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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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 263-304., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Jessica H. Whiteside +3 more
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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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A reassessment of Kelmayisaurus petrolicus, a large theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China [PDF]
, 2012 The Early Cretaceous fossil record of large-bodied theropods from Asia is poor, hindering comparison of Asian predatory dinosaur faunas with those from other continents. One of the few large Asian theropod specimens from this interval is a partial skull (
Stephen L. Brusatte +12 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2016 .– Background: Explanations for asymmetric patterns of diversification continue to challenge paleontologists and neontologists with competing hypotheses within genetic-development and ecological frameworks. In 1988, a hypothesis was proposed that tied a
Brian I Crother +2 more
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Bird-like anatomy, posture, and behavior revealed by an early jurassic theropod dinosaur resting trace. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BackgroundFossil tracks made by non-avian theropod dinosaurs commonly reflect the habitual bipedal stance retained in living birds. Only rarely-captured behaviors, such as crouching, might create impressions made by the hands.
Andrew R C Milner +4 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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Growth dynamics of Australia's polar dinosaurs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Analysis of bone microstructure in ornithopod and theropod dinosaurs from Victoria, Australia, documents ontogenetic changes, providing insight into the dinosaurs' successful habitation of Cretaceous Antarctic environments.
Holly N Woodward +3 more
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The evolution of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs during the Mesozoic in Asia [PDF]
, 2010 The fossil record of large-bodied, apex carnivorous theropod dinosaurs in Eastern Asia is now among the best understood in the world, thanks to new discoveries and reinterpretations of long-neglected fossils.
Benson, R. B. J. +9 more
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Reanalysis of Wupus agilis (Early Cretaceous) of Chongqing, China as a Large Avian Trace: Differentiating between Large Bird and Small Non-Avian Theropod Tracks. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Trace fossils provide the only records of Early Cretaceous birds from many parts of the world. The identification of traces from large avian track-makers is made difficult given their overall similarity in size and tridactyly in comparison with traces of
Lida Xing +7 more
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