Multi-proxy dentition analyses reveal niche partitioning between sympatric herbivorous dinosaurs

A Ősi, PM Barrett, AR Evans, AL Nagy, I Szenti… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Dentitions of the sympatric herbivorous dinosaurs Hungarosaurus (Ankylosauria,
Nodosauridae) and Mochlodon (Ornithopoda, Rhabdodontidae)(Santonian, Hungary) were …

Sauropod dinosaur teeth from the lower Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia and the global record of early titanosauriforms

SF Poropat, TG Frauenfelder… - Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia, has produced several
partial sauropod skeletons, but cranial remains—including teeth—remain rare. Herein, we …

Mandible microwear texture analysis of crickets raised on diets of different abrasiveness reveals universality of diet-induced wear

DE Winkler, H Seike, S Nagata… - Interface Focus, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Animals have evolved diverse comminuting tools. While vertebrates possess mineralized
teeth, insect mandibles often bear metal-inclusion-hardened serrated cusps. Microscopic …

Three-dimensional dental microwear in type-Maastrichtian mosasaur teeth (Reptilia, Squamata)

FM Holwerda, J Bestwick, MA Purnell, JWM Jagt… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Mosasaurs (Squamata, Mosasauridae) were large aquatic reptiles from the Late
Cretaceous that filled a range of ecological niches within marine ecosystems. The type …

Dental microwear texture analysis reveals a likely dietary shift within Late Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaurs

T Kubo, MO Kubo, M Sakamoto, DE Winkler… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dinosaurs were the dominant megaherbivores during the Cretaceous when angiosperms,
the flowering plants, emerged and diversified. How herbivorous dinosaurs responded to the …

[HTML][HTML] Controlled feeding experiments with juvenile alligators reveal microscopic dental wear texture patterns associated with hard-object feeding

DE Winkler, M Iijima, RW Blob, T Kubo… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dental wear analyses are classically applied to mammals because they have evolved
heterodont dentitions for sophisticated mastication. Recently, several studies have shown a …

Dental histology of Diplodocus (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea)

JR Price, JA Whitlock - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
MATERIALS AND METHODS Destructive sampling was carried out on a premaxilla of
Diplodocus (YPM 4677; Fig. 1). Individual teeth were embedded in epoxy resin, cut …

Ontogenetic Niche Shift as a Driver of Community Structure and Diversity in Non-avian Dinosaurs

KM Schroeder - 2022 - search.proquest.com
As some of the most charismatic megafauna to ever walk the earth, the physiology,
morphology, growth and evolution of non-avian theropods has been studied exhaustively …

[PDF][PDF] 日本産の中生代恐竜化石目録2022 年版

K Katsuhiro - Bull. Gunma Mus. Natu. Hist, 2023 - gmnh.pref.gunma.jp
日本産の中生代恐竜化石目録 2022年版 A list of Mesozoic dinosaur fossils from Japan in
2022 Page 1 群馬県立自然史博物館研究報告(27):157-170, 2023 Bull.Gunma Mus.Natu.Hist.(27):157-170 …