The diet of early birds based on modern and fossil evidence and a new framework for its reconstruction

CV Miller, M Pittman - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Birds are some of the most diverse organisms on Earth, with species inhabiting a wide
variety of niches across every major biome. As such, birds are vital to our understanding of …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution

MM Johnson, MT Young, SL Brusatte - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Teleosauroidea was a clade of ancient crocodylomorphs that were a key element of coastal
marine environments during the Jurassic. Despite a 300-year research history and a recent …

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 …

Taxonomic identification of isolated theropod teeth: the case of the shed tooth crown associated with Aerosteon (Theropoda: Megaraptora) and the dentition of …

C Hendrickx, E Tschopp, M d Ezcurra - Cretaceous Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Shed teeth are usually the most abundant theropod material on a dinosaur fossil site and
are constantly reported in the literature. Although new quantitative techniques have …

Reassessment of theropod material from Pichasca, Northern Chile: Presence of Abelisauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Quebrada La Totora Beds (Albian …

J Amudeo-Plaza, S Soto-Acuña, R Ugalde… - Journal of South …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The South American fossil record of abelisaurids (Ceratosauria: Abelisauridae)
theropods is relatively abundant and diverse in Cretaceous rocks, particularly in Brazil and …

[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 …

Cranial Anatomy of New Specimens of Saurornitholestes langstoni (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of …

PJ Currie, DC Evans - The Anatomical Record, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The holotype of the dromaeosaurid Saurornitholestes langstoni was described in 1978 on
the basis of fewer than 30 associated cranial and postcranial bones of a single individual …

[HTML][HTML] High frequencies of theropod bite marks provide evidence for feeding, scavenging, and possible cannibalism in a stressed Late Jurassic ecosystem

SK Drumheller, JB McHugh, M Kane, A Riedel… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Bite marks provide direct evidence for trophic interactions and competition in the fossil
record. However, variations in paleoecological dynamics, such as trophic relationships …

An abelisaurid from the latest Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) of Morocco, North Africa

NR Longrich, X Pereda-Suberbiola, NE Jalil… - Cretaceous …, 2017 - Elsevier
During the latest Cretaceous, distinct dinosaur faunas were found in Laurasia and
Gondwana. Tyrannosaurids, hadrosaurids, and ceratopsians dominated in North America …