Imaging intact human organs with local resolution of cellular structures using hierarchical phase-contrast tomography

CL Walsh, P Tafforeau, WL Wagner, DJ Jafree… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Imaging intact human organs from the organ to the cellular scale in three dimensions is a
goal of biomedical imaging. To meet this challenge, we developed hierarchical phase …

Morphology and distribution of scales, dermal ossifications, and other non‐feather integumentary structures in non‐avialan theropod dinosaurs

C Hendrickx, PR Bell, M Pittman, ARC Milner… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modern birds are typified by the presence of feathers, complex evolutionary innovations that
were already widespread in the group of theropod dinosaurs (Maniraptoriformes) that …

[图书][B] Vertebrate palaeontology

MJ Benton - 2014 - books.google.com
Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

[图书][B] Microcomputed tomography: methodology and applications

SR Stock - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
MicroComputed Tomography has become the gold standard for studying 3D microscopic
structures nondestructively, and this book provides up-to-date coverage of the modality. The …

[HTML][HTML] Potential for powered flight neared by most close avialan relatives, but few crossed its thresholds

R Pei, M Pittman, PA Goloboff, TA Dececchi, MB Habib… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Uncertainties in the phylogeny of birds (Avialae) and their closest relatives have impeded
deeper understanding of early theropod flight. To help address this, we produced an …

Paravian phylogeny and the dinosaur-bird transition: an overview

FL Agnolin, MJ Motta, F Brissón Egli… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Recent years witnessed the discovery of a great diversity of early birds as well as closely
related non-avian theropods, which modified previous conceptions about the origin of birds …

Subaqueous foraging among carnivorous dinosaurs

M Fabbri, G Navalón, RBJ Benson, D Pol, J O'Connor… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Secondary aquatic adaptations evolved independently more than 30 times from terrestrial
vertebrate ancestors,. For decades, non-avian dinosaurs were believed to be an exception …

Dinosaur biodiversity declined well before the asteroid impact, influenced by ecological and environmental pressures

FL Condamine, G Guinot, MJ Benton… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The question why non-avian dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago (Ma) remains
unresolved because of the coarseness of the fossil record. A sudden extinction caused by …

Tail-propelled aquatic locomotion in a theropod dinosaur

N Ibrahim, S Maganuco, C Dal Sasso, M Fabbri… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
In recent decades, intensive research on non-avian dinosaurs has strongly suggested that
these animals were restricted to terrestrial environments. Historical proposals that some …

[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 …