Challenges and advances in measuring phenotypic convergence

DM Grossnickle, WH Brightly, LN Weaver… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Tests of phenotypic convergence can provide evidence of adaptive evolution, and the
popularity of such studies has grown in recent years due to the development of novel …

The predominance of teeth in the non-avian dinosaur record from Cretaceous Brazil: a review

TB Ribeiro, PMM Brito… - Historical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Dinosaur fossils are commonly found in Brazilian Mesozoic strata, with teeth being
frequently found in Cretaceous outcrops. Many studies have been made with the aim of …

Re-evaluation of the Bahariya Formation carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and its implications for allosauroid phylogeny

M Kellermann, E Cuesta, OWM Rauhut - PloS one, 2025 - journals.plos.org
The first partial skeleton of a carcharodontosaurid theropod was described from the Egyptian
Bahariya Oasis by Ernst Stromer in 1931. Stromer referred the specimen to the species …

A new theropod dinosaur from the Callovian Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan

OWM Rauhut, AA Bakirov, O Wings… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recent fieldwork in the late Middle Jurassic Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan has yielded
a partial skeleton of a large theropod dinosaur. The material includes a few bones of the …

[HTML][HTML] Osteology of the axial skeleton of Aucasaurus garridoi: phylogenetic and paleobiological inferences

MA Baiano, R Coria, LM Chiappe, V Zurriaguz, L Coria - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Aucasaurus garridoi is an abelisaurid theropod from the Anacleto Formation (lower
Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Patagonia, Argentina. The holotype of Aucasaurus …

Biogeography of theropod dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous: evidence from central South America

R Delcourt, NS Brilhante… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In central South America, theropod remains are relatively scarce in comparison to
the southern part of the continent, with shed teeth being the primary fossils found in this …

New records of Theropoda from a Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) locality in the Magallanes-Austral Basin, Patagonia, and insights into end Cretaceous …

SN Davis, S Soto-Acuña, RA Fernández… - Journal of South …, 2023 - Elsevier
The end Cretaceous mass extinction was marked by a dramatic change in biodiversity, and
the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs. To understand the diversity of dinosaur clades prior …

Fossil vertebrates from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

FL Agnolín, GÁ Herrera, MA Rolando, M Motta… - Cretaceous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cerro Fortaleza Formation is a stratigraphic unit that crops out near the Cerro
Fortaleza hill, northwestern Santa Cruz province, Argentina. This unit has been well-known …

[HTML][HTML] A reappraisal of the cranial and mandibular osteology of the spinosaurid Irritator challengeri (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

M Schade, OWM Rauhut, C Foth, O Moleman… - 2023 - palaeo-electronica.org
Although originally described almost three decades ago, the holotype of Irritator challengeri
from the Lower Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil still represents the most complete …

A new carcharodontosaurid specimen sheds light on the anatomy of South American giant predatory dinosaurs

AMA Rolando, MJ Motta, FL Agnolín, T Tsuihiji… - The Science of …, 2024 - Springer
Carcharodontosaurids were gigantic terrestrial dinosaurs and top predators of dinosaur
faunas in Gondwanan landmasses during the “Mid”-Cretaceous Period. Despite their wide …