Triassic faunal successions of the Paraná Basin, southern Brazil

CL Schultz, AG Martinelli, MB Soares… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paraná Basin was filled by a sedimentary package deposited in successive
sedimentation episodes related to the tectonic events that hit the SW portion of the …

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 …

Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs from South America: The origin and diversification of dinosaur dominated herbivorous faunas

D Pol, A Otero, C Apaldetti, RN Martínez - Journal of South American Earth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sauropodomorpha is the first major dinosaurian group that radiated during the Triassic.
During this time the group underwent major changes in body plan, including the acquisition …

[HTML][HTML] Gnathovorax cabreirai: a new early dinosaur and the origin and initial radiation of predatory dinosaurs

C Pacheco, RT Müller, M Langer, FA Pretto, L Kerber… - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Predatory dinosaurs were an important ecological component of terrestrial Mesozoic
ecosystems. Though theropod dinosaurs carried this role during the Jurassic and …

Dental form and function in the early feeding diversification of dinosaurs

A Ballell, MJ Benton, EJ Rayfield - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Dinosaurs evolved a remarkable diversity of dietary adaptations throughout the Mesozoic,
but the origins of different feeding modes are uncertain, especially the multiple origins of …

Sauropodomorph evolution across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: body size, locomotion, and their influence on morphological disparity

C Apaldetti, D Pol, MD Ezcurra, RN Martínez - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Sauropodomorph dinosaurs were the dominant medium to large-sized herbivores of most
Mesozoic continental ecosystems, being characterized by their long necks and reaching a …

An unusually robust specimen attributed to Buriolestes schultzi (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil

D Moro, LVS Damke, RT Müller, L Kerber… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Buriolestes schultzi is a small sauropodomorph dinosaur from Carnian beds (ca., 233 Ma) of
southern Brazil. It is one of the earliest members of that lineage and is a key taxon to …

On a skeletally immature individual of Unaysaurus tolentinoi (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the upper Triassic of southern Brazil

RT Müller, MS Garcia, FP Bem… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The lineage of sauropodomorph dinosaurs raised some of the most impressive animals that
ever walked on Earth. However, the massive titans of the Mesozoic Era originated from far …

Craniomandibular osteology of Macrocollum itaquii (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil

RT Müller - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Several new sauropodomorphs have been described in recent years, including the
unaysaurid sauropodomorph Macrocollum itaquii (Late Triassic, Brazil). This study presents …

The endocranial anatomy of Buriolestes schultzi (Dinosauria: Saurischia) and the early evolution of brain tissues in sauropodomorph dinosaurs

RT Müller, JD Ferreira, FA Pretto, M Bronzati… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Our knowledge on the anatomy of the first dinosaurs (Late Triassic, 235–205 Ma) has
drastically increased in the last years, mainly due to several new findings of exceptionally …