Time for giants: titanosaurs from the Berriasian–Santonian age

PA Gallina, BJ González Riga… - … dinosaurs: record, diversity …, 2022 - Springer
Titanosaurian sauropods were the most diverse and successful group of large-bodied
terrestrial herbivores. Two aspects regarding their evolutionary history stand out, namely …

New titanosaur remains from the Portezuelo Formation (Turonian–Coniancian) and their implications for the sauropod faunal diversity of the southern Neuquén Basin …

F Bellardini, GJ Windholz, MA Baiano… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the Neuquén Basin, the Portezuelo Formation (Turonian-Coniacian, Upper Cretaceous) is
represented by extended fluvial outcrops that are well-known for yielding an abundant and …

Last titans: titanosaurs from the Campanian–Maastrichtian age

RM Santucci, LS Filippi - South American sauropodomorph dinosaurs …, 2022 - Springer
After the extinction of rebbachisaurids during the Cenomanian–Turonian interval,
titanosaurs were the only group of sauropods to face the K–Pg event. This same global …

New rebbachisaurid remains from the Huincul Formation (middle Cenomanian–early Turonian) of the central Neuquén Basin, Patagonia, Argentina

F Bellardini, JL Carballido, LS Filippi, MA Baiano… - 2022 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
In the central Neuquén Basin, the Huincul Formation comprises thick successions of Upper
Cretaceous fluvial deposits widelyexposed at the south and north-west of Huincul High. The …

The evolution of power: A new understanding of the history of life

G Vermeij - 2023 - torrossa.com
The world in which we live is a world of action, of machines and living things doing work.
The work varies and changes, as do the contraptions and organisms doing it; but there is …

Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod dinosaur Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong, 1997, from the Turpan Basin, China, and the evolution of hyper-robust …

P Upchurch, PD Mannion, X Xu… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum is a Late Jurassic sauropod from northwestern China that was
erected on the basis of a cervicodorsal vertebra, four teeth, and a nearly complete forelimb …

Osteology, paleohistology and phylogenetic relationships of Pellegrinisaurus powelli (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentinean Patagonia

I Cerda, VL Zurriaguz, JL Carballido, R González… - Cretaceous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pellegrinisaurus powelli is a large titanosaurian sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of
northern Patagonia (Río Negro Province, Argentina). The holotype of this species comprises …

Early growth dynamics of titanosaur sauropods inferred from bone histology

R González, IA Cerda, LS Filippi, L Salgado - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Histological studies have proven to be a powerful tool for addressing sauropod
paleobiology, with most focus on adult and subadult individuals. The aim of this study is to …

“Keep your feet on the ground”: Simulated range of motion and hind foot posture of the Middle Jurassic sauropod Rhoetosaurus brownei and its implications for …

A Jannel, JP Nair, O Panagiotopoulou… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The biomechanics of the sauropod dinosaur pes is poorly understood, particularly among
the earliest members of the group. To date, reasonably complete and articulated pedes in …

Appendicular myological reconstruction of the forelimb of the giant titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur Dreadnoughtus schrani

KK Voegele, PV Ullmann, MC Lamanna… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soft tissues are variably preserved in the fossil record with external tissues, such as skin and
feathers, more frequently preserved than internal tissues (eg muscles). More commonly, soft …