Assessing ontogenetic maturity in extinct saurian reptiles

CT Griffin, MR Stocker, C Colleary… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Morphology forms the most fundamental level of data in vertebrate palaeontology because it
is through interpretations of morphology that taxa are identified, creating the basis for broad …

[HTML][HTML] A new Heterodontosaurus specimen elucidates the unique ventilatory macroevolution of ornithischian dinosaurs

VJ Radermacher, V Fernandez, ER Schachner… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Ornithischian dinosaurs were ecologically prominent herbivores of the Mesozoic Era that
achieved a global distribution by the onset of the Cretaceous. The ornithischian body plan is …

[HTML][HTML] A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China

Y Yang, W Wu, PE Dieudonné, P Godefroit - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
A new basal ornithopod dinosaur, based on two nearly complete articulated skeletons, is
reported from the Lujiatun Beds (Yixian Fm, Lower Cretaceous) of western Liaoning …

Rare earth element geochemistry of bone beds from the Lower Cretaceous Zhonggou Formation of Gansu Province, China

CA Suarez, EM Morschhauser, MB Suarez… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Auroraceratops rugosus from the Lower Cretaceous Zhonggou Formation, Gansu Province,
China is characterized by exquisite external preservation of articulated, often ventrolaterally …

A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis on early ornithischian evolution

AO Fonseca, IJ Reid, A Venner… - Journal of Systematic …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Resolving the evolutionary relationships of early diverging ('basal') ornithischian dinosaurs
is a challenging topic in palaeontology, with multiple competing hypotheses on the …

[HTML][HTML] A new juvenile Yamaceratops (Dinosauria, Ceratopsia) from the Javkhlant Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Mongolia

M Son, YN Lee, B Zorigt, Y Kobayashi, JY Park, S Lee… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Here we report a new articulated skeleton of Yamaceratops dorngobiensis (MPC-D
100/553) from the Khugenetjavkhlant locality at the Shine Us Khudag (Javkhlant …

Cranial anatomy of the basal neoceratopsian Auroraceratops rugosus (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) from the Yujingzi Basin, Gansu Province, China

EM Morschhauser, D Li, H You… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The basal neoceratopsian dinosaur Auroraceratops rugosus was described based on a
single skull from the Gongpoquan Basin in northwestern Gansu Province, China. The genus …

Phylogenetic history of Auroraceratops rugosus (Ceratopsia: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China

EM Morschhauser, H You, D Li… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Basal neoceratopsians are a relatively diverse group of small-to medium-sized herbivorous
dinosaurs from the Early to Late Cretaceous of Asia and North America. Although known for …

Pedal proportions of small and large hadrosaurs and other potentially bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs

JO Farlow, PL Falkingham, F Therrien - Cretaceous Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Foot skeletons of small (young) hadrosaurid dinosaurs were compared with those of large
(adult) hadrosaurids to assess the extent of pedal shape change during ontogeny. Foot …

Introducing the Mazongshan dinosaur fauna

H You, EM Morschhauser, D Li… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Mazongshan Dinosaur Fauna (MDF) includes all dinosaurs recovered from
the late Early Cretaceous Xiagou and Zhonggou formations in the Mazongshan area of …