Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution

Growing up Tyrannosaurus rex: Osteohistology refutes the pygmy “Nanotyrannus” and supports ontogenetic niche partitioning in juvenile Tyrannosaurus

(2020) Holly N. Woodward et al.   Science Advances

An Older and Exceptionally Large Adult Specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex

(2019) W. Scott Persons et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Dinosaur Macroevolution and Macroecology

(2018) Roger B.J. Benson   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

A small caenagnathid tibia from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Maastrichtian): Implications for growth and lifestyle in oviraptorosaurs

(2018) Gregory F. Funston et al.   CRETACEOUS RESEARCH

Novel insight into the origin of the growth dynamics of sauropod dinosaurs

(2017) Ignacio Alejandro Cerda et al.   PLoS One

Forearm bone histology of the small theropod Daliansaurus liaoningensis (Paraves: Troodontidae) from the Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China

(2017) Caizhi Shen et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

A hypothesis of differential secondary bone formation in dinosaurs

(2016) Kevin Padian et al.   COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL

Small-sized abelisaurid (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) remains from the Upper Cretaceous of northwest Patagonia, Argentina

(2016) Juan I. Canale et al.   CRETACEOUS RESEARCH

A new ornithomimid theropod from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada

(2016) Bradley McFeeters et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Palaeoenvironmental drivers of vertebrate community composition in the Belly River Group (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada, with implications for dinosaur biogeography

(2016) Thomas M. Cullen et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

On Dinosaur Growth

(2014) Gregory M. Erickson   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Development-based revision of bone tissue classification: the importance of semantics for science

(2014) Edina Prondvai et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Osteohistological variation in growth marks and osteocyte lacunar density in a theropod dinosaur (Coelurosauria: Ornithomimidae)

(2014) Thomas M Cullen et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Gradual Assembly of Avian Body Plan Culminated in Rapid Rates of Evolution across the Dinosaur-Bird Transition

(2014) Stephen L. Brusatte et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Growth record and histological variation in the dorsal ribs ofCamarasaurussp. (Sauropoda)

(2014) Katja Waskow et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Evidence for mesothermy in dinosaurs

(2014) J. M. Grady et al.   SCIENCE

Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur

(2014) N. Ibrahim et al.   SCIENCE

A new raptorial dinosaur with exceptionally long feathering provides insights into dromaeosaurid flight performance

(2014) Gang Han et al.   Nature Communications

Body mass estimation in non-avian bipeds using a theoretical conversion to quadruped stylopodial proportions

(2014) Nicolás E. Campione et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Rethinking the nature of fibrolamellar bone: an integrative biological revision of sauropod plexiform bone formation

(2013) Koen Stein et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Bone histology confirms determinate growth and small body size in the noasaurid theropodMasiakasaurus knopfleri

(2013) Andrew H. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Gender identification of the Mesozoic bird Confuciusornis sanctus

(2013) Anusuya Chinsamy et al.   Nature Communications

Neovenatorid theropods are apex predators in the Late Cretaceous of North America

(2013) Lindsay E. Zanno et al.   Nature Communications

A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods

(2012) Nicolás E Campione et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Seasonal bone growth and physiology in endotherms shed light on dinosaur physiology

(2012) Meike Köhler et al.   NATURE

Paleobiology and geographic range of the large-bodied Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus atokensis

(2012) Michael D. D'Emic et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Evidence for taphonomic size bias in the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian, Alberta), a model Mesozoic terrestrial alluvial‐paralic system

(2012) Caleb Marshall Brown et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

The Ontogenetic Osteohistology of Tenontosaurus tilletti

(2012) Sarah Werning   PLoS One

No evidence for directional evolution of body mass in herbivorous theropod dinosaurs

(2012) L. E. Zanno et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Feathered Non-Avian Dinosaurs from North America Provide Insight into Wing Origins

(2012) D. K. Zelenitsky et al.   SCIENCE

Osteohistological Evidence for Determinate Growth in the American Alligator

(2011) Holly N. Woodward et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Dinosaur Census Reveals Abundant Tyrannosaurus and Rare Ontogenetic Stages in the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation (Maastrichtian), Montana, USA

(2011) John R. Horner et al.   PLoS One

Mud-Trapped Herd Captures Evidence of Distinctive Dinosaur Sociality

(2010) David J. Varricchio et al.   ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA

A revised life table and survivorship curve for Albertosaurus sarcophagus based on the Dry Island mass death assemblageThis article is one of a series of papers published in this Special Issue on the theme Albertosaurus.

(2010) Gregory M. Erickson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES

Modeling growth rates for sauropod dinosaurs

(2008) Thomas M. Lehman et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY

Sexual maturity in growing dinosaurs does not fit reptilian growth models

(2008) A. H. Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Relative growth rates of predator and prey dinosaurs reflect effects of predation

(2008) L. N. Cooper et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES