Defining the morphological quality of fossil footprints. Problems and principles of preservation in tetrapod ichnology with examples from the Palaeozoic to the present

L Marchetti, M Belvedere, S Voigt, H Klein… - Earth-Science …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The morphology of fossil footprints is the basis of vertebrate footprint ichnology. However,
the processes acting during and after trace fossil registration which are responsible for the …

The evolutionary continuum of limb function from early theropods to birds

JR Hutchinson, V Allen - Naturwissenschaften, 2009‏ - Springer
The bipedal stance and gait of theropod dinosaurs evolved gradually along the lineage
leading to birds and at some point (s), flight evolved. How and when did these changes …

[کتاب][B] Ichnology: Organism-substrate interactions in space and time

LA Buatois, MG Mángano - 2011‏ - books.google.com
Ichnology is the study of traces created in the substrate by living organisms. This is the first
book to systematically cover basic concepts and applications in both paleobiology and …

Best practices for justifying fossil calibrations

JF Parham, PCJ Donoghue, CJ Bell… - Systematic …, 2012‏ - academic.oup.com
Our ability to correlate biological evolution with climate change, geological evolution, and
other historical patterns is essential to understanding the processes that shape biodiversity …

Evidence for the Carnian Pluvial Episode in Gondwana: New multiproxy climate records and their bearing on early dinosaur diversification

AC Mancuso, CA Benavente, RB Irmis, R Mundil - Gondwana Research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The Triassic hothouse world experienced dynamic changes in climate and ecosystems that
set the Earth's climate and biotic states for much of the Mesozoic Era. A critical time interval …

Tetrapod footprint biostratigraphy and biochronology

SG Lucas - Ichnos, 2007‏ - Taylor & Francis
Tetrapod footprints have a fossil record in rocks of Devonian-Neogene age. Three principal
factors limit their use in biostratigraphy and biochronology (palichnostratigraphy): invalid …

A critical re‐evaluation of the Late Triassic dinosaur taxa of North America

SJ Nesbitt, RB Irmis, WG Parker - Journal of Systematic …, 2007‏ - Taylor & Francis
Synopsis The North American Triassic dinosaur record has been repeatedly cited as one of
the most complete early dinosaur assemblages. The discovery of Silesaurus from Poland …

Early ornithischian dinosaurs: the Triassic record

RB Irmis, WG Parker, SJ Nesbitt, J Liu - Historical Biology, 2007‏ - Taylor & Francis
Ornithischian dinosaurs are one of the most taxonomically diverse dinosaur clades during
the Mesozoic, yet their origin and early diversification remain virtually unknown. In recent …

[HTML][HTML] Late Permian (Lo**ian) terrestrial ecosystems: a global comparison with new data from the low-latitude Bletterbach Biota

M Bernardi, FM Petti, E Kustatscher, M Franz… - Earth-Science …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The late Palaeozoic is a pivotal period for the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems.
Generalised warming and aridification trends resulted in profound floral and faunal turnover …

Footprints pull origin and diversification of dinosaur stem lineage deep into Early Triassic

SL Brusatte, G Niedźwiedzki… - Proceedings of the …, 2011‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
The ascent of dinosaurs in the Triassic is an exemplary evolutionary radiation, but the
earliest phase of dinosaur history remains poorly understood. Body fossils of close dinosaur …