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Neuroanatomy of the spinosaurid Irritator challengeri (Dinosauria: Theropoda) indicates potential adaptations for piscivory

Schade, Marco ; Rauhut, Oliver W. M. ; Evers, Serjoscha W.

In: Scientific Reports, 2020, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 9259

Spinosauridae, a theropod group characterized by elongated snouts, conical teeth, enlarged forelimbs, and often elongated neural spines, show evidence for semiaquatic adaptations and piscivory. It is currently debated if these animals represent terrestrial carnivores with adaptations for a piscivorous diet, or if they largely lived and foraged in aquatic habitats. The holotype of Irritator...

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Cranial ontogenetic variation in early saurischians and the role of heterochrony in the diversification of predatory dinosaurs

Foth​, Christian ; Hedrick, Brandon P. ; Ezcurra, Martin D.

In: PeerJ, 2016, vol. 4, p. e1589

Non-avian saurischian skulls underwent at least 165 million years of evolution and shapes varied from elongated skulls, such as in the theropod Coelophysis, to short and box-shaped skulls, such as in the sauropod Camarasaurus. A number of factors have long been considered to drive skull shape, including phylogeny, dietary preferences and functional constraints. However, heterochrony is...

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New insights into the lifestyle of Allosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) based on another specimen with multiple pathologies

Foth​, Christian ; Evers, Serjoscha W. ; Pabst, Ben ; Mateus, Octávio ; Flisch, Alexander ; Patthey, Mike ; Rauhut, Oliver W.M.

In: PeerJ, 2015, vol. 3, p. e940

Adult large-bodied theropods are often found with numerous pathologies. A large, almost complete, probably adult Allosaurus specimen from the Howe Stephens Quarry, Morrison Formation (Late Kimmeridgian–Early Tithonian), Wyoming, exhibits multiple pathologies. Pathologic bones include the left dentary, two cervical vertebrae, one cervical and several dorsal ribs, the left scapula, the left...

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Ediacaran to Cambrian oceanic rocks of the Gondwana margin and their tectonic interpretation

Raumer, Jürgen F. von ; Stampfli, Gérard M. ; Arenas, Ricardo ; Martínez, Sonia Sánchez

In: International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2015, p. 1–15

In tectonic maps of Variscan Europe, allochthonous pieces of Cadomian basement clearly stand out with their predominant metabasic to ultrabasic elements, the so-called exotic terranes with ophiolites. Most of these domains are observed in basements of the Central Iberian Allochthone, the South Armorican domain, the nappe structures of the French Massif Central, the Saxothuringian Zone and the...

Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne

The origins of dinosauria : much ado about nothing

Langer, Max Cardoso

In: Palaeontology, 2014, vol. 57, no. 3, p. 469-478

Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne

Osteology of eoraptor lunensis (Dinosauria, sauropodomorpha)

Sereno, Paul C. ; Martínez, Ricardo N. ; Alcober, Oscar A.

In: Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 2013, vol. 32, no. 6, p. 83-179

Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne

Vertebrate succession in the Ischigualasto Formation

Martínez, Ricardo N.

In: Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 2013, vol. 32, no. 6, p. 10-30

Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne

Braincase of panphagia protos (dinosauria, sauropodomorpha)

Martínez, Ricardo N. ; Apaldetti, Cecilia ; Haro, José A.

In: Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 2013, vol. 32, no. 6, p. 70-82