The extinction of the dinosaurs

SL Brusatte, RJ Butler, PM Barrett… - Biological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐avian dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago, geologically coincident with the
impact of a large bolide (comet or asteroid) during an interval of massive volcanic eruptions …

On the role of tectonics in stimulating the Cretaceous diversification of mammals

LN Weaver, JR Kelson, RM Holder, NA Niemi… - Earth-science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mammals rose to prominence in terrestrial ecosystems after the Cretaceous–Paleogene
mass extinction, but the mammalian lineages characteristic of Paleogene faunas began their …

Location, location, location: The variable lifespan of the Laramide orogeny

P Copeland, CA Currie, TF Lawton… - Geology, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Laramide orogeny had a spatially variable lifespan, which we explain using a
geodynamic model that incorporates onset and demise of flat-slab subduction. Laramide …

[图书][B] Mountains, climate and biodiversity

C Hoorn, A Perrigo, A Antonelli - 2018 - books.google.com
Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity: A comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis for students
and researchers Mountains are topographically complex formations that play a fundamental …

Dinosaur biodiversity declined well before the asteroid impact, influenced by ecological and environmental pressures

FL Condamine, G Guinot, MJ Benton… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The question why non-avian dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago (Ma) remains
unresolved because of the coarseness of the fossil record. A sudden extinction caused by …

Tyrant dinosaur evolution tracks the rise and fall of Late Cretaceous oceans

MA Loewen, RB Irmis, JJW Sertich, PJ Currie… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The Late Cretaceous (∼ 95–66 million years ago) western North American landmass of
Laramidia displayed heightened non-marine vertebrate diversity and intracontinental …

Ecological niche modelling does not support climatically-driven dinosaur diversity decline before the Cretaceous/Paleogene mass extinction

AA Chiarenza, PD Mannion, DJ Lunt… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
In the lead-up to the Cretaceous/Paleogene mass extinction, dinosaur diversity is argued to
have been either in long-term decline, or thriving until their sudden demise. The latest …

Phylogenetic evidence clarifies the history of the extrusion of Indochina

XQ Li, HW Peng, KL Xiang, XG Xiang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The southeastward extrusion of Indochina along the Ailao Shan–Red River shear zone
(ARSZ) is one of two of the most prominent consequences of the India–Asia collision. This …

Dinosaur macroevolution and macroecology

RBJ Benson - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Dinosaurs were large-bodied land animals of the Mesozoic that gave rise to birds. They
played a fundamental role in structuring Jurassic–Cretaceous ecosystems and had …

Dinosaur biostratigraphy of the Edmonton Group (Upper Cretaceous), Alberta, Canada: evidence for climate influence

DA Eberth, DC Evans, DB Brinkman… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - cdnsciencepub.com
A high-resolution biostratigraphic analysis of 287 dinosaurian macrofossils and 138
bonebeds in the Edmonton Group (Upper Cretaceous) of southern Alberta provides …