The accuracy and precision of body mass estimation in non‐avian dinosaurs

NE Campione, DC Evans - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Inferring the body mass of fossil taxa, such as non‐avian dinosaurs, provides a powerful tool
for interpreting physiological and ecological properties, as well as the ability to study these …

[HTML][HTML] Dinosaurs of portugal

MT Antunes, O Mateus - Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2003 - Elsevier
A synthesis on the state of art on dinosaur knowledge in Portugal is presented. The following
genera have been recognized: Ceratosaurus, Torvosaurus, Lourinhanosaurus, Allosaurus …

Early evolution and higher-level phylogeny of sauropod dinosaurs

JA Wilson, PC Sereno - Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
Although sauropods played a major role in terrestrial ecosystems during much of the
Mesozoic Era, little effort has been directed toward diagnosing Sauropoda and establishing …

Sauropod dinosaur phylogeny: critique and cladistic analysis

JA Wilson - zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Sauropoda is among the most diverse and widespread dinosaurlineages, having attained a
near‐global distribution by the MiddleJurassic that was built on throughout the Cretaceous …

A nomenclature for vertebral laminae in sauropods and other saurischian dinosaurs

JA Wilson - Journal of vertebrate Paleontology, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
The vertebrae of sauropods are characterized by numerous bony struts that connect the
costovertebral and intervertebral articulations, centrum, and neural spine of the presacral …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of titanosaurid sauropods: Phytogenetic analysis based on the postcranial evidence.

L Salgado, RA Coria, JO Calvo - Ameghiniana, 1997 - books.google.com
Evolution of titanosaurid sauropods: Phytogenetic analysis based on the postcranial evidence.
Page 5 AMEGHINIANA (Rev. Asoc. Paleontol. Argent.) ISSN 0002-70l4 34 (l): 3-32. Buenos …

The evolution of the antorbital cavity of archosaurs: a study in soft-tissue reconstruction in the fossil record with an analysis of the function of pneumaticity

LM Witmer - Journal of vertebrate Paleontology, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
The most commonly cited apomorphy of Archosauriformes is an opening in the snout known
as the antorbital cavity. Despite the ubiquity and prominence of the antorbital cavity, its …

Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms

PD Mannion, P Upchurch, RN Barnes… - Zoological Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Titanosauriforms represent a diverse and globally distributed clade of neosauropod
dinosaurs, but their inter-relationships remain poorly understood. Here we redescribe …

A nomenclature for vertebral fossae in sauropods and other saurischian dinosaurs

JA Wilson, MD D'Emic, T Ikejiri, EM Moacdieh… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background The axial skeleton of extinct saurischian dinosaurs (ie, theropods,
sauropodomorphs), like living birds, was pneumatized by epithelial outpocketings of the …

A specimen-level phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of Diplodocidae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda)

E Tschopp, O Mateus, RBJ Benson - PeerJ, 2015 - peerj.com
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 …