A chronostratigraphic framework for the upper Stormberg Group: implications for the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in southern Africa

EM Bordy, M Abrahams, GR Sharman, PA Viglietti… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The upper Stormberg Group (Elliot and Clarens formations) of the main Karoo
Basin is well-known for its fossil vertebrate fauna, comprising early branching members of …

Review of the fossil record of early dinosaurs from South America, and its phylogenetic implications

FE Novas, FL Agnolin, MD Ezcurra, RT Müller… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
Triassic beds from Argentina and Brazil provide the most relevant fossil record of early
dinosauriforms in terms of numerical abundance and taxonomic diversity. This record …

The Triassic–Jurassic transition–A review of environmental change at the dawn of modern life

SD Schoepfer, TJ Algeo, B van de Schootbrugge… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Triassic–Jurassic transition, which is here broadly defined as extending from
the Late Triassic through the Early Jurassic (~ 237 Ma to 174 Ma), was an important interval …

[HTML][HTML] A giant dinosaur from the earliest Jurassic of South Africa and the transition to quadrupedality in early sauropodomorphs

BW McPhee, RBJ Benson, J Botha-Brink, EM Bordy… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Sauropod dinosaurs were dominant, bulk-browsing herbivores for 130 million years of the
Mesozoic, attaining gigantic body masses in excess of 60 metric tons [1, 2]. A columnar …

Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs from South America: The origin and diversification of dinosaur dominated herbivorous faunas

D Pol, A Otero, C Apaldetti, RN Martínez - Journal of South American Earth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sauropodomorpha is the first major dinosaurian group that radiated during the Triassic.
During this time the group underwent major changes in body plan, including the acquisition …

[PDF][PDF] The sauropodomorph biostratigraphy of the Elliot Formation of southern Africa: Tracking the evolution of Sauropodomorpha across the Triassic–Jurassic …

BW McPhee, EM Bordy, L Sciscio… - Acta Palaeontologica …, 2017 - bibliotekanauki.pl
The latest Triassic is notable for coinciding with the dramatic decline of many previously
dominant groups, followed by the rapid radiation of Dinosauria in the Early Jurassic. Among …

Biostratigraphy of the Massospondylus Assemblage Zone (Stormberg Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa

PA Viglietti, BW McPhee, EM Bordy… - South African Journal …, 2020 - journals.co.za
Abstract The Massospondylus Assemblage Zone is the youngest tetrapod biozone in the
Karoo Basin (upper Stormberg Group, Karoo Supergroup) and records one of the oldest …

Neopterygian phylogeny: the merger assay

A López-Arbarello, E Sferco - Royal Society Open …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The phylogenetic relationships of the recently described genus† Ticinolepis from the Middle
Triassic of the Monte San Giorgio are explored through cladistic analyses of the so far …

Non-mammaliaform cynodonts from western Gondwana and the significance of Argentinean forms in enhancing understanding of the group

F Abdala, LC Gaetano, AG Martinelli, MB Soares… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
Terrestrial Triassic assemblages are an important component of the heritage of Argentina,
particularly because of their diverse record of fossil vertebrates. Triassic basins from western …

[HTML][HTML] A tale of two Tweefonteins: What physical correlation, geochronology, magnetic polarity stratigraphy, and palynology reveal about the end-Permian terrestrial …

RA Gastaldo, J Neveling, JW Geissman… - GSA …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The contact between the Daptocephalus to Lystrosaurus declivis (previously Lystrosaurus)
Assemblage Zones (AZs) described from continental deposits of the Karoo Basin was …