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 …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] A giant dinosaur from the earliest Jurassic of South Africa and the transition to quadrupedality in early sauropodomorphs

BW McPhee, RBJ Benson, J Botha-Brink, EM Bordy… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Sauropod dinosaurs were dominant, bulk-browsing herbivores for 130 million years of the
Mesozoic, attaining gigantic body masses in excess of 60 metric tons [1, 2]. A columnar …

The influence of juvenile dinosaurs on community structure and diversity

K Schroeder, SK Lyons, FA Smith - Science, 2021 - science.org
Despite dominating biodiversity in the Mesozoic, dinosaurs were not speciose. Oviparity
constrained even gigantic dinosaurs to less than 15 kg at birth; growth through multiple …

Evaluating hypotheses for the early diversification of dinosaurs

RB Irmis - Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the …, 2010 - cambridge.org
Many hypotheses have been proposed for the rise of dinosaurs, but their early diversification
remains poorly understood. This paper examines the occurrences, species diversity and …

Osteology of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Jaklapallisaurus asymmetricus from the Late Triassic of central India

MD Ezcurra, RT Müller, FE Novas… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Gondwana formations exposed in the Pranhita‐Godavari Valley of central India include
Middle Triassic to Lower Jurassic continental deposits that provide essential information …

The complete anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Antetonitrus ingenipes (Sauropodiformes, Dinosauria): implications for the origins of Sauropoda

BW McPhee, AM Yates, JN Choiniere… - Zoological Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We present a comprehensive description and phylogenetic analysis of the important
transitional sauropodomorph Antetonitrus ingenipes. New information sheds light on the …

[PDF][PDF] The sauropodomorph biostratigraphy of the Elliot Formation of southern Africa: Tracking the evolution of Sauropodomorpha across the Triassic–Jurassic …

BW McPhee, EM Bordy, L Sciscio… - Acta Palaeontologica …, 2017 - bibliotekanauki.pl
The latest Triassic is notable for coinciding with the dramatic decline of many previously
dominant groups, followed by the rapid radiation of Dinosauria in the Early Jurassic. Among …

A new basal sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from Quebrada del Barro Formation (Marayes-El Carrizal Basin), northwestern Argentina

C Apaldetti, RN Martinez, OA Alcober, D Pol - PLoS One, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Argentinean basal sauropodomorphs are known by several specimens from
different basins; Ischigualasto, El Tranquilo, and Mogna. The Argentinean record is diverse …

A new basal sauropodiform from South Africa and the phylogenetic relationships of basal sauropodomorphs

A Otero, E Krupandan, D Pol… - Zoological Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present a new medium-sized basal sauropodomorph, S efapanosaurus zastronensis
gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Triassic− Lower Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa. It is …