Combining geometric morphometrics and finite element analysis with evolutionary modeling: towards a synthesis

PD Polly, CT Stayton, ER Dumont… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Geometric morphometrics (GM) and finite element analysis (FEA) are increasingly common
techniques for the study of form and function. We show how principles of quantitative …

Megalosauripus transjuranicus ichnosp. nov. A new Late Jurassic theropod ichnotaxon from NW Switzerland and implications for tridactyl dinosaur ichnology and …

NL Razzolini, M Belvedere, D Marty, G Paratte, C Lovis… - Plos one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
A new ichnospecies of a large theropod dinosaur, Megalosauripus transjuranicus, is
described from the Reuchenette Formation (Early–Late Kimmeridgian, Late Jurassic) of NW …

Dots on a screen: The past, present, and future of morphometrics in the study of n onavian dinosaurs

BP Hedrick - The Anatomical Record, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using morphometrics to study nonavian dinosaur fossils is a practice that predates the origin
of the word “dinosaur.” By the 1970s, linear morphometrics had become established as a …

[图书][B] Dinosaur tracks from Brazil: a lost world of Gondwana

G Leonardi, I de Souza Carvalho - 2021 - books.google.com
Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil is the first full-length study of dinosaurs in Brazil. Some 500
dinosaur trackways from the Cretaceous period still remain in the Rio do Peixe basins of …

Geometric morphometric analysis of intratrackway variability: a case study on theropod and ornithopod dinosaur trackways from Münchehagen (Lower Cretaceous …

JN Lallensack, AH van Heteren, O Wings - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
A profound understanding of the influence of trackmaker anatomy, foot movements and
substrate properties is crucial for any interpretation of fossil tracks. In this case study we …

Theropod tridactyl tracks across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary in southern Africa: implications for pedal morphology evolution

M Abrahams, EM Bordy, F Knoll… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The end-Triassic mass extinction events mark a pivotal period in archosaur history, and
have been proposed to contribute to the rise and dominance of dinosaurs throughout the …

The tracks of giant theropods (Jurabrontes curtedulensis ichnogen. & ichnosp. nov.) from the Late Jurassic of NW Switzerland: palaeoecological & …

D Marty, M Belvedere, NL Razzolini, MG Lockley… - Historical …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Jurabrontes curtedulensis, a new ichnogenus and species of Late Jurassic giant theropod
dinosaur track is described based on very well-preserved and morphologically-distinct …

Paleoecology and paleoenvironment of the Early Cretaceous theropod-dominated ichnoassemblage of the Los Corrales del Pelejón tracksite, Teruel Province, Spain

D Castanera, M Aurell, JI Canudo… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
The earliest Cretaceous (mid-late Berriasian) tracksite Los Corrales del Pelejón is an
important dinosaur trackway site in Teruel Province in Spain. The ichnoassemblage occurs …

Crouching theropod at the seaside. Matching footprints with metatarsal impressions and theropod authopods: a morphometric approach

M Romano, P Citton - Geological Magazine, 2017 - cambridge.org
We compare theropod footprints with elongate metatarsal prints from central Italy with known
autopod structures in major theropod groups, in order to more accurately define the …

Ichnological evidence of megalosaurid dinosaurs crossing Middle Jurassic tidal flats

NL Razzolini, O Oms, D Castanera, B Vila, VF Santos… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
A new dinosaur tracksite in the Vale de Meios quarry (Serra de Aire Formation, Bathonian,
Portugal) preserves more than 700 theropod tracks. They are organized in at least 80 …