Evidence for mesothermy in dinosaurs

JM Grady, BJ Enquist, E Dettweiler-Robinson… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Were dinosaurs ectotherms or fast-metabolizing endotherms whose activities were
unconstrained by temperature? To date, some of the strongest evidence for endothermy …

[HTML][HTML] A diminutive new tyrannosaur from the top of the world

AR Fiorillo, RS Tykoski - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Tyrannosaurid theropods were dominant terrestrial predators in Asia and western North
America during the last of the Cretaceous. The known diversity of the group has dramatically …

[HTML][HTML] A new clade of Asian Late Cretaceous long-snouted tyrannosaurids

J Lü, L Yi, SL Brusatte, L Yang, H Li, L Chen - Nature communications, 2014 - nature.com
The iconic tyrannosaurids were top predators in Asia and North America during the latest
Cretaceous, and most species had deep skulls that allowed them to generate extreme bite …

[HTML][HTML] A ceratopsian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of western North America, and the biogeography of Neoceratopsia

AA Farke, WD Maxwell, RL Cifelli, MJ Wedel - PLOS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The fossil record for neoceratopsian (horned) dinosaurs in the Lower Cretaceous of North
America primarily comprises isolated teeth and postcrania of limited taxonomic resolution …

[HTML][HTML] Small theropod teeth from the Late Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and their implications for understanding latest Cretaceous …

TE Williamson, SL Brusatte - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Studying the evolution and biogeographic distribution of dinosaurs during the latest
Cretaceous is critical for better understanding the end-Cretaceous extinction event that killed …

The horned dinosaurs Pentaceratops and Kosmoceratops from the upper Campanian of Alberta and implications for dinosaur biogeography

NR Longrich - Cretaceous Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The upper Campanian of the American Southwest has produced dinosaurs that are
unknown from the northern Great Plains and vice versa. This has led to the idea that North …

New evidence for the possible occurrence of Tyrannosaurus in West Texas, and discussion of Maastrichtian tyrannosaurid dinosaurs from Big Bend National Park

SL Wick - Cretaceous Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Speculation regarding Tyrannosaurus in West Texas has been largely based upon
a sub-adult tyrannosaurid maxilla from the Javelina Formation (Late Cretaceous …

Tyrannosaurid teeth from the Lomas Coloradas Formation, Cabullona Group (Upper Cretaceous) Sonora, México

CI Serrano-Brañas, E Torres-Rodríguez, PCR Luna… - Cretaceous …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lomas Coloradas Formation (Cabullona Group, Upper Cretaceous) in the state
of Sonora, Mexico, has yielded a great diversity of continental vertebrates, especially …

The nonavian theropod quadrate II: systematic usefulness, major trends and cladistic and phylogenetic morphometrics analyses

C Hendrickx, R Araújo, O Mateus - 2014 - peerj.com
The skull-bone quadrate in nonavian theropods is very diverse morphologically alongside
the disparity of the group as a whole. However this disparity has been underestimated for …

[引用][C] File S1. Supporting Information A Ceratopsian Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Western North America, and the Biogeography of Neoceratopsia

AA Farke, WD Maxwell, RL Cifelli, MJ Wedel