Evolution and function of anterior cervical vertebral fusion in tetrapods

CS VanBuren, DC Evans - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of vertebral fusion is a poorly understood phenomenon that results in the loss
of mobility between sequential vertebrae. Non‐pathological fusion of the anterior cervical …

Reconstructions of the axial muscle insertions in the occipital region of dinosaurs: evaluations of past hypotheses on Marginocephalia and Tyrannosauridae using the …

T Tsuihiji - The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The insertions of the cervical axial musculature on the occiput in marginocephalian and
tyrannosaurid dinosaurs have been reconstructed in several studies with a view to their …

Paleopathologies in Albertan ceratopsids and their behavioral significance

DH Tanke, BM Rothschild, MJ Ryan… - New perspectives on …, 2010 - books.google.com
Paleopathology, the study of ancient animal disease and injury and related topics, has been
sporadically applied to dinosaur research since 1836 (Tanke and Rothschild 2002). In the …

[PDF][PDF] A new specimen of Chasmosaurus belli (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae), a revision of the genus, and the utility of postcrania in the taxonomy and systematics of …

SCR Maidment, PM Barrett - Zootaxa, 2011 - researchgate.net
A previously undescribed chasmosaurine specimen excavated in 1919–1920 by William
Cutler from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada is referable to Chasmosaurus …

New information on the rare horned dinosaur Arrhinoceratops brachyops (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada

JC Mallon, R Holmes, JS Anderson… - Canadian Journal of …, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
Arrhinoceratops brachyops is a poorly understood chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the
Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, previously described on the …

The ontogenetic pattern of neurocentral suture closure in the axial skeleton of Hyperodapedontinae (Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria) and its evolutionary …

C Heinrich, VD Paes Neto, MB Lacerda… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the ontogeny of a taxon is a crucial step to properly elucidate its taxonomy
and evolution. However, aside from histological data, osteological criteria for assessing …

Furcatoceratops elucidans, a new centrosaurine (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) from the upper Campanian Judith River Formation, Montana, USA

H Ishikawa, T Tsuihiji, M Manabe - Cretaceous Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Although ceratopsian dinosaurs have been excavated from the Judith River Formation for
more than a century, their diversity within the formation remains poorly understood due to …

Postcranial morphology of the basal neoceratopsian (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) Auroraceratops rugosus from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) of northwestern …

EM Morschhauser, H You, D Li… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The species Auroraceratops rugosus was originally described based upon a single skull.
With the recovery of over 80 individuals, a complete description of the postcranial skeleton is …

Description of a complete and fully articulated chasmosaurine postcranium previously assigned to Anchiceratops (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia)

JC Mallon, R Holmes - New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs …, 2010 - books.google.com
JORDAN C. MALLON AND ROBERT HOLMES a nearly complete ceratopsid postcranial
skeleton with associated skull fragments, long attributed to Anchiceratops, is described. The …

Head size, weaponry, and cervical adaptation: testing craniocervical evolutionary hypotheses in Ceratopsia

CS VanBuren, NE Campione, DC Evans - Evolution, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The anterior cervical vertebrae form the skeletal connection between the cranial and
postcranial skeletons in higher tetrapods. As a result, the morphology of the atlas-axis …