The Gondwanan pterosaur record is scarce when compared with that of Laurasia and is
reviewed here. The majority of Gondwanan pterosaur remains are derived from South …

Triassic beds from Argentina and Brazil provide the most relevant fossil record of early
dinosauriforms in terms of numerical abundance and taxonomic diversity. This record …

The origin and evolutionary relationships of ornithischian dinosaurs are topics that have
undergone a series of substantial revisions. At present there are several competing …

Abstract The Triassic–Jurassic transition, which is here broadly defined as extending from
the Late Triassic through the Early Jurassic (~ 237 Ma to 174 Ma), was an important interval …

The main Karoo Basin of South Africa contains the most abundant, diverse, and time
expansive record of terrestrial vertebrates around the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic transition. This …

Crocodilians grow slowly and have low metabolic rates similar to other living reptiles, but
palaeohistology indicates that they evolved from an ancestor with higher growth rates. 1, 2 …

The phylogenetic relationships of the major lineages within Dinosauria have come under
intense scrutiny in recent years. In 2017, a radical new hypothesis of early dinosaur …

Sauropodomorph dinosaurs dominated the herbivorous niches during the first 40 million
years of dinosaur history (Late Triassic–Early Jurassic), yet palaeobiological factors that …

Sauropods, the giant long-necked dinosaurs, became the dominant group of large
herbivores in terrestrial ecosystems after multiple related lineages became extinct towards …

Abstract The Triassic Period was the setting for the origin and early diversification of
Mesozoic ecosystems after the end-Permian mass extinction. The study of the Triassic is …