Description of the skull, braincase, and dentition of Moschognathus whaitsi (Dinocephalia, Tapinocephalia), and its palaeobiological and behavioral implications [PDF]
The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 7, Page 1713-1748, July 2026.Abstract A subadult Moschognathus whaitsi from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, was scanned using synchrotron radiation X‐ray computed tomography (SRXCT). Its subadult state allowed the cranial bones and teeth to be identified and individually reconstructed in 3D.
Tristen Lafferty +3 more
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A specimen-level phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of Diplodocidae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Diplodocidae are among the best known sauropod dinosaurs. Several species were described in the late 1800s or early 1900s from the Morrison Formation of North America.
Emanuel Tschopp +2 more
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A new eusauropod (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu, China [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSauropod dinosaurs were gigantic quadrupedal herbivores. They range from Early Jurassic to Late Cretaceous and have been found on all continents. The rich sauropod faunas in the Middle and Late Jurassic of China are mainly from southern or western China.
Ning Li +4 more
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Notes on the axial skeleton of the titanosaur Bonitasaura salgadoi (Dinosauria-Sauropoda) [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2011 Sauropod axial anatomy is particularly important in understanding morphological features and phylogenetic analyses. Spatial arrangement of zygapophyses and rib articulations, as well as their complex laminar development, help to recognize the relative ...
Pablo A. Gallina
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A new mamenchisaurid from the Upper Jurassic Suining Formation of the Sichuan Basin in China and its implication on sauropod gigantism [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe Sichuan Basin has yielded abundant sauropod dinosaurs from the Middle-Late Jurassic, and Mamenchisauridae had predominated the dinosaur faunae during the Late Jurassic in the Sichuan Basin.
Xuefang Wei +12 more
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Cranial osteology of Bajadasaurus pronuspinax (Sauropoda, Dicraeosauridae)
Historical Biology, 2023 The cranial remains of the holotype of the Lower Cretaceous Bajada Colorada Formation (Neuquén, Argentina) Bajadasaurus pronuspinax and its associated 3D model are studied and compared herein. These materials comprise a complete braincase, skull roof and occiput, several periorbital elements, several palatal elements, a partially complete upper jaw and
Juan P. Garderes +3 more
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Tracking dinosaurs in Scotland [PDF]
, 2005 <p>Dinosaurs, the Loch Ness Monster not included, are a rarity in Scotland. Although dinosaurs have been known of in England and elsewhere in the world for over 300 years, it was only in the last 23 years that dinosaurs began to appear in Scotland.
Clark, N.D.L.
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Palaeontology, Volume 66, Issue 4, July/August 2023., 2023 Abstract Various terrestrial tetrapods convergently evolved to gigantism (large body sizes and masses), the most extreme case being sauropod dinosaurs. Heavy weight‐bearing taxa often show external morphological features related to this condition, but also adequacy in their limb bone inner structure: a spongiosa filling the medullary area and a rather ...
Rémi Lefebvre +2 more
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The neck of Barosaurus was not only longer but also wider than those of Diplodocus and other diplodocines [PDF]
, 2016 Barosaurus is a diplodocid sauropod from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of the western United States, and is known for its very long neck. It is related to the sympatric Diplodocus, and often thought of as more or less identical except with a ...
Wedel, Mathew J., Taylor, Michael P
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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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