Reassessment of the Evidence for Postcranial Skeletal Pneumaticity in Triassic Archosaurs, and the Early Evolution of the Avian Respiratory System

Evolution of the Dinosauriform Respiratory Apparatus: New Evidence from the Postcranial Axial Skeleton

(2011) Emma R. Schachner et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Air-filled postcranial bones in theropod dinosaurs: physiological implications and the ‘reptile’-bird transition

(2011) Roger B. J. Benson et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The Early Evolution of Archosaurs: Relationships and the Origin of Major Clades

(2011) Sterling J. Nesbitt   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida)

(2011) Stephen L. Brusatte et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

A Nomenclature for Vertebral Fossae in Sauropods and Other Saurischian Dinosaurs

(2011) Jeffrey A. Wilson et al.   PLoS One

The Sail-Backed Reptile Ctenosauriscus from the Latest Early Triassic of Germany and the Timing and Biogeography of the Early Archosaur Radiation

(2011) Richard J. Butler et al.   PLoS One

A Basal Dinosaur from the Dawn of the Dinosaur Era in Southwestern Pangaea

(2011) R. N. Martinez et al.   SCIENCE

The origin and early radiation of dinosaurs

(2010) Stephen L. Brusatte et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Postcranial anatomy of the rauisuchian archosaurBatrachotomus kupferzellensis

(2010) David J. Gower et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Redescription and phylogenetic relationships ofDoswellia kaltenbachi(Diapsida: Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Virginia

(2010) David Dilkes et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

The axial skeleton ofSilesaurus opolensis

(2010) Rafał Piechowski et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Varanops brevirostris(Eupelycosauria: Varanopidae) from the Lower Permian of Texas, with discussion of varanopid morphology and interrelationships

(2010) Nicolás E. Campione et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira

(2010) Sterling J. Nesbitt et al.   NATURE

Bone density and the lightweight skeletons of birds

(2010) E. R. Dumont   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Unidirectional Airflow in the Lungs of Alligators

(2010) C. G. Farmer et al.   SCIENCE

Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity and air-sacs in the earliest pterosaurs

(2009) R. J. Butler et al.   Biology Letters

Evolution of archosaurian body plans: skeletal adaptations of an air-sac-based breathing apparatus in birds and other archosaurs

(2009) Patrick Michael O'Connor   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Evidence for bird-like air sacs in saurischian dinosaurs

(2009) Mathew John Wedel   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

A possible ctenosauriscid archosaur from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania

(2009) Richard J. Butler et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Bone histology of Silesaurus opolensisDzik, 2003 from the Late Triassic of Poland

(2009) ŁUCJA FOSTOWICZ-FRELIK et al.   LETHAIA

Respiratory Evolution Facilitated the Origin of Pterosaur Flight and Aerial Gigantism

(2009) Leon P. A. M. Claessens et al.   PLoS One

A Basal Sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Ischigualasto Formation (Triassic, Carnian) and the Early Evolution of Sauropodomorpha

(2009) Ricardo N. Martinez et al.   PLoS One

A Complete Skeleton of a Late Triassic Saurischian and the Early Evolution of Dinosaurs

(2009) S. J. Nesbitt et al.   SCIENCE

The osteology and relationships ofVancleavea campi(Reptilia: Archosauriformes)

(2009) STERLING J. NESBITT et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

On the origin of high growth rates in archosaurs and their ancient relatives: Complementary histological studies on Triassic archosauriforms and the problem of a “phylogenetic signal” in bone histology

(2008) Armand de Ricqlès et al.   ANNALES DE PALEONTOLOGIE

Evidence for Avian Intrathoracic Air Sacs in a New Predatory Dinosaur from Argentina

(2008) Paul C. Sereno et al.   PLoS One

Superiority, Competition, and Opportunism in the Evolutionary Radiation of Dinosaurs

(2008) Stephen L. Brusatte et al.   SCIENCE