The origin and early evolution of dinosaurs

MC Langer, MD Ezcurra, JS Bittencourt… - Biological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The oldest unequivocal records of Dinosauria were unearthed from Late Triassic rocks
(approximately 230 Ma) accumulated over extensional rift basins in southwestern Pangea …

[PDF][PDF] The pelvic and hind limb anatomy of the stem-sauropodomorph Saturnalia tupiniquim (Late Triassic, Brazil)

MC Langer - 2003 - paleolab.com.br
Three partial skeletons allow a nearly complete description of the sacrum, pelvic girdle, and
hind limb of the stemsauropodomorph Saturnalia tupiniquim, from the Late Triassic Santa …

The articulation of sauropod necks: methodology and mythology

KA Stevens - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Sauropods are often imagined to have held their heads high atop necks that ascended in a
swee** curve that was formed either intrinsically because of the shape of their vertebrae …

The complete anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Antetonitrus ingenipes (Sauropodiformes, Dinosauria): implications for the origins of Sauropoda

BW McPhee, AM Yates, JN Choiniere… - Zoological Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We present a comprehensive description and phylogenetic analysis of the important
transitional sauropodomorph Antetonitrus ingenipes. New information sheds light on the …

Non-dinosaurian dinosauromorpha

MC Langer, SJ Nesbitt, JS Bittencourt, RB Irmis - 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Ichnological evidence suggests that dinosauromorphs originated by the Early Triassic, and
skeletal remains of non-dinosaur representatives of the clade occur from the Anisian to the …

The digital Plateosaurus II: an assessment of the range of motion of the limbs and vertebral column and of previous reconstructions using a digital skeletal mount

H Mallison - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2010 - BioOne
Scientific literature and museum exhibits are full of explicit and implicit claims about the
possible postures and motion ranges of dinosaurs. For the example of the prosauropod …

Femoral specializations to locomotor habits in early archosauriforms

R Pintore, A Houssaye, SJ Nesbitt… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The evolutionary history of archosaurs and their closest relatives is characterized by a wide
diversity of locomotor modes, which has even been suggested as a pivotal aspect …

Rauisuchia

SJ Nesbitt, SL Brusatte, JB Desojo, A Liparini… - 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract 'Rauisuchia'comprises Triassic pseudosuchians that ranged greatly in body size,
locomotor styles and feeding ecologies. Our concept of what constitutes a rauisuchian is …

[PDF][PDF] The digital Plateosaurus I: body mass, mass distribution, and posture assessed using CAD and CAE on a digitally mounted complete skeleton

H Mallison - Palaeontologia electronica, 2010 - researchgate.net
Plateosaurus from the late Triassic of Central Europe is one of the best known dinosaurs.
Despite the large number of finds, including complete and articulated skeletons, its posture …

Inter-vertebral flexibility of the ostrich neck: implications for estimating sauropod neck flexibility

MJ Cobley, EJ Rayfield, PM Barrett - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The flexibility and posture of the neck in sauropod dinosaurs has long been contentious.
Improved constraints on sauropod neck function will have major implications for what we …