Calibrating the zenith of dinosaur diversity in the Campanian of the Western Interior Basin by CA-ID-TIMS U–Pb geochronology

J Ramezani, TL Beveridge, RR Rogers, DA Eberth… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The spectacular fossil fauna and flora preserved in the Upper Cretaceous terrestrial strata of
North America's Western Interior Basin record an exceptional peak in the diversification of …

The influence of juvenile dinosaurs on community structure and diversity

K Schroeder, SK Lyons, FA Smith - Science, 2021 - science.org
Despite dominating biodiversity in the Mesozoic, dinosaurs were not speciose. Oviparity
constrained even gigantic dinosaurs to less than 15 kg at birth; growth through multiple …

A new ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Judith River Formation of Montana, USA, based on an exceptional skeleton with soft tissue preservation

VM Arbour, DC Evans - Royal Society Open Science, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The terrestrial Judith River Formation of northern Montana was deposited over an
approximately 4 Myr interval during the Campanian (Late Cretaceous). Despite having been …

Spiclypeus shipporum gen. et sp. nov., a Boldly Audacious New Chasmosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Judith River Formation (Upper …

JC Mallon, CJ Ott, PL Larson, EM Iuliano, DC Evans - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
This study reports on a new ceratopsid, Spiclypeus shipporum gen et sp. nov., from the
lower Coal Ridge Member of the Judith River Formation in Montana, USA, which dates to …

Age, correlation, and lithostratigraphic revision of the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Judith River Formation in its type area (north-central Montana), with a …

RR Rogers, SM Kidwell, AL Deino… - The Journal of …, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
Despite long-standing significance in the annals of North American stratigraphy and
paleontology, key aspects of the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation remain poorly …

Mexican ceratopsids: Considerations on their diversity and biogeography

HE Rivera-Sylva, E Frey, W Stinnesbeck… - Journal of South …, 2017 - Elsevier
During the past decade, three taxa of ceratopsid ornithischians have been described from
Mexico. Apparently, this group experienced a regional diversification in this area. To date …

Size-driven preservational and macroecological biases in the latest Maastrichtian terrestrial vertebrate assemblages of North America

CM Brown, NE Campione, GPW Mantilla, DC Evans - Paleobiology, 2022 - cambridge.org
The end-Cretaceous (K/Pg) mass extinction event is the most recent and well-understood of
the “big five” and triggered establishment of modern terrestrial ecosystem structure. Despite …

Sierraceratops turneri, a new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Hall Lake Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of south-central New Mexico

SG Dalman, SG Lucas, SE Jasinski, NR Longrich - Cretaceous Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The horned dinosaurs (Ceratopsidae) were a diverse family of herbivorous dinosaurs
originating in the Late Cretaceous in western North America (Laramidia). As one of the most …

A well‐preserved cranium from the Judith River Formation (Montana, USA) reveals the inner ear and neuroanatomy of a Campanian baenid turtle

HF Smith, M Berg, B Adrian - The Anatomical Record, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A cranium belonging to a baenid turtle was recently recovered from the lower half of the
Judith River Formation, Montana. Badlands Dinosaur Museum (BDM) 004 is a well …

Furcatoceratops elucidans, a new centrosaurine (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) from the upper Campanian Judith River Formation, Montana, USA

H Ishikawa, T Tsuihiji, M Manabe - Cretaceous Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Although ceratopsian dinosaurs have been excavated from the Judith River Formation for
more than a century, their diversity within the formation remains poorly understood due to …