A review of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Gondwanan pterosaur record

AH Pentland, SF Poropat - Gondwana Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The Gondwanan pterosaur record is scarce when compared with that of Laurasia and is
reviewed here. The majority of Gondwanan pterosaur remains are derived from South …

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 …

Taxonomic, palaeobiological and evolutionary implications of a phylogenetic hypothesis for Ornithischia (Archosauria: Dinosauria)

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 …

Introduction to the tetrapod biozonation of the Karoo Supergroup

RMH Smith, BS Rubidge, MO Day… - South African Journal of …, 2020 - journals.co.za
The main Karoo Basin of South Africa contains the most abundant, diverse, and time
expansive record of terrestrial vertebrates around the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic transition. This …

Earliest evidence of herd-living and age segregation amongst dinosaurs

D Pol, AC Mancuso, RMH Smith, CA Marsicano… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Sauropodomorph dinosaurs dominated the herbivorous niches during the first 40 million
years of dinosaur history (Late Triassic–Early Jurassic), yet palaeobiological factors that …

Extinction of herbivorous dinosaurs linked to Early Jurassic global warming event

D Pol, J Ramezani, K Gomez… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Sauropods, the giant long-necked dinosaurs, became the dominant group of large
herbivores in terrestrial ecosystems after multiple related lineages became extinct towards …

South American Crocodylomorphs (Archosauria; Crocodylomorpha): A review of the early fossil record in the continent and its relevance on understanding the origins …

JM Leardi, I Yáñez, D Pol - Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Crocodylomorpha is a clade that has its origins during the Late Triassic and attained a
global distribution early in their radiation. In this context, although limited to few geological …

[HTML][HTML] Origins of slow growth on the crocodilian stem lineage

J Botha, BM Weiss, K Dollman, PM Barrett… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Crocodilians grow slowly and have low metabolic rates similar to other living reptiles, but
palaeohistology indicates that they evolved from an ancestor with higher growth rates. 1, 2 …

The paleoclimatic context for South American Triassic vertebrate evolution

AC Mancuso, BLD Horn, CA Benavente… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Triassic Period was the setting for the origin and early diversification of
Mesozoic ecosystems after the end-Permian mass extinction. The study of the Triassic is …