A reassessment of the taxonomic validity of Dynamoterror dynastes (Theropoda: Tyrannosauridae)
Zoodiversity, 2020 Associated fragmentary materials of tyrannosaurid theropod, Dynamoterror dynastes McDonald et al., 2018, were reported in 2018 from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation of New Mexico. However, two originally proposed autapomorphies (i.e. prefrontonasal
Chan-gyu Yun
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Postcranial osteology of Beipiaosaurus inexpectus (Theropoda: Therizinosauria).
PLoS ONE, 2021 Beipiaosaurus inexpectus, from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Sihetun locality, near Beipiao), Liaoning, China, is a key taxon for understanding the early evolution of therizinosaurians.
Chun-Chi Liao +3 more
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Notas Sobre Spinosauridae (Theropoda, Dinosauria) [PDF]
Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 2005 Spinosaur remains were collected in Africa, Europa, Asia and Brazil, coming from deposits with ages ranging from the Late Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous.
Elaine Batista Machado +1 more
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Reconsidering the Avian Nature of the Oviraptorosaur Brain (Dinosauria: Theropoda). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The high degree of encephalization characterizing modern birds is the product of a long evolutionary history, our understanding of which is still largely in its infancy.
Amy M Balanoff, G S Bever, Mark A Norell
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Forearm Range of Motion in Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda, Megaraptoridae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The hypertrophied manual claws and modified manus of megaraptoran theropods represent an unusual morphological adaptation among carnivorous dinosaurs. The skeleton of Australovenator wintonensis from the Cenomanian of Australia is among the most complete
Matt A White +6 more
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European ornithomimosaurs (Dinosauria, Theropoda): an undetected record
Geologica Acta, 2014 Early Cretaceous ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaurs have been reported from various localities in Asia, whereas they remain poorly represented and extremely rare in North America, Africa and Europe.
R. ALLAIN +3 more
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The oldest record of Alvarezsauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) in the Northern Hemisphere.
PLoS ONE, 2017 Procoelous caudal vertebrae, a carpometacarpus with a hypertrophied metacarpal II, and robust proximal and ungual phalanges of manual digit II of a small theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Bissekty Formation at Dzharakuduk, Uzbekistan,
Alexander Averianov, Hans-Dieter Sues
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Allosaurus europaeus (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) Revisited and Taxonomy of the Genus
DiversityAllosaurus is one of the most famous theropod dinosaurs, but the validity and relationships between the different species have been confusing and often questioned.
André Burigo, Octávio Mateus
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New theropod (Tetanurae: Avetheropoda) material from the ‘mid’-Cretaceous Griman Greek Formation at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 The limited fossil record of Australian Cretaceous theropods is dominated by megaraptorids, reported from associated and isolated material from the Early Cretaceous of Victoria and the ‘Mid’-Cretaceous of central-north New South Wales and central ...
Tom Brougham +2 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Locomotor energetics are an important determinant of an animal's ecological niche. It is commonly assumed that animals minimize locomotor energy expenditure by selecting gait kinematics tuned to the natural frequencies of relevant body parts.
Pasha A. van Bijlert +2 more
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