Ornithischians form a large clade of globally distributed Mesozoic dinosaurs, and represent one of their three major radiations. Throughout their evolutionary history, exceeding 134 …
DB Norman, MG Baron, MS Garcia… - Zoological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The origin and evolutionary relationships of ornithischian dinosaurs are topics that have undergone a series of substantial revisions. At present there are several competing …
Armoured dinosaurs are well known for their evolution of specialized tail weapons—paired tail spikes in stegosaurs and heavy tail clubs in advanced ankylosaurs. Armoured dinosaurs …
Dinosaurs potentially originated in the mid-palaeolatitudes of Gondwana 245–235 million years ago (Ma) and may have been restricted to cooler, humid areas by low-latitude arid …
Ankylosauria is a diverse clade of armoured dinosaurs whose members were important constituents of many Cretaceous faunas. Phylogenetic analyses imply that the clade …
The early evolution of thyreophoran dinosaurs is thought to have occurred primarily in northern continents since most evidence comes from the Lower and Middle Jurassic of …
S Rozadilla, F Agnolín, M Manabe, T Tsuihiji… - Cretaceous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The fossil record of ornithischians in South America is sparse, and they are clearly underrepresented when compared with sauropod dinosaurs. However, recent discoveries …
L Ning, SCR Maidment, L Daqing, Y Hailu… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Stegosaurs are a minor but iconic clade of ornithischian dinosaurs, yet due to a poor fossil record, their early evolution is poorly understood. Here, we describe a new stegosaur …
The armoured dinosaurs (Thyreophora) were a significant component of Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems, appearing in the earliest Jurassic and surviving until the latest Cretaceous, and …