The herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods were the
largest terrestrial animals ever, surpassing the largest herbivorous mammals by an order of …

Angiosperms first appeared in northern Gondwana during the Early Cretaceous,
approximately 135 million years ago. Several authors have hypothesised that the origin of …

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

Fossils of the Early Cretaceous dinosaur, Nigersaurus taqueti, document for the first time the
cranial anatomy of a rebbachisaurid sauropod. Its extreme adaptations for herbivory at …

Lower Cretaceous fossils from central Niger document the succession of sauropod
dinosaurs on Africa as it drifted into geographic isolation. A new broad-toothed genus of …

Diplodocoidea includes some of the first well-known sauropod dinosaurs, including such
late 19th century and early 20th century discoveries as Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, and …

Antlers Formation (Aptian–Albian) of southeastern Oklahoma. Sauroposeidon represents
the culmination of brachiosaurid trends toward lengthening and lightening the neck, and its …

A synthesis of recent and previous studies of the Morrison Formation and related beds, in
the context of a conceptual climatic/hydrologic framework, permits reconstruction of the Late …

Frontispiece: A scene from western Colorado during Morrison time. An Allosaurus attempts
to take over a sauropod carcass from two Ceratosaurus. In the background, across a pond …

The famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation, formed one hundred and fifty million
years ago and running from Wyoming down through the red rock region of the American …