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 …

New information on the anatomy and systematic position of Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal, with a …

PD Mannion, P Upchurch, O Mateus… - Journal of Systematic …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Although diplodocoid sauropods from Africa and the Americas are well known, their
European record remains largely neglected. Here we redescribe Dinheirosaurus …

Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms

PD Mannion, P Upchurch, RN Barnes… - Zoological Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Titanosauriforms represent a diverse and globally distributed clade of neosauropod
dinosaurs, but their inter-relationships remain poorly understood. Here we redescribe …

[HTML][HTML] Structural extremes in a Cretaceous dinosaur

PC Sereno, JA Wilson, LM Witmer, JA Whitlock… - PloS one, 2007 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Taxonomic affinities of the putative titanosaurs from the Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications for eusauropod …

PD Mannion, P Upchurch, D Schwarz… - Zoological Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania, southeastern Africa, records a
rich sauropod fauna, including the diplodocoids Dicraeosaurus and Tornieria, and the …

A revision of Titanosaurus Lydekker (dinosauria ‐ sauropoda), the first dinosaur genus with a 'Gondwanan' distribution

JA Wilson, P Upchurch - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Titanosaurs represent approximately one‐third of sauropod diversity and were
geographically widespread throughout the Cretaceous, especially on southern continents …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

A new global palaeobiogeographical model for the late Mesozoic and early Tertiary

MD Ezcurra, FL Agnolín - Systematic Biology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Late Mesozoic palaeobiogeography has been characterized by a distinction between the
northern territories of Laurasia and the southern landmasses of Gondwana. The repeated …

Irritator challengeri, a spinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil

HD Sues, E Frey, DM Martill… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The holotype of Irritator challengeri Martill et al., 1996 from the Romualdo Member of the
Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous) in northeastern Brazil represents the most complete …

Osteology of the Late Cretaceous Argentinean sauropod dinosaur Mendozasaurus neguyelap: implications for basal titanosaur relationships

BJ Gonzalez Riga, PD Mannion… - Zoological Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur Mendozasaurus neguyelap is represented by several
partial skeletons from a single locality within the Coniacian (lower Upper Cretaceous) Sierra …