New mid-cervical vertebral morphotype of Spinosauridae from the Kem Kem Group of Morocco
Vertebrate Anatomy, Morphology, Palaeontology, 2021 An unusual mid-cervical vertebra belonging to a large spinosaurid from the Cenomanian Kem Kem Group of Morocco is described. It is compared to the characteristic morphology of each reconstructed cervical position in Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, based on a ...
Bradley McFeeters
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The body plan of Halszkaraptor escuilliei (Dinosauria, Theropoda) is not a transitional form along the evolution of dromaeosaurid hypercarnivory [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 The dromaeosaurid theropod Halszkaraptor escuilliei is characterized by several unusual features absent in other paravians, part of which has been interpreted as diagnostic of a novel lineage adapted to a semiaquatic ecology. Recently, these evolutionary
Andrea Cau
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A large abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Morocco and comments on the Cenomanian theropods from North Africa [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 We describe the partially preserved femur of a large-bodied theropod dinosaur from the Cenomanian “Kem Kem Compound Assemblage” (KKCA) of Morocco. The fossil is housed in the Museo Geologico e Paleontologico “Gaetano Giorgio Gemmellaro” in Palermo (Italy)
Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza, Andrea Cau
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Ontogeny and miniaturization of Alvarezsauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda)
Biological Communications, 2023 The ontogenetic status of the known specimens of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaurs is revised. We present histological data that the holotype of Parvicursor remotus from the Upper Cretaceous Barungoyot Formation of Mongolia is not an adult individual, as previously thought, but a juvenile less than one year old.
Alexander Averianov +2 more
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Estudios Geologicos, 2003 La morfología craneal de Allosaurus ha sido objeto de interpretaciones funcionales que implican un comportamiento depredador radicalmente distinto para el inferido para cualquier vertebrado depredador terrestre.
M. Antón +3 more
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Assesment and interpretation of negative forelimb allometry in the evolution of non-avian Theropoda
Frontiers in Zoology, 2019 Background The origin of birds is marked by a significant decrease in body size along with an increase in relative forelimb size. However, before the evolution of flight, both traits may have already been related: It has been proposed that an ...
José A. Palma Liberona +3 more
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Cranial anatomy and stratigraphy of a new specimen of the tyrannosaurine dinosaur Daspletosaurus from the Judith River Formation of Central Montana, USA [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica PolonicaThe tyrannosaurine Daspletosaurus contains three recognized species from the Campanian of Montana and Alberta: Daspletosaurus torosus, Daspletosaurus wilsoni, and Daspletosaurus horneri. The recently named D. wilsoni has been proposed to represent a
ETHAN WARNER-COWGILL +3 more
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, 2023 The data contained within is supplementary information relating to the article entitled "A megaraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) frontal from the upper Strzelecki Group (Lower Cretaceous) of Victoria ...
Ruairidh J. Duncan (11255074) +8 more
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Estudios Geologicos, 2009 Se describe un diente de dinosaurio terópodo de 98,3 mm de longitud apical hallado en el término municipal de Riodeva (Teruel). El diente ha sido localizado de forma aislada en un nivel de microconglomerados perteneciente a la Formación Villar del ...
R. Royo-Torres, A. Cobos, L. Alcalá
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Taxonomic and stratigraphic update of the material historically attributed to Megalosaurus from Portugal [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica PolonicaThe first paleontological works on Mesozoic vertebrates from Portugal, carried out from the end of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century, provided the discovery of significant collections of vertebrate fossils.
Elisabete Malafaia +4 more
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