Maniraptoran pelvic musculature highlights evolutionary patterns in theropod locomotion on the line to birds

MM Rhodes, DM Henderson, PJ Currie - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Locomotion is a fundamental aspect of palaeobiology and often investigated by comparing
osteological structures and proportions. Previous studies document a stepwise …

Osteology of the two-fingered oviraptorid Oksoko avarsan (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria)

GF Funston - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Oviraptorosaurs are among the most diverse and best-known extinct theropod groups. Their
bizarre anatomy and their social and reproductive behaviour are now well understood …

Caenagnathids of the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada: anatomy, osteohistology, taxonomy, and evolution

G Funston - Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology …, 2020 - journals.library.ualberta.ca
Our understanding of caenagnathid anatomy, diversity, and ecology has improved
considerably in the past twenty years, but numerous issues still remain. Among these, the …

A partial oviraptorosaur skeleton suggests low caenagnathid diversity in the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia

GF Funston, PJ Currie, C Tsogtbaatar, T Khishigjav - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The Nemegt Formation of the Gobi Desert of Mongolia has produced one of the most
abundant and diverse oviraptorosaur records globally. However, the caenagnathid …

New caenagnathid (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) dinosaur specimens from middle and upper Campanian strata of West Texas

SL Wick, TM Lehman, JD Fortner - Geobios, 2024 - Elsevier
New caenagnathid dinosaur specimens from the upper Aguja Formation of West Texas
comprise the most complete examples yet described from southern North America. Two …

Cranial functional specialisation for strength precedes morphological evolution in Oviraptorosauria

LE Meade, M Pittman, A Balanoff… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Oviraptorosaurians were a theropod dinosaur group that reached high diversity in the Late
Cretaceous. Within oviraptorosaurians, the later diverging oviraptorids evolved distinctive …

A caenagnathid tibia (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the upper Campanian Kirtland Formation of New Mexico

GF Funston, TE Williamson, SL Brusatte - Cretaceous Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian dinosaurs, long considered enigmas, have now become
relatively easy to recognize in the fossil record of Asia and North America. This has revealed …

The discovery of Wupus agilis in South Korea and a new quantitative analysis of intermediate ichnospecies between non-avian theropods and birds

SY Hong, YN Lee, DY Kong, SH Jung - Cretaceous Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, Wupus agilis-like footprint (NHCG a10955) was discovered in South Korea.
Morphological comparison with Wupus agilis showed that NHCG a10955 could be assigned …

The Avian Acetabulum: Small Structure, but Rich with Illumination and Questions

A Feduccia - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
The idea that birds are maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs is now considered an evolutionary
consensus. An “open”(ie, completely or substantially perforate) acetabulum is considered an …

A caenagnathid oviraptorosaur metatarsal from the Mesaverde Formation (Campanian), Wyoming

C Yun, GG Funston - Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology …, 2021 - journals.library.ualberta.ca
A well-preserved left theropod metatarsal I from the Campanian Mesaverde Formation of
Wyoming is described and identified as belonging to a caenagnathid, representing the first …