[HTML][HTML] Decoloniality and anti-oppressive practices for a more ethical ecology

CH Trisos, J Auerbach, M Katti - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - nature.com
Ecological research and practice are crucial to understanding and guiding more positive
relationships between people and ecosystems. However, ecology as a discipline and the …

Assessing ontogenetic maturity in extinct saurian reptiles

CT Griffin, MR Stocker, C Colleary… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Morphology forms the most fundamental level of data in vertebrate palaeontology because it
is through interpretations of morphology that taxa are identified, creating the basis for broad …

Review of the fossil record of early dinosaurs from South America, and its phylogenetic implications

FE Novas, FL Agnolin, MD Ezcurra, RT Müller… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

A chronostratigraphic framework for the upper Stormberg Group: implications for the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in southern Africa

EM Bordy, M Abrahams, GR Sharman, PA Viglietti… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The upper Stormberg Group (Elliot and Clarens formations) of the main Karoo
Basin is well-known for its fossil vertebrate fauna, comprising early branching members of …

Deep evolutionary diversification of semicircular canals in archosaurs

M Bronzati, RBJ Benson, SW Evers, MD Ezcurra… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Living archosaurs (birds and crocodylians) have disparate locomotor strategies that evolved
since their divergence∼ 250 mya. Little is known about the early evolution of the sensory …

Climatic controls on the ecological ascendancy of dinosaurs

EM Dunne, A Farnsworth, RBJ Benson, PL Godoy… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The ascendancy of dinosaurs to become dominant components of terrestrial ecosystems
was a pivotal event in the history of life, yet the drivers of their early evolution and …

[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 …

Extinction of herbivorous dinosaurs linked to Early Jurassic global warming event

D Pol, J Ramezani, K Gomez… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Sauropods, the giant long-necked dinosaurs, became the dominant group of large
herbivores in terrestrial ecosystems after multiple related lineages became extinct towards …

Growth variability, dimensional scaling, and the interpretation of osteohistological growth data

TM Cullen, CM Brown, K Chiba, KS Brink… - Biology …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Osteohistological data are commonly used to study the life history of extant and extinct
tetrapods. While recent advances have permitted detailed reconstructions of growth …

Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs from South America: The origin and diversification of dinosaur dominated herbivorous faunas

D Pol, A Otero, C Apaldetti, RN Martínez - Journal of South American Earth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sauropodomorpha is the first major dinosaurian group that radiated during the Triassic.
During this time the group underwent major changes in body plan, including the acquisition …