Morphology and distribution of scales, dermal ossifications, and other non‐feather integumentary structures in non‐avialan theropod dinosaurs

C Hendrickx, PR Bell, M Pittman, ARC Milner… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modern birds are typified by the presence of feathers, complex evolutionary innovations that
were already widespread in the group of theropod dinosaurs (Maniraptoriformes) that …

A basal dinosaur from the dawn of the dinosaur era in southwestern Pangaea

RN Martinez, PC Sereno, OA Alcober, CE Colombi… - science, 2011 - science.org
Upper Triassic rocks in northwestern Argentina preserve the most complete record of
dinosaurs before their rise to dominance in the Early Jurassic. Here, we describe a …

Review of the fossil record of early dinosaurs from South America, and its phylogenetic implications

FE Novas, FL Agnolin, MD Ezcurra, RT Müller… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
Triassic beds from Argentina and Brazil provide the most relevant fossil record of early
dinosauriforms in terms of numerical abundance and taxonomic diversity. This record …

Africa's oldest dinosaurs reveal early suppression of dinosaur distribution

CT Griffin, BM Wynd, D Munyikwa, TJ Broderick… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The vertebrate lineages that would shape Mesozoic and Cenozoic terrestrial ecosystems
originated across Triassic Pangaea,,,,,,,,,–. By the Late Triassic (Carnian stage,~ 235 million …

Taxonomic, palaeobiological and evolutionary implications of a phylogenetic hypothesis for Ornithischia (Archosauria: Dinosauria)

DB Norman, MG Baron, MS Garcia… - Zoological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The origin and evolutionary relationships of ornithischian dinosaurs are topics that have
undergone a series of substantial revisions. At present there are several competing …

Vertebrate succession in the Ischigualasto Formation

RN Martínez, C Apaldetti, OA Alcober… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The Upper Triassic (Carnian–Norian) Ischigualasto Formation has yielded a diverse
vertebrate fauna that records the initial phase of dinosaur evolution. Radioisotopic dates …

Osteology of Eoraptor lunensis (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha)

PC Sereno, RN Martínez, OA Alcober - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
We describe the basal sauropodomorph Eoraptor lunensis, based on the nearly complete
holotypic skeleton and referred specimens, all of which were discovered in the Cancha de …

[HTML][HTML] The systematic relationships and biogeographic history of ornithischian dinosaurs

CA Boyd - PeerJ, 2015 - peerj.com
The systematic relationships of taxa traditionally referred to as 'basal ornithopods' or
'hypsilophodontids' remain poorly resolved since it was discovered that these taxa are not a …

Early evolution of sauropodomorphs: anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of a remarkably well-preserved dinosaur from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil

RT Müller, MC Langer, M Bronzati… - Zoological Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
An exceptional new specimen (CAPPA/UFSM 0035) of Buriolestes schultzi was discovered
during recent fieldwork at the type locality of the taxon, which is Carnian in age (Late …

[图书][B] The rise of reptiles: 320 million years of evolution

HD Sues - 2019 - books.google.com
The defining masterwork on the evolution of reptiles. Over 300 million years ago, an early
land vertebrate developed an egg that contained the embryo in an amnion, allowing it to be …