Subaqueous foraging among carnivorous dinosaurs

M Fabbri, G Navalón, RBJ Benson, D Pol, J O'Connor… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Secondary aquatic adaptations evolved independently more than 30 times from terrestrial
vertebrate ancestors,. For decades, non-avian dinosaurs were believed to be an exception …

A new theropod dinosaur from the early cretaceous (Barremian) of Cabo Espichel, Portugal: Implications for spinosaurid evolution

O Mateus, D Estraviz-López - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Spinosaurids are some of the most enigmatic Mesozoic theropod dinosaurs due to their
unique adaptations to aquatic environments and their relative scarcity. Their taxonomy has …

New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European origins of Spinosauridae

CT Barker, DWE Hone, D Naish, A Cau… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Spinosaurids are among the most distinctive and yet poorly-known of large-bodied theropod
dinosaurs, a situation exacerbated by their mostly fragmentary fossil record and competing …

Spinosaurus is not an aquatic dinosaur

PC Sereno, N Myhrvold, DM Henderson, FE Fish… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
A predominantly fish-eating diet was envisioned for the sail-backed theropod dinosaur
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus when its elongate jaws with subconical teeth were unearthed a …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the ecology of Spinosaurus: Shoreline generalist or aquatic pursuit specialist?

DWE Hone, TR Holtz Jr - 2021 - palaeo-electronica.org
The giant theropod Spinosaurus was an unusual animal and highly derived in many ways,
and interpretations of its ecology remain controversial. Recent papers have added …

The predominance of teeth in the non-avian dinosaur record from Cretaceous Brazil: a review

TB Ribeiro, PMM Brito… - Historical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Dinosaur fossils are commonly found in Brazilian Mesozoic strata, with teeth being
frequently found in Cretaceous outcrops. Many studies have been made with the aim of …

Age, depositional history, and paleoclimatic setting of Early Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages from the Sao Khua Formation (Khorat Group), Thailand

RT Tucker, EG Hyland, TA Gates, MR King… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
We describe the sedimentology, geochronology, and geochemistry of the Early Cretaceus
Sao Khua Formation of the Khorat Basin, northeastern Thailand, and report a temporal …

A spinosaurid from Thailand (Sao Khua Formation, Early Cretaceous) and a reassessment of Camarillasaurus cirugedae from the Early Cretaceous of Spain

A Samathi, PM Sander, P Chanthasit - Historical Biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We report theropod caudal vertebrae found at Phu Wiang Mountain, Thailand. They
resemble the Portuguese Baryonyx and pertain to the Spinosauridae based on the presence …

New contributions to the skull anatomy of spinosaurid theropods: Baryonychinae maxilla from the Early Cretaceous of Igea (La Rioja, Spain)

E Isasmendi, P Navarro-Lorbés, P Sáez-Benito… - Historical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Spinosaurid dinosaurs show a wide geographical and temporal distribution, being present
in Gondwanan and Laurasian landmasses, at least, during the Lower Cretaceous and the …

The “mid”-Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian) continental vertebrates of Gara Samani, Algeria. Sedimentological framework and palaeodiversity

M Benyoucef, A Pérez-García, M Bendella… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Excellent outcrops of the upper part of the “Continental Intercalaire” deposits occur in the
Gara Samani area, southern Algeria. These strata are recognised herein as belonging to the …