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 …

A century of spinosaurs‐a review and revision of the Spinosauridae with comments on their ecology

DWE Hone, TR Holtz Jr - Acta Geologica Sinica‐English …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The spinosaurids represent an enigmatic and highly unusual form of large tetanuran
theropods that were first identified in 1915. A recent flurry of discoveries and taxonomic …

[HTML][HTML] Geology and paleontology of the upper cretaceous Kem Kem group of eastern Morocco

N Ibrahim, PC Sereno, DJ Varricchio, DM Martill… - ZooKeys, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The geological and paleoenvironmental setting and the vertebrate taxonomy of the
fossiliferous, Cenomanian-age deltaic sediments in eastern Morocco, generally referred to …

A new theropod dinosaur from the early cretaceous (Barremian) of Cabo Espichel, Portugal: Implications for spinosaurid evolution

O Mateus, D Estraviz-López - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Spinosaurids are some of the most enigmatic Mesozoic theropod dinosaurs due to their
unique adaptations to aquatic environments and their relative scarcity. Their taxonomy has …

Macroevolutionary patterns in the pelvis, stylopodium and zeugopodium of megalosauroid theropod dinosaurs and their importance for locomotor function

MBS Lacerda, JS Bittencourt… - Royal Society Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
During the Mesozoic, non-avian theropods represented one of the most successful clades
globally distributed, with a wide diversity of forms. An example is the clade …

Spinosaurus is not an aquatic dinosaur

PC Sereno, N Myhrvold, DM Henderson, FE Fish… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
A predominantly fish-eating diet was envisioned for the sail-backed theropod dinosaur
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus when its elongate jaws with subconical teeth were unearthed a …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the ecology of Spinosaurus: Shoreline generalist or aquatic pursuit specialist?

DWE Hone, TR Holtz Jr - 2021 - palaeo-electronica.org
The giant theropod Spinosaurus was an unusual animal and highly derived in many ways,
and interpretations of its ecology remain controversial. Recent papers have added …

[HTML][HTML] A new megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of north-western Germany: Implications for theropod evolution and faunal …

OWM Rauhut, T Hübner, KP Lanser - 2016 - palaeo-electronica.org
Fragmentary remains of a large, robustly built theropod dinosaur were recovered from the
marine middle Callovian Ornatenton Formation of north-eastern Northrhine-Westphalia …

Aquatic adaptation in the skull of carnivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) and the evolution of aquatic habits in spinosaurids

TMS Arden, CG Klein, S Zouhri, NR Longrich - Cretaceous Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The Spinosauridae is a specialized group of theropod dinosaurs characterised by a long,
narrow skull, robust forelimbs with a hooked thumb claw, and tall neural spines forming a …

A reappraisal of the morphology and systematic position of the theropod dinosaur Sigilmassasaurus from the “middle” Cretaceous of Morocco

SW Evers, OWM Rauhut, AC Milner, B McFeeters… - PeerJ, 2015 - peerj.com
Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis is an enigmatic theropod dinosaur from the early Late
Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Morocco, originally based on a few isolated cervical vertebrae …