Tetanuran theropods represent the majority of Mesozoic predatory dinosaur diversity and
the lineage leading to extant Aves. Thus their history is relevant to understanding the …

Recent discoveries and analyses have drawn increased attention to Ceratosauria, a
taxonomically and morphologically diverse group of basal theropods. By the time of its first …

Abstract The Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania, southeastern Africa, records a
rich sauropod fauna, including the diplodocoids Dicraeosaurus and Tornieria, and the …

Australian dinosaurs have played a rare but controversial role in the debate surrounding the
effect of Gondwanan break-up on Cretaceous dinosaur distribution. Major spatiotemporal …

The nature of the physiology and thermal regulation of the nonavian dinosaurs is the subject
of debate. Previously, arguments have been made for both endothermic and ectothermic …

Pterosaurs first appeared in the Late Triassic and persisted until the terminal Cretaceous:
they achieved a global distribution during the Mesozoic. Here, we attempt to provide the first …

Theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of Gondwana are still poorly known, with
Elaphrosaurus bambergi, from the late Kimmeridgian of Tendaguru, Tanzania, being the …

Background As gigantic herbivores, sauropod dinosaurs were among the most important
members of Mesozoic communities. Understanding their ecology is fundamental to …

Two informal sporomorph assemblage zones can be distinguished in the dinosaur-bearing
Tendaguru Beds of southeast Tanzanian. The first zone, the Classopollis–Araucariacites …

Sauropod dinosaurs, the dominant herbivores throughout the Jurassic, challenge general
rules of large vertebrate herbivory. With body weights surpassing those of any other …