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 …

Neuroanatomy of the late Cretaceous Thescelosaurus neglectus (Neornithischia: Thescelosauridae) reveals novel ecological specialisations within Dinosauria

DJ Button, LE Zanno - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Ornithischian dinosaurs exhibited a diversity of ecologies, locomotory modes, and social
structures, making them an ideal clade in which to study the evolution of neuroanatomy and …

The macroecology of Mesozoic dinosaurs

AA Chiarenza - Biology Letters, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Dinosaurs thrived for over 160 million years in Mesozoic ecosystems, displaying diverse
ecological and evolutionary adaptations. Their ecology was shaped by large-scale climatic …

Dinosaur biostratigraphy of the non-marine Cretaceous of Utah

JI Kirkland, JJW Sertich, AL Titus - Geological Society, London …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
Over the past 30 years, exploration of the terrestrial Mesozoic section in Utah has resulted in
a more than five-fold increase in the known species of dinosaurs. A highly resolved temporal …

[HTML][HTML] An early-diverging iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Rhabdodontomorpha) from the Late Cretaceous of North America

LE Zanno, TA Gates, HM Avrahami, RT Tucker… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Intensifying macrovertebrate reconnaissance together with refined age-dating of mid-
Cretaceous assemblages in recent decades is producing a more nuanced understanding of …

A new semi‐fossorial thescelosaurine dinosaur from the Cenomanian‐age Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah

HM Avrahami, PJ Makovicky, RT Tucker… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Thescelosaurines are a group of early diverging, ornithischian dinosaurs notable for their
conservative bauplans and mosaic of primitive features. Although abundant within the latest …

Timing of the Greenhorn transgression and OAE2 in Central Utah using CA-TIMS U-Pb zircon dating

RK Renaut, RT Tucker, MR King, JL Crowley… - Cretaceous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Contextualizing subbasinal influences on accommodation and pace of the rapid landscape
evolution during the base-level rise of the Upper Cretaceous (upper Cenomanian–lower …

Exceptional age constraint on a fossiliferous sedimentary succession preceding the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum

RT Tucker, JL Crowley, MT Mohr, RK Renaut… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Understanding the effects of climatic upheavals during the Early to Late Cretaceous
transition is essential for characterizing the tempo of tectonically driven landscape …

Tectono‐sedimentary history of the upper Cedar Mountain Formation, Central Utah, USA

RT Tucker, MR King, MT Mohr, RK Renaut… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Current investigations into the Albian–Cenomanian sedimentary record within the Western
Interior have identified multiple complex tectono‐sedimentary process–response systems …

Geological Assessment of Turonian–Coniacian Terrestrial Sedimentation Records during Climatic Recovery, Moreno Hill Formation, Zuni Basin

CD Cilliers, RT Tucker, WJ Freimuth, KA Beguesse… - 2023 - archives.datapages.com
Abstract Understanding of Upper Cretaceous terrestrial sediments within the Western
Interior Basin is advancing; however, the Turonian–Coniacian transition remains enigmatic …