Theropod forelimb design and evolution [PDF]
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2000 Abstract We examined the relationship between forelimb design and function across the 230-million-year history of theropod evolution. Forelimb disparity was assessed by plotting the relative contributions of the three main limb elements on a ternary diagram.
KEVIN M. MIDDLETON, STEPHEN M. GATESY
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Why sauropods had long necks; and why giraffes have short necks [PDF]
, 2012 The necks of the sauropod dinosaurs reached 15 m in length: six times longer than that of the world record giraffe and five times longer than those of all other terrestrial animals.
Taylor, Michael P., Wedel, Mathew J.
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PLoS ONE, 2013 It has been hypothesized that a high reproductive output contributes to the unique gigantism in large dinosaur taxa. In order to infer more information on dinosaur reproduction, we established allometries between body mass and different reproductive ...
Jan Werner, Eva Maria Griebeler
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The oldest ceratosaurian (Dinosauria: Theropoda), from the Lower Jurassic of Italy, sheds light on the evolution of the three-fingered hand of birds [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The homology of the tridactyl hand of birds is a still debated subject, with both paleontological and developmental evidence used in support of alternative identity patterns in the avian fingers.
Cristiano Dal Sasso +2 more
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Geosciences, 2018 Despite the Hebrides and Cleveland basins being geographically close, research has not previously been carried out to determine faunal similarities and assess the possibility of links between the dinosaur populations.
Mike Romano +2 more
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Elongated theropod tracks from the Cretaceous Apenninic Carbonate Platform of southern Latium (central Italy) [PDF]
, 2015 New dinosaur footprints were recently discovered in southern Latium (Italy). The tracks all appear slightly differently preserved and are characterized by elongated metatarsal impressions, recording the complex locomotor behaviour of a medium-sized ...
Carluccio, R. +4 more
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Osteology of the unenlagiid theropod Neuquenraptor argentinus from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia [PDF]
, 2017 Neuquenraptor argentinus was described as the first undoubted deinonychosaurian theropod from Gondwana. The only known specimen is represented by a fragmentary skeleton, including a nearly complete foot, coming from Late Cretaceous beds of Neuquén ...
Agnolin, Federico +3 more
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Flapping before Flight: High Resolution, Three-Dimensional Skeletal Kinematics of Wings and Legs during Avian Development. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Some of the greatest transformations in vertebrate history involve developmental and evolutionary origins of avian flight. Flight is the most power-demanding mode of locomotion, and volant adult birds have many anatomical features that presumably help ...
Ashley M Heers +3 more
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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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Aerodynamics Show Membrane-Winged Theropods Were a Poor Gliding Dead-end
iScience, 2020 Summary: The bizarre scansoriopterygid theropods Yi and Ambopteryx had skin stretched between elongate fingers that form a potential membranous wing. This wing is thought to have been used in aerial locomotion, but this has never been tested. Using laser-
T. Alexander Dececchi +8 more
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