A review of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Gondwanan pterosaur record

AH Pentland, SF Poropat - Gondwana Research, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Brawn before brains in placental mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction

OC Bertrand, SL Shelley, TE Williamson, JR Wible… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Mammals are the most encephalized vertebrates, with the largest brains relative to body
size. Placental mammals have particularly enlarged brains, with expanded neocortices for …

Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms

PD Mannion, P Upchurch, RN Barnes… - Zoological Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Titanosauriforms represent a diverse and globally distributed clade of neosauropod
dinosaurs, but their inter-relationships remain poorly understood. Here we redescribe …

The early evolution of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs

MD D'EMIC - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Titanosauriformes was a globally distributed, long-lived clade of dinosaurs that contains
both the largest and smallest known sauropods. These common and diverse …

Taxonomic affinities of the putative titanosaurs from the Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications for eusauropod …

PD Mannion, P Upchurch, D Schwarz… - Zoological Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania, southeastern Africa, records a
rich sauropod fauna, including the diplodocoids Dicraeosaurus and Tornieria, and the …

New materials and an overview of Cretaceous vertebrates from the Chubut Group of the Golfo San Jorge Basin, central Patagonia, Argentina

LM Ibiricu, GA Casal, RD Martínez, BN Alvarez… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present an updated revision of fossil vertebrates from the Chubut Group,
Golfo San Jorge Basin, while also describing some new remains. Extensive exposures of …

A phylogenetic analysis of Diplodocoidea (Saurischia: Sauropoda)

JA Whitlock - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Diplodocoidea includes some of the first well-known sauropod dinosaurs, including such
late 19th century and early 20th century discoveries as Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, and …

Estratigrafía del Grupo Neuquén, Cretácico Superior de la Cuenca Neuquina (Argentina): nueva propuesta de ordenamiento litoestratigráfico

AC Garrido - Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, 2010 - SciELO Argentina
El Grupo Neuquén conforma una sucesión de depósitos continentales de origen fluvial,
eólico y lacustre somero, desarrollado en la Cuenca Neuquina entre el Cenomaniano …

A complete skull of an Early Cretaceous sauropod and the evolution of advanced titanosaurians

H Zaher, D Pol, AB Carvalho, PM Nascimento… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Advanced titanosaurian sauropods, such as nemegtosaurids and saltasaurids, were diverse
and one of the most important groups of herbivores in the terrestrial biotas of the Late …

Fossils of the oldest diplodocoid dinosaur suggest India was a major centre for neosauropod radiation

S Bajpai, D Datta, P Pandey, T Ghosh, K Kumar… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Early Jurassic and Cretaceous deposits of India are known for their diverse
sauropod fauna, while little is known from the Middle and Late Jurassic. Here we report the …