The iconic primeval bird Archaeopteryx was so far mainly known from the Altmühltal
Formation (early Tithonian) of Bavaria, southern Germany, with one specimen having been …

Titanosaurs were the most diverse sauropod group during the Cretaceous period, with most
of its diversity being found during the Late Cretaceous. In this work, Tiamat valdecii, gen. et …

Dense architectured materials are made of blocks that can slide, rotate, interlock and jam in
powerful mechanisms that can generate simultaneous strength and toughness. Nature …

Architectured and segmented material designs have recently emerged as a powerful
approach to increasing the strength and toughness of brittle materials. Architectured …

A new sauropod, Abdarainurus barsboldi gen. et sp. nov., is described based on several
anterior and one middle caudal vertebrae and chevrons from the Late Cretaceous Alagteeg …

Purpose Dinosaur fossil skeletons are rarely found complete and from a single individual.
Most findings include remains from several individuals of different sizes and ontogenetic …

The anatomy of the alvarezsaurian tail has received relatively little attention in the
paleontological literature, even though it shows a peculiar combination of anatomical …

Sauropod dinosaurs achieved the largest body sizes and the most elongate necks and tails
of any terrestrial vertebrate. The elongate, cantilevered necks of sauropods comprised …

The lack of any pterosaur living descendants creates gaps in the knowledge of the biology of
this group, including its cervical biomechanics, which makes it difficult to understand their …

Supposed dinosaur remains were collected between 1859 and 1906 in the Lower
Cretaceous Recôncavo Basin (Northeast Brazil). Since these materials remained …