#theropoda — Public Fediverse posts

Morocco #dinosaur discovery gives clues on why they went extinct https://theconversation.com/morocco-dinosaur-discovery-gives-clues-on-why-they-went-extinct-221229

New #fossils of Abelisauridae (#Dinosauria: #Theropoda) from the upper #Maastrichtian of #Morocco, North Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667123002057

"the African dinosaur fauna hints that at low latitudes, #dinosaurs were thriving, even diversifying. If so, that means dinosaurs were cut down in their prime; burning out rather than fading away."

#Archovember Day 21: Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis

#paleoart #palaeoart #dinosaur #art #dinovember #Yangchuanosaurus #Theropoda #Theropod

#Archovember Day 21: Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis

#paleoart #palaeoart #dinosaur #art #dinovember #Yangchuanosaurus #Theropoda #Theropod

#Archovember Day 21: Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis

#paleoart #palaeoart #dinosaur #art #dinovember #Yangchuanosaurus #Theropoda #Theropod

#Archovember Day 21: Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis

#paleoart #palaeoart #dinosaur #art #dinovember #Yangchuanosaurus #Theropoda #Theropod

#Archovember Day 21: Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis

#paleoart #palaeoart #dinosaur #art #dinovember #Yangchuanosaurus #Theropoda #Theropod

#Bird-Like #Dinosaurs Slept Like Modern #Birds, New #Fossil Reveals https://www.sci.news/paleontology/jaculinykus-yaruui-12456.html

A new #alvarezsaurid #dinosaur (#Theropoda, Alvarezsauria) from the Upper #Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of #Mongolia provides insights for bird-like sleeping behavior in non-avian dinosaurs https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0293801

"#Alvarezsauria is a group of bizarre maniraptoran #theropods whose latest-branching members possess remarkably avian homoplasies"

#Paleontologists Find #Fossil of Early Megaraptorid #Dinosaur in Australia https://www.sci.news/paleontology/early-megaraptorid-dinosaur-fossil-12438.html

A megaraptorid (#Dinosauria: #Theropoda) frontal from the upper Strzelecki Group (Lower #Cretaceous) of Victoria, Australia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667123002975

"It provides limited support for the hypothesis that #Megaraptoridae might have originated in #Australia."

#Fossils of Two New Abelisaurid #Dinosaurs Uncovered in #Morocco https://www.sci.news/paleontology/moroccan-abelisaurid-dinosaurs-12207.html

New fossils of #Abelisauridae (#Dinosauria: #Theropoda) from the upper #Maastrichtian of Morocco, North Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667123002057

"The two new #dinosaur species lived approximately 66 million years ago and had short, bulldog snouts and very short arms. They belonged to Abelisauridae, a family of #carnivorous dinosaurs that were counterparts to the #tyrannosaurs of the northern hemisphere."

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Theropoda #FunctionalMorphology

Henderson, D.M. Growth constraints set an upper limit to theropod dinosaur body size. Sci Nat 110, 4 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-023-01832-1

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Dinosaurs #Theropoda #FunctionalMorphology

Aranciaga Rolando, A. M., Novas, F. E., Calvo, J. O., Porfiri, J. D., Dos Santos, D. D., & Lamanna, M. C. (2023). Reconstruction of the pectoral girdle and forelimb musculature of Megaraptora (Dinosauria: Theropoda). The Anatomical Record, 1– 20. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25128