Dinosaurs dominated Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems globally. However, whereas a pole-to-
pole geographic distribution characterized ornithischians and theropods, sauropods were …

The ascendancy of dinosaurs to become dominant components of terrestrial ecosystems
was a pivotal event in the history of life, yet the drivers of their early evolution and …

Aim Modern biodiversity peaks in the tropics and declines poleward, a pattern that is
potentially driven by climate. Although this latitudinal biodiversity gradient (LBG) also …

Abstract The Jurassic and Cretaceous are considered to have been warmer than today on
the basis of various climate data and model studies. Here, we use the available global …

Dinosaurs dominated terrestrial ecosystems across the globe for over 100 million years and
provide a classic example of an evolutionary radiation. However, little is known about how …

Abstract In central South America, theropod remains are relatively scarce in comparison to
the southern part of the continent, with shed teeth being the primary fossils found in this …

Sauropods, the giant long-necked dinosaurs, became the dominant group of large
herbivores in terrestrial ecosystems after multiple related lineages became extinct towards …

Both the body fossils and trackways of sauropod dinosaurs indicate that they inhabited a
range of inland and coastal environments during their 160-Myr evolutionary history …

Background There have been numerous studies on dinosaur biogeographic distribution
patterns. However, these distribution data have not yet been applied to ecological questions …

S for herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs throughout the Mesozoic have yielded similar
results, with herbivores being between 3 and 10 times more diverse than carnivores at any …