Morphology forms the most fundamental level of data in vertebrate palaeontology because it
is through interpretations of morphology that taxa are identified, creating the basis for broad …

The herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods were the
largest terrestrial animals ever, surpassing the largest herbivorous mammals by an order of …

THE EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES THAT SHAPE ECOSYSTEMS In 1837 a young Charles
Darwin took his notebook, wrote “I think”, and then sketched a rudimentary, stick-like tree …

We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it. Our intimate connection with the
world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This …

For millions of years, clues to the biology of dinosaurs lie locked within the microscopic
structure of their bones. Here one of the world's leading experts on fossil bone …

Calcified eggshells protect develo** embryos against environmental stress and contribute
to reproductive success. As modern crocodilians and birds lay hard-shelled eggs, this …

Titanosaurs represent approximately one‐third of sauropod diversity and were
geographically widespread throughout the Cretaceous, especially on southern continents …

The origin of the last sauropod dinosaur communities in Europe and their evolution during
the final 15 million years of the Cretaceous have become a complex phylogenetic and …

Soft tissues are preserved within hindlimb elements of Tyrannosaurus rex (Museum of the
Rockies specimen 1125). Removal of the mineral phase reveals transparent, flexible, hollow …

Dinosaurs dominated Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems globally. However, whereas a pole-to-
pole geographic distribution characterized ornithischians and theropods, sauropods were …