Paleobiogeographic evolution and distribution of Carcharodontosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) during the middle Cretaceous of North Africa [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2018 Over the last few decades, the systematics and evolution of carcharodontosaurids, a group of large predatory dinosaurs, from North Africa have been better understood mainly due the discovery of new species.
Carlos Roberto dos Anjos Candeiro +3 more
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Unenlagiinae revisited: dromaeosaurid theropods from South América [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2011 Over the past two decades, the record of South American unenlagiine dromaeosaurids was substantially increased both in quantity as well as in quality of specimens.
Federico A. Gianechini +1 more
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Dinosaur footprints and other Ichnofauna from the Cretaceous Kem Kem Beds of Morocco [PDF]
, 2014 We describe an extensive ichnofossil assemblage from the likely Cenomanian-age 'lower' and 'upper' units of the 'Kem Kem beds' in southeastern Morocco.
Baidder, Lahssen +7 more
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Two new compsognathid-like theropods show diversified predation strategies in theropod dinosaurs. [PDF]
Natl Sci RevABSTRACT The Compsognathidae was originally considered an early-diverging clade of coelurosaur theropods. However, recent study suggests that Compsognathidae is not monophyletic. Here, we describe two new compsognathid-like species, Sinosauropteryx lingyuanensis sp. nov. and Huadanosaurus sinensis gen. et sp. nov.
Qiu R, Wang X, Jiang S, Meng J, Zhou Z.
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Journal of Morphology, 2009 AbstractThe furcula is a structure formed by the midline fusion of the clavicles. This is the element which is unique to theropods and is important for understanding the link between birds and other theropods. New specimens from basal theropods suggest that the furcula appeared very early in theropod history.
Sterling J, Nesbitt +4 more
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Lower rotational inertia and larger leg muscles indicate more rapid turns in tyrannosaurids than in other large theropods [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Synopsis Tyrannosaurid dinosaurs had large preserved leg muscle attachments and low rotational inertia relative to their body mass, indicating that they could turn more quickly than other large theropods.
Eric Snively +11 more
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Comments and corrections on 3D modeling studies of locomotor muscle moment arms in archosaurs [PDF]
, 2015 © 2015 Bates 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 is ...
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Cranial muscle reconstructions quantify adaptation for high bite forces in Oviraptorosauria
Scientific Reports, 2022 Oviraptorosaurians are an unusual and probably herbivorous group of theropod dinosaurs that evolved pneumatised crania with robust, toothless jaws, apparently adapted for producing a strong bite.
Luke E. Meade, Waisum Ma
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Communications Biology, 2023 Biomechanical and shape analyses explore the function of forelimb claws, revealing adaptations for digging and display in maniraptoran theropods.
Zichuan Qin +3 more
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The osteology and affinities of Eotyrannus lengi, a tyrannosauroid theropod from the Wealden Supergroup of southern England [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Eotyrannus lengi Hutt et al., 2001 from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation (part of the Wealden Supergroup) of the Isle of Wight, southern England, is described in detail, compared with other theropods, and evaluated in a new phylogenetic analysis ...
Darren Naish, Andrea Cau
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