An overview of the appendicular skeletal anatomy of South American titanosaurian sauropods, with definition of a newly recognized clade

BJG Riga, MC Lamanna, A Otero… - Anais da Academia …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
In the last two decades, the number of phylogenetically informative anatomical characters
recognized in the appendicular skeleton of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs has increased …

Taxonomic affinities of the putative titanosaurs from the Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications for eusauropod …

PD Mannion, P Upchurch, D Schwarz… - Zoological Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania, southeastern Africa, records a
rich sauropod fauna, including the diplodocoids Dicraeosaurus and Tornieria, and the …

[HTML][HTML] A new African titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the middle cretaceous galula formation (Mtuka Member), Rukwa Rift Basin, Southwestern Tanzania

E Gorscak, PM O'Connor - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The African terrestrial fossil record has been limited in its contribution to our understanding
of both regional and global Cretaceous paleobiogeography, an interval of significant …

[PDF][PDF] Osteology and systematics of Uberabatitan ribeiroi (Dinosauria; Sauropoda): a Late Cretaceous titanosaur from Minas Gerais, Brazil

JCGS Junior, TS Marinho, AG Martinelli, MC Langer - Zootaxa, 2019 - researchgate.net
Uberabatitan ribeiroi is a Late Cretaceous titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from
southeastern Brazil. Here we provide a detailed revision of all its available specimens …

Determining the largest known land animal: A critical comparison of differing methods for restoring the volume and mass of extinct animals

G Paul - Annals of Carnegie Museum, 2019 - BioOne
Recent claims regarding what is and is not the largest known sauropod dinosaur are tested
via dimensional comparisons of the most critical metrics of relative size—especially, when …

Comparative three‐dimensional moment arm analysis of the sauropod forelimb: Implications for the transition to a wide‐gauge stance in titanosaurs

AJ Klinkhamer, H Mallison, SF Poropat… - The Anatomical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of extraordinarily large size among Sauropoda was associated with a number
of biomechanical adaptations. Changes in muscle moment arms undoubtedly accompanied …

“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 …

A new narrow-gauge sauropod trackway from the Cenomanian Candeleros Formation, northern Patagonia, Argentina

AM Heredia, PJ Pazos, DE Fernández… - Cretaceous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Dinosaurs are extremely abundant in the Upper Cretaceous Neuquén Group of the
Neuquén Basin (Argentina). Nevertheless, while osteological remains are rich the …

New remains from the Spanish Cenomanian shed light on the Gondwanan origin of European Early Cretaceous titanosaurs

P Mocho, A Pérez-García, MM Jiménez, F Ortega - Cretaceous Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Algora is a recently discovered vertebrate fossil site located in the Cenomanian strata of the
Arenas de Utrillas Formation (Guadalajara, Central Spain). This fossil site is rich in turtle …

Late Permian-Early Jurassic vertebrate tracks from Patagonia: biochronological inferences and relationships with southern African realms

I Díaz-Martínez, P Citton, S de Valais… - Journal of African Earth …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, new studies about vertebrate tracks found in the late Permian-Triassic Los
Menucos Complex and Early Jurassic Marifil Volcanic Complex (Río Negro province …