Evolution of the carnivorous dinosaurs during the Cretaceous: the evidence from Patagonia

FE Novas, FL Agnolín, MD Ezcurra, J Porfiri… - Cretaceous …, 2013 - Elsevier
Patagonia has yielded the most comprehensive fossil record of Cretaceous theropods from
Gondwana, consisting of 31 nominal species belonging to singleton taxa and six families …

A century of spinosaurs‐a review and revision of the Spinosauridae with comments on their ecology

DWE Hone, TR Holtz Jr - Acta Geologica Sinica‐English …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The spinosaurids represent an enigmatic and highly unusual form of large tetanuran
theropods that were first identified in 1915. A recent flurry of discoveries and taxonomic …

The phylogeny of tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

MT Carrano, RBJ Benson… - Journal of Systematic …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Tetanuran theropods represent the majority of Mesozoic predatory dinosaur diversity and
the lineage leading to extant Aves. Thus their history is relevant to understanding the …

A proposed terminology of theropod teeth (Dinosauria, Saurischia)

C Hendrickx, O Mateus, R Araújo - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Theropod teeth are typically not described in detail, yet these abundant vertebrate fossils are
not only frequently reported in the literature, but also preserve extensive anatomical …

[HTML][HTML] The distribution of dental features in non-avian theropod dinosaurs: Taxonomic potential, degree of homoplasy, and major evolutionary trends

C Hendrickx, O Mateus, M da Lourinhã, R Araújo… - 2019 - palaeo-electronica.org
Isolated theropod teeth are some of the most common fossils in the dinosaur fossil record
and are continually reported in the literature. Recently developed quantitative methods have …

A new theropod dinosaur from the early cretaceous (Barremian) of Cabo Espichel, Portugal: Implications for spinosaurid evolution

O Mateus, D Estraviz-López - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Spinosaurids are some of the most enigmatic Mesozoic theropod dinosaurs due to their
unique adaptations to aquatic environments and their relative scarcity. Their taxonomy has …

[HTML][HTML] Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal and dentition-based phylogeny as a contribution for the identification of isolated …

C Hendrickx, O Mateus - Zootaxa, 2014 - docentes.fct.unl.pt
Theropod dinosaurs form a highly diversified clade, and their teeth are some of the most
common components of the Mesozoic dinosaur fossil record. This is the case in the Lourinhã …

New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European origins of Spinosauridae

CT Barker, DWE Hone, D Naish, A Cau… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Spinosaurids are among the most distinctive and yet poorly-known of large-bodied theropod
dinosaurs, a situation exacerbated by their mostly fragmentary fossil record and competing …

Aquatic adaptation in the skull of carnivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) and the evolution of aquatic habits in spinosaurids

TMS Arden, CG Klein, S Zouhri, NR Longrich - Cretaceous Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The Spinosauridae is a specialized group of theropod dinosaurs characterised by a long,
narrow skull, robust forelimbs with a hooked thumb claw, and tall neural spines forming a …

A reappraisal of the morphology and systematic position of the theropod dinosaur Sigilmassasaurus from the “middle” Cretaceous of Morocco

SW Evers, OWM Rauhut, AC Milner, B McFeeters… - PeerJ, 2015 - peerj.com
Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis is an enigmatic theropod dinosaur from the early Late
Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Morocco, originally based on a few isolated cervical vertebrae …