Assessing ontogenetic maturity in extinct saurian reptiles

CT Griffin, MR Stocker, C Colleary… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Walking—and running and jum**—with dinosaurs and their cousins, viewed through the lens of evolutionary biomechanics

AR Cuff, OE Demuth, K Michel, A Otero… - Integrative and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Archosauria diversified throughout the Triassic Period before experiencing two mass
extinctions near its end∼ 201 Mya, leaving only the crocodile-lineage (Crocodylomorpha) …

Deep faunistic turnovers preceded the rise of dinosaurs in southwestern Pangaea

MD Ezcurra, LE Fiorelli, AG Martinelli… - Nature Ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
The Triassic period documents the origin and diversification of modern amniote lineages
and the Late Triassic fossil record of South America has been crucial to shed light on these …

The precise temporal calibration of dinosaur origins

CA Marsicano, RB Irmis, AC Mancuso, R Mundil… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - pnas.org
Dinosaurs have been major components of ecosystems for over 200 million years. Although
different macroevolutionary scenarios exist to explain the Triassic origin and subsequent …

A new early‐diverging probainognathian cynodont and a revision of the occurrence of cf. Aleodon from the Chañares Formation, northwestern Argentina: New clues on the …

AG Martinelli, MD Ezcurra, LE Fiorelli… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Chañares Formation (Ischigualasto‐Villa Unión Basin) is worldwide known by
its exquisitely preserved fossil record of latest Middle‐to‐early Late Triassic tetrapods …

Non-mammaliaform cynodonts from western Gondwana and the significance of Argentinean forms in enhancing understanding of the group

F Abdala, LC Gaetano, AG Martinelli, MB Soares… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
Terrestrial Triassic assemblages are an important component of the heritage of Argentina,
particularly because of their diverse record of fossil vertebrates. Triassic basins from western …

Cranial osteology and paleoneurology of Tarjadia ruthae: An erpetosuchid pseudosuchian from the Triassic Chañares Formation (late Ladinian‐?early Carnian) of …

JB Desojo, MB von Baczko, MD Ezcurra… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tarjadia ruthae is a quadrupedal terrestrial pseudosuchian from the Middle‐early Upper
Triassic of the Chañares Formation, La Rioja Province, Argentina. Originally, this species …

Comments on the pelvic girdle anatomy of Lagerpeton chanarensis Romer, 1971 (Archosauria) and its implications on the posture and gait of early pterosauromorphs

FL Agnolín, FE Novas, MD Ezcurra… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Lagerpeton chanarensis is an early avemetatarsalian from the lower Carnian (lowermost
Upper Triassic) levels of the Chañares Formation, La Rioja Province, Argentina. Lagerpeton …

New specimen sheds light on the anatomy and taxonomy of the early Late Triassic dinosauriforms from the Chañares Formation, NW Argentina

MD Ezcurra, SJ Nesbitt, LE Fiorelli… - The Anatomical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The lower Carnian levels of the Chañares Formation (Ischigualasto‐Villa Unión Basin, La
Rioja Province) have yielded some of the most informative dinosaur precursor species …

South American Triassic geochronology: Constraints and uncertainties for the tempo of Gondwanan non-marine vertebrate evolution

RB Irmis, R Mundil, AC Mancuso… - Journal of South …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gondwanan sedimentary deposits preserve a rich archive of Triassic non-marine vertebrate
evolution. This fossil record is integral to understanding early Mesozoic global change …