Review of the fossil record of early dinosaurs from South America, and its phylogenetic implications

FE Novas, FL Agnolin, MD Ezcurra, RT Müller… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
Triassic beds from Argentina and Brazil provide the most relevant fossil record of early
dinosauriforms in terms of numerical abundance and taxonomic diversity. This record …

A new archosauriform species from the Panchet Formation of India and the diversification of Proterosuchidae after the end-Permian mass extinction

MD Ezcurra, S Bandyopadhyay… - Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Proterosuchidae represents the oldest substantial diversification of Archosauromorpha and
plays a key role in understanding the biotic recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction …

New rhadinosuchine proterochampsids from the late Middle‐early Late Triassic of southern Brazil enhance the diversity of archosauriforms

VD Paes‐Neto, MB Lacerda, MD Ezcurra… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Proterochampsidae is a clade of non‐archosaurian archosauriforms restricted to the Middle
to the Late Triassic of the Ischigualasto‐Villa Unión Basin of Argentina and the Santa Maria …

Osteohistological insight into the growth dynamics of early dinosaurs and their contemporaries

K Curry Rogers, RN Martínez, C Colombi, RR Rogers… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Dinosauria debuted on Earth's stage in the aftermath of the Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction
Event, and survived two other Triassic extinction intervals to eventually dominate terrestrial …

Cranial osteology and paleoneurology of Tarjadia ruthae: An erpetosuchid pseudosuchian from the Triassic Chañares Formation (late Ladinian‐?early Carnian) of …

JB Desojo, MB von Baczko, MD Ezcurra… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tarjadia ruthae is a quadrupedal terrestrial pseudosuchian from the Middle‐early Upper
Triassic of the Chañares Formation, La Rioja Province, Argentina. Originally, this species …

South American Triassic geochronology: Constraints and uncertainties for the tempo of Gondwanan non-marine vertebrate evolution

RB Irmis, R Mundil, AC Mancuso… - Journal of South …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gondwanan sedimentary deposits preserve a rich archive of Triassic non-marine vertebrate
evolution. This fossil record is integral to understanding early Mesozoic global change …

Rapid initial morphospace expansion and delayed morphological disparity peak in the first 100 million years of the archosauromorph evolutionary radiation

C Foth, RB Sookias, MD Ezcurra - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Adaptive radiations have played a major role in generating modern and deep-time
biodiversity. The Triassic radiation of the Archosauromorpha was one of the most …

A re-assessment of the osteology and phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic, large-headed reptile Sphodrosaurus pennsylvanicus (Late Triassic, Pennsylvania …

MD Ezcurra, HD Sues - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Most Triassic terrestrial diapsids belong to two clades, Lepidosauromorpha or (the more
diverse) Archosauromorpha. Nevertheless, the phylogenetic relationships of some Triassic …

A reinterpretation of taphonomy and palaeoecology of the early Carnian Santacruzodon Assemblage Zone type-locality from the Santa Maria Supersequence, Brazil

F Battista, AM Ribeiro, TP Melo, CL Schultz - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sampling bias and repeated resampling can lead to misinterpretation of the taphonomic
history of a fossiliferous deposit. This is the case of the Schoenstatt Sanctuary site (Santa …

A new early‐diverging probainognathian cynodont and a revision of the occurrence of cf. Aleodon from the Chañares Formation, northwestern Argentina: New clues on the …

AG Martinelli, MD Ezcurra, LE Fiorelli… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Chañares Formation (Ischigualasto‐Villa Unión Basin) is worldwide known by
its exquisitely preserved fossil record of latest Middle‐to‐early Late Triassic tetrapods …