The origin and early evolution of dinosaurs

MC Langer, MD Ezcurra, JS Bittencourt… - Biological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The oldest unequivocal records of Dinosauria were unearthed from Late Triassic rocks
(approximately 230 Ma) accumulated over extensional rift basins in southwestern Pangea …

The origin and early radiation of dinosaurs

SL Brusatte, SJ Nesbitt, RB Irmis, RJ Butler… - Earth-Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
Dinosaurs were remarkably successful during the Mesozoic and one subgroup, birds,
remain an important component of modern ecosystems. Although the extinction of non-avian …

The Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation at Cerro Las Lajas (La Rioja, Argentina): fossil tetrapods, high-resolution chronostratigraphy, and faunal correlations

JB Desojo, LE Fiorelli, MD Ezcurra, AG Martinelli… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Present knowledge of Late Triassic tetrapod evolution, including the rise of
dinosaurs, relies heavily on the fossil-rich continental deposits of South America, their …

The phylogenetic nomenclature of ornithischian dinosaurs

D Madzia, VM Arbour, CA Boyd, AA Farke… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Ornithischians form a large clade of globally distributed Mesozoic dinosaurs, and represent
one of their three major radiations. Throughout their evolutionary history, exceeding 134 …

A new phylogeny of cerapodan dinosaurs

PE Dieudonné, P Cruzado-Caballero… - Historical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This work attempts at providing a revised framework for ornithischian phylogeny, based on
an exhaustive data compilation of already published analyses, a critical re-evaluation of …

[HTML][HTML] The systematic relationships and biogeographic history of ornithischian dinosaurs

CA Boyd - PeerJ, 2015 - peerj.com
The systematic relationships of taxa traditionally referred to as 'basal ornithopods' or
'hypsilophodontids' remain poorly resolved since it was discovered that these taxa are not a …

First trace and body fossil evidence of a burrowing, denning dinosaur

DJ Varricchio, AJ Martin… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A fossil discovery in the mid-Cretaceous Blackleaf Formation of southwest Montana, USA,
has yielded the first trace and body fossil evidence of burrowing behaviour in a dinosaur …

A reappraisal of the Cretaceous non-avian dinosaur faunas from Australia and New Zealand: evidence for their Gondwanan affinities

FL Agnolin, MD Ezcurra, DF Pais… - Journal of Systematic …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
It has often been assumed that Australasian Cretaceous dinosaur faunas were for the most
part endemic, but with some Laurasian affinities. In this regard, some Australasian dinosaurs …

[HTML][HTML] Taxonomy, morphology, masticatory function and phylogeny of heterodontosaurid dinosaurs

PC Sereno - ZooKeys, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Heterodontosaurids comprise an important early radiation of small-bodied herbivores that
persisted for approximately 100 My from Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous time. Review of …

[PDF][PDF] Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Tazoudasaurus naimi (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the late Early Jurassic of Morocco

R Allain, N Aquesbi - Geodiversitas, 2008 - academia.edu
The complete osteology of the basal sauropod Tazoudasaurus naimi from the late Early
Jurassic Toundoute continental series of Ouarzazate Province, Morocco, is presented. The …