Carnets de Géologie, 2005 A vertebra from the Albian of Mesnil-Saint-Père (Aube, eastern Paris Basin), previously identified as the first caudal of a sauropod dinosaur, is shown to be a dorsal vertebra of a large pliosaur.
Buffetaut Eric +3 more
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Els vertebrats de la Formació Argiles de Morella (Aptià inferior, Cretaci Inferior) [PDF]
, 2012 La Formació Argiles de Morella és una de les formacions del Cretaci Inferior peninsular que més registre fòssil de vertebrats està aportant. La seva condició de medis deposicionals, generalment continentals, però també de vegades transicionals amb ...
Escaso, Fernando +5 more
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Rayososaurus (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) no meso-cretáceo do norte-nordeste brasileiro
, 2020 Continental Cenomanian deposits of the Alcântara Formation at Maranhão state, Northeastern Brazil, include a paleocommunity assembling plants, dinosaurs, crocodiles, and fishes. Isolated teeth and bone debris, mainly caudal vertebral centra, are the most common identifiable elements.
Medeiros, Manuel Alfredo Araujo +1 more
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First record of a Maastrichtian sauropod dinosaur from Egypt [PDF]
, 1997 Main articleA left femur of a small sauropod dinosaur was found in the Maastrichtian part of the Ammonite Hill Member of the Dahkla Formation of southwestern Egypt.
Rauhut, Oliver W. M., Werner, Christa
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Big boned: How fat storage and other adaptations influenced large theropod foraging ecology. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Pahl CC, Ruedas LA.
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Dentition of titanosaurs (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Río Negro province, Argentina: morphology, implantation and replacement [PDF]
, 2010 Se describe la anatomía observada en un fragmento de dentario de titanosaurio saurópodo de la Formación Anacleto (Cretácico Superior de la provincia de Río Negro), compuesto por siete alvéolos.
Cerda, Ignacio Alejandro +1 more
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The public perception of palaeontology in Scotland: "archaeologists dig dinosaurs" [PDF]
, 2008 There is very little written about how palaeontology is perceived by the public. Perhaps the reason is that very few professional palaeontologists have concerned themselves with public opinion, so engrossed they are with their own speciality and not ...
Clark, N.D.L.
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