[HTML][HTML] The distribution of dental features in non-avian theropod dinosaurs: Taxonomic potential, degree of homoplasy, and major evolutionary trends

C Hendrickx, O Mateus, M da Lourinhã, R Araújo… - 2019 - palaeo-electronica.org
Isolated theropod teeth are some of the most common fossils in the dinosaur fossil record
and are continually reported in the literature. Recently developed quantitative methods have …

Growing up Tyrannosaurus rex: Osteohistology refutes the pygmy “Nanotyrannus” and supports ontogenetic niche partitioning in juvenile Tyrannosaurus

HN Woodward, K Tremaine, SA Williams, LE Zanno… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Despite its iconic status as the king of dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex biology is incompletely
understood. Here, we examine femur and tibia bone microstructure from two half-grown T …

A large megaraptoridae (Theropoda: Coelurosauria) from upper cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Patagonia, Argentina

AM Aranciaga Rolando, MJ Motta, FL Agnolín… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Megaraptora is a theropod clade known from former Gondwana landmasses and Asia. Most
members of the clade are known from the Early to Late Cretaceous (Barremian–Santonian) …

Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution

TM Cullen, JI Canale, S Apesteguía… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The independent evolution of gigantism among dinosaurs has been a topic of long-standing
interest, but it remains unclear if gigantic theropods, the largest bipeds in the fossil record, all …

Exceptionally preserved stomach contents of a young tyrannosaurid reveal an ontogenetic dietary shift in an iconic extinct predator

F Therrien, DK Zelenitsky, K Tanaka, JT Voris… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Tyrannosaurids were large carnivorous dinosaurs that underwent major changes in skull
robusticity and body proportions as they grew, suggesting that they occupied different …

Theropod guild structure and the tyrannosaurid niche assimilation hypothesis: implications for predatory dinosaur macroecology and ontogeny in later Late …

TR Holtz Jr - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Well-sampled dinosaur communities from the Jurassic through the early Late Cretaceous
show greater taxonomic diversity among larger (> 50 kg) theropod taxa than communities of …

Growth and miniaturization among alvarezsauroid dinosaurs

Z Qin, Q Zhao, JN Choiniere, JM Clark, MJ Benton… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Sustained miniaturization, here defined as a drop in body size of at least two orders of
magnitude from ancestors to descendants, is a widespread and important phenomenon in …

[HTML][HTML] An early-diverging iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Rhabdodontomorpha) from the Late Cretaceous of North America

LE Zanno, TA Gates, HM Avrahami, RT Tucker… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Intensifying macrovertebrate reconnaissance together with refined age-dating of mid-
Cretaceous assemblages in recent decades is producing a more nuanced understanding of …

Paralic sedimentology of the Mussentuchit Member coastal plain, Cedar Mountain Formation, central Utah, USA

RT Tucker, CA Suarez… - Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Although intensified work on the volcaniclastic-rich sediments of the fossil-bearing
Mussentuchit Member (uppermost Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah) has provided a refined …

Caenagnathids of the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada: anatomy, osteohistology, taxonomy, and evolution

G Funston - Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology …, 2020 - journals.library.ualberta.ca
Our understanding of caenagnathid anatomy, diversity, and ecology has improved
considerably in the past twenty years, but numerous issues still remain. Among these, the …