The Mesozoic biogeographic history of Gondwanan terrestrial vertebrates: insights from Madagascar's fossil record

DW Krause, JJW Sertich, PM O'Connor… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The Mesozoic plate tectonic and paleogeographic history of Gondwana had a profound
effect on the distribution of terrestrial vertebrates. As the supercontinent fragmented into a …

New materials and an overview of Cretaceous vertebrates from the Chubut Group of the Golfo San Jorge Basin, central Patagonia, Argentina

LM Ibiricu, GA Casal, RD Martínez, BN Alvarez… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present an updated revision of fossil vertebrates from the Chubut Group,
Golfo San Jorge Basin, while also describing some new remains. Extensive exposures of …

A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: Palaeobiogeographical implications

T Tortosa, E Buffetaut, N Vialle, Y Dutour, E Turini… - Annales de …, 2014 - Elsevier
The Abelisauridae are a family of mainly Cretaceous theropod dinosaurs with a wide
distribution across the Gondwanan land masses. Although their presence in Europe was …

The theropod dinosaur Elaphrosaurus bambergi, from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru, Tanzania

OWM Rauhut, MT Carrano - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of Gondwana are still poorly known, with
Elaphrosaurus bambergi, from the late Kimmeridgian of Tendaguru, Tanzania, being the …

Neovenatorid theropods are apex predators in the Late Cretaceous of North America

LE Zanno, PJ Makovicky - Nature Communications, 2013 - nature.com
Allosauroid theropods were a diverse and widespread radiation of Jurassic–Cretaceous
megapredators. Achieving some of the largest body sizes among theropod dinosaurs, these …

A new desert-dwelling dinosaur (Theropoda, Noasaurinae) from the Cretaceous of south Brazil

MC Langer, NO Martins, PC Manzig, GS Ferreira… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Noasaurines form an enigmatic group of small-bodied predatory theropod dinosaurs known
from the Late Cretaceous of Gondwana. They are relatively rare, with notable records in …

[HTML][HTML] Ceratosaur palaeobiology: new insights on evolution and ecology of the southern rulers

R Delcourt - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Ceratosaur theropods ruled the Southern Hemisphere until the end of the Late Cretaceous.
However, their origin was earlier, during the Early Jurassic, a fact which allowed the group to …

A new brachyrostran with hypertrophied axial structures reveals an unexpected radiation of latest Cretaceous abelisaurids

LS Filippi, AH Méndez, RDJ Valieri, AC Garrido - Cretaceous Research, 2016 - Elsevier
A well preserved skeleton of a new abelisaurid is reported here. The holotype of Viavenator
exxoni was found in the outcrops of the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Santonian, Upper …

Elemgasem nubilus: a new brachyrostran abelisaurid (Theropoda, Ceratosauria) from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Patagonia, Argentina

MA Baiano, D Pol, F Bellardini… - Papers in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abelisaurids are medium–large‐sized theropod dinosaurs that were predominant in the
carnivorous fauna during the Late Cretaceous of Gondwana. These predators are abundant …

An Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Brazil sheds light on the cranial evolution of the Abelisauridae

H Zaher, D Pol, BA Navarro, R Delcourt, AB Carvalho - 2020 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Abelisaurid theropods dominated the predator role across Gondwana during the Late
Cretaceous. They are characterized by highly reduced forelimbs and one of the most …