The Appendicular Osteology of Patagotitan Mayorum (Dinosauria, Sauropoda)

A Otero, JL Carballido, AP Moreno - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Its huge size, excellent preservation, and completeness make Patagotitan mayorum a
unique opportunity to explore the anatomy, paleobiological, and phylogenetic aspects linked …

Contrast‐enhanced XROMM reveals in vivo soft tissue interactions in the hip of Alligator mississippiensis

HP Tsai, ML Turner, AR Manafzadeh… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Extant archosaurs exhibit highly divergent articular soft tissue anatomies between avian and
crocodilian lineages. However, the general lack of understanding of the dynamic …

Osteology of the Wide-Hipped Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur Savannasaurus Elliottorum from the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia

SF Poropat, PD Mannion, P Upchurch… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur Savannasaurus elliottorum is represented by a partial
postcranial skeleton from the lower Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–lowermost Turonian) …

Three-dimensional analysis of the titanosaurian limb skeleton: implications for systematic analysis

A Páramo, P Mocho, F Ortega - Journal of Iberian Geology, 2020 - Springer
The titanosaurian appendicular skeleton exhibits morphological similarities among different
clades and its osteological information is usually less taxonomically meaningful than those …

More than one way to be a giant: convergence and disparity in the hip joints of saurischian dinosaurs

HP Tsai, KM Middleton, JR Hutchinson, CM Holliday - Evolution, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Saurischian dinosaurs evolved seven orders of magnitude in body mass, as well as a wide
diversity of hip joint morphology and locomotor postures. The very largest saurischians …

An unusual new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia

AO Averianov, AV Lopatin - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A new sauropod, Abdarainurus barsboldi gen. et sp. nov., is described based on several
anterior and one middle caudal vertebrae and chevrons from the Late Cretaceous Alagteeg …

Novel track morphotypes from new tracksites indicate increased Middle Jurassic dinosaur diversity on the Isle of Skye, Scotland

PE dePolo, SL Brusatte, TJ Challands, D Foffa… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Dinosaur fossils from the Middle Jurassic are rare globally, but the Isle of Skye (Scotland,
UK) preserves a varied dinosaur record of abundant trace fossils and rare body fossils from …

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 …

Cretaceous tetrapod tracks from Italy: a treasure trove of exceptional biodiversity

FM Petti, M Antonelli, P Citton, N Mariotti, M Petruzzelli… - 2020 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
After about thirty years of investigation, the Cretaceous tetrapod track record from Italy has
proved to be a 'Rosetta Stone'for improving understanding of the palaeogeographical and …

The first record of Cretaceous non–avian dinosaur tracks from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

L Xing, MG Lockley, H Klein, WS Persons IV, M Wei… - Cretaceous …, 2020 - Elsevier
A dinosaur track assemblage from a remote, high altitude (~ 4500–5000 m) site on the is the
first to be reported from this area. The location, here named the Yangguang tracksite …