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 …

Estratigrafía del Grupo Neuquén, Cretácico Superior de la Cuenca Neuquina (Argentina): nueva propuesta de ordenamiento litoestratigráfico

AC Garrido - Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, 2010 - SciELO Argentina
El Grupo Neuquén conforma una sucesión de depósitos continentales de origen fluvial,
eólico y lacustre somero, desarrollado en la Cuenca Neuquina entre el Cenomaniano …

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 basal alvarezsauroid theropod from the early Late Jurassic of Xinjiang, China

JN Choiniere, X Xu, JM Clark, CA Forster, Y Guo… - Science, 2010 - science.org
The fossil record of Jurassic theropod dinosaurs closely related to birds remains poor. A new
theropod from the earliest Late Jurassic of western China represents the earliest diverging …

A new megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of northwestern Patagonia

JD Porfiri, RDJ Valieri, DDD Santos, MC Lamanna - Cretaceous Research, 2018 - Elsevier
We describe Tratayenia rosalesi gen. et sp. nov., a new megaraptoran theropod dinosaur
from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. The holotype consists of a well …

New alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from uppermost Cretaceous of north-western Patagonia with associated eggs

FL Agnolin, JE Powell, FE Novas, M Kundrát - Cretaceous Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The Alvarezsauridae represents a branch of peculiar basal coelurosaurs with an increasing
representation of their Cretaceous radiation distributed worldwide. Here we describe a new …

New information on Nqwebasaurus thwazi, a coelurosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation in South Africa

JN Choiniere, CA Forster, WJ De Klerk - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
We performed additional preparation on the holotype skeleton of Nqwebasaurus thwazi and
discovered new skeletal material. We describe this material, which includes a maxilla with …

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 …

Albertonykus borealis, a new alvarezsaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Maastrichtian of Alberta, Canada: implications for the systematics and ecology of the …

NR Longrich, PJ Currie - Cretaceous Research, 2009 - Elsevier
A new alvarezsaur, Albertonykus borealis, is described from the Lower Maastrichtian of the
Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada. Forelimb and hindlimb elements from at …

A new furileusaurian abelisaurid from La Invernada (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian, Bajo de la Carpa Formation), northern Patagonia, Argentina

FA Gianechini, AH Méndez, LS Filippi… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abelisaurids are among the most abundant and diverse Patagonian Late Cretaceous
theropods. Here, we present a new furileusaurian abelisaurid, Llukalkan aliocranianus gen …