Diplodocidae are among the best known sauropod dinosaurs. Several species were
described in the late 1800s or early 1900s from the Morrison Formation of North America …

During fossilization, the remains of extinct organisms are subjected to taphonomic and
diagenetic processes. As a result, fossils show a variety of preservational artefacts, which …

Sauropods are often imagined to have held their heads high atop necks that ascended in a
sweeping curve that was formed either intrinsically because of the shape of their vertebrae …

Many fossil specimens exhibit deformations caused by taphonomic processes. Due to these
deformations, even important specimens have to be excluded from morphometric analyses …

Brachiosauridae is a clade of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs that includes the well-
known Late Jurassic taxa Brachiosaurus and Giraffatitan. However, there is disagreement …

The last two decades have seen a broad diversity of methods used to identify and/or
characterize proteins in the archeological and paleontological record. Of these, mass …

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 …

Taphonomic and diagenetic processes inevitably distort the original skeletal morphology of
fossil vertebrate remains. Key aspects of palaeobiological datasets may be directly impacted …

Psittacosaurus is one of the most abundant and speciose genera in the Dinosauria, with
fifteen named species. The genus is geographically and temporally widespread with large …

Ornithomimosaur dinosaurs evolved lightweight, edentulous skulls that possessed
keratinous rhamphothecae. Understanding the anatomy of these taxa allows for a greater …