[HTML][HTML] Impact of the Jenkyns Event (early Toarcian) on dinosaurs: Comparison with the Triassic/Jurassic transition

M Reolid, W Ruebsam, MJ Benton - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early Jurassic Jenkyns Event (∼ 183 Ma) was characterized in terrestrial
environments by global warming, perturbation of the carbon cycle, enhanced weathering …

Old fossil findings in the Upper Triassic rocks of southern Brazil improve diversity of traversodontid cynodonts (Therapsida, Cynodontia)

MR Schmitt, AG Martinelli, JFL Kaiuca… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this contribution we describe a new genus and species of gomphodontosuchine cynodont
from the Late Triassic Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone (AZ) of the Santa Maria …

Evidence for Nitrogen-bearing Species on Umbriel: Sourced from a Subsurface Ocean, Undifferentiated Crust, or Impactors?

RJ Cartwright, RA DeColibus… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Near-infrared spectra of Umbriel and the other classical Uranian moons exhibit 2.2 μm
absorption bands that could result from ammonia (NH 3) bearing species, possibly exposed …

Femoral specializations to locomotor habits in early archosauriforms

R Pintore, A Houssaye, SJ Nesbitt… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The evolutionary history of archosaurs and their closest relatives is characterized by a wide
diversity of locomotor modes, which has even been suggested as a pivotal aspect …

Permo-Triassic tetrapods and their climate implications

J Liu, KD Angielczyk, F Abdala - Global and Planetary Change, 2021 - Elsevier
The narrow active temperature ranges of ectothermic tetrapods can be used as proxies for
reconstructing paleoclimates. Here we deduce the climatic preferences of major Permo …

A new Middle Triassic (Ladinian) trilophosaurid stem-archosaur from Germany increases diversity and temporal range of this clade

HD Sues, RR Schoch - Royal Society Open Science, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We report the first trilophosaurid stem-archosaur from Central Europe, Rutiotomodon tytthos
gen. et sp. nov., from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) Erfurt Formation of Baden-Württemberg …

Divergent strategies in cranial biomechanics and feeding ecology of the ankylosaurian dinosaurs

A Ballell, B Mai, MJ Benton - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Ankylosaurs were important megaherbivores of Jurassic and Cretaceous ecosystems. Their
distinctive craniodental anatomy and mechanics differentiated them from coexisting …

Triassic climate and the rise of the dinosaur empire in South America

L Corecco, MJ Kohn, CL Schultz - Journal of South American Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Triassic period (251.9 to 201.4 Ma) is the first period of the Mesozoic Era,
initiating after the Permian-Triassic mass extinction and ending at the Triassic-Jurassic mass …

The TCR assigns naive T cells to a preferred lymph node

PC de Greef, SN Njeru, C Benz, S Fillatreau… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Naive T cells recirculate between the spleen and lymph nodes where they mount immune
responses when meeting dendritic cells presenting foreign antigen. As this may happen …

Functional and character disparity are decoupled in turtle mandibles

J Ponstein, G Hermanson, MW Jansen… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Turtles have high shape variation of their mandibles, likely reflecting adaptations to a broad
variety of food items and ingestion strategies. Here, we compare functional disparity …