Some sauropods raised their necks—evidence for high browsing in Euhelopus zdanskyi

A Christian - Biology Letters, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A very long neck that is apparently suitable for feeding at great heights is a characteristic
feature of most sauropod dinosaurs. Yet, it remains controversial whether any sauropods …

On the unique perspective of paleontology in the study of developmental evolution and biases

S Urdy, LAB Wilson, JT Haug, MR Sánchez-Villagra - Biological Theory, 2013 - Springer
The growing interest and major advances of the last decades in evolutionary developmental
biology (EvoDevo) have led to the recognition of the incompleteness of the Modern …

The scaly skin of the abelisaurid Carnotaurus sastrei (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia

C Hendrickx, PR Bell - Cretaceous Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The integument of the theropod dinosaur Carnotaurus sastrei from the Upper Cretaceous of
Argentina is here described in detail for the first time. The scaly skin of this abelisaurid is the …

Rapid transformation in the braincase of sauropod dinosaurs: integrated evolution of the braincase and neck in early sauropods?

M Bronzati, RBJ Benson, OWM Rauhut - Palaeontology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sauropod dinosaurs were quadrupedal herbivores with a highly specialized body plan that
attained the largest masses of any terrestrial vertebrates. Recent discoveries have shown …

The sauropod record of salitral ojo del agua: An Upper Cretaceous (Allen Formation) fossiliferous locality from northern Patagonia, Argentina

MA Rolando, JAG Marsà, FL Agnolin, MJ Motta… - Cretaceous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The record of sauropods in the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia is rich. However, there are
still several blanks on this record. Here it is described a new sauropod assemblage coming …

Introduction to evolutionary teratology, with an application to the forelimbs of tyrannosauridae and carnotaurinae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

G Guinard - Evolutionary Biology, 2015 - Springer
Conceptualisation of evolution requires new inclusions, as evidenced by contributions
brought by evolutionary developmental biology—the evo-devo connection. Integration of …

Sauropod trackways from the Middle Jurassic Chaya Group of Eastern Tibet, China

L Xing, X Xu, MG Lockley, H Klein, L Zhang… - Historical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Multiple sauropod-track-bearing horizons occur in the Middle Jurassic Shaqiaomu
Formation, in the Chaya Group of Eastern Tibet. These add to the report of a previously …

Nuevos hallazgos de huellas de dinosaurios en la Formación candeleros (albiano-Cenomaniano), Picún leufú, Neuquén, Argentina

JO Calvo, GV Mazzetta - Ameghiniana, 2004 - ameghiniana.org.ar
Se describe un nuevo afloramiento portador de icnitas de dinosaurios correspondiente a la
sección inferior de la Formación Candeleros del Subgrupo Río Limay (Albiano …

Characterizing the evolution of wide‐gauge features in stylopodial limb elements of titanosauriform sauropods via geometric morphometrics

PV Ullmann, MF Bonnan… - The Anatomical Record, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Wide‐gauge posture of titanosauriform sauropods remains an enigmatic peculiarity among
terrestrial vertebrates. Here, two‐dimensional geometric morphometrics and thin plate …

Tyrannosaurus rex runs again: a theoretical analysis of the hypothesis that full-grown large theropods had a locomotory advantage to hunt in a shallow-water …

RE Blanco - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Biomechanical analyses suggest that adult large theropods, such as Tyrannosaurus rex,
could not run, and its top speed probably was at most 10 m/s. This probably implied a speed …