Sauropod dinosaur phylogeny: critique and cladistic analysis

JA Wilson - zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Sauropoda is among the most diverse and widespread dinosaurlineages, having attained a
near‐global distribution by the MiddleJurassic that was built on throughout the Cretaceous …

Early evolution and higher-level phylogeny of sauropod dinosaurs

JA Wilson, PC Sereno - Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
Although sauropods played a major role in terrestrial ecosystems during much of the
Mesozoic Era, little effort has been directed toward diagnosing Sauropoda and establishing …

[PDF][PDF] A phylogenetic analysis of basal sauropodomorph relationships: implications for the origin of sauropod dinosaurs

P Upchurch, PM Barrett, PM Galton - Special Papers in …, 2007 - researchgate.net
New discoveries, revision of existing taxa and the application of cladistic analysis have all
shed light on the relationships of basal sauropodomorphs. Nevertheless, the …

The early evolution of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs

MD D'EMIC - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Titanosauriformes was a globally distributed, long-lived clade of dinosaurs that contains
both the largest and smallest known sauropods. These common and diverse …

A phylogenetic analysis of Diplodocoidea (Saurischia: Sauropoda)

JA Whitlock - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Diplodocoidea includes some of the first well-known sauropod dinosaurs, including such
late 19th century and early 20th century discoveries as Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, and …

[图书][B] Overview of sauropod phylogeny and evolution

JA Wilson - 2006 - degruyter.com
Jeffrey A. Wilson the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. OC Marsh and ED Cope
described numerous new and well represented sauropod genera from the Morrison …

Revision of the sauropod dinosaurs of the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group, southern USA, with the description of a new genus

MD D'Emic - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Early Cretaceous sauropods were among the first dinosaurs discovered in North America,
but several aspects of their taxonomy and evolution remain poorly understood. Much of this …

The phylogenetic relationships of the Nemegtosauridae (Saurischia, Sauropoda)

P Upchurch - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
The phylogenetic relationships of the Late Cretaceous Mongolian sauropods
Nemegtosaurus and Quaesitosaurus are controversial. Previous studies have interpreted …

Steps in understanding sauropod biology

JL Wright - The sauropods: evolution and paleobiology, 2005 - degruyter.com
As with many dinosaurs, pedal elements of sauropods are rare and complete feet and hands
even rarer. However, patterns do emerge from what is known about sauropod feet and …

The phylogenetic relationships of sauropod dinosaurs

P Upchurch - Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 1998 - academic.oup.com
A data-matrix of 205 osteological characters for 26 sauropod taxa is subjected to cladistic
analysis. Two most parsimonious trees are produced, differing only in the relationships …