Showing posts with label Theropod. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Theropod. Show all posts
Thursday, July 2, 2026

[Paleontology • 2026] Zhengheornis buyu • Jurassic Avialan reveals stepwise Evolution of Bony Tail in Birds

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Zhengheornis buyu Wang, Tang, Deng, Dong, L. Xu, X. Xu, M. Lin,  Du, G. Lin, Chen, Zhang & Zhou, 2026    DOI:  doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ae...
Friday, June 5, 2026

[Paleontology • 2026] Jian changmaensis • First non-Avian Theropod (Dromaeosauridae: Microraptorinae) from the Bird-bearing Lower Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of the Changma Basin, Gansu Province, Northwestern China

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  Jian changmaensis  Zhou, Lamanna, Poust, Li, You & O’Connor, 2026 attacks the early bird  Gansus yumenensis       facebook.com/ Carneg...
Friday, May 29, 2026

[Paleontology • 2026] Kank australis • New unenlagiid (Theropoda: Unenlagiidae) from the Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), SW Patagonia, Argentina

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  Kank australis Motta, Rolando, Rozadilla, Agnolín, Egli, Herrera, Chimento, Coco, Tsuihiji, Manabe, Pol & Novas, 2026   DOI: doi.org/...
Friday, April 17, 2026

[Paleontology • 2026] Ptychotherates bucculentus • A New Taxon of saurischian Dinosaur (Saurischia: Morphoraptor) from the Coelophysis Quarry of New Mexico, USA (Triassic: latest Norian or Rhaetian) highlights herrerasaurian diversity in the latest Triassic

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  Ptychotherates bucculentus  Srivastava & Nesbitt, 2026 DOI:  doi.org/10.1002/spp2.70069   Abstract The most complete record of the ear...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

[Paleontology • 2026] Alnashetri cerropoliciensis • Argentine Fossil rewrites Evolutionary History of a baffling Dinosaur Clade

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Alnashetri cerropoliciensis  Makovicky, Apesteguía & Gianechini, 2012 in  Makovicky, Mitchell, Meso, Gianechini, Cerda et Apesteguía, 2...
Friday, February 20, 2026

[Paleontology • 2026] Spinosaurus mirabilis • Scimitar-crested Spinosaurus species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation

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Spinosaurus mirabilis Sereno, Vidal, Myhrvold, Johnson-Ransom, Ciudad Real, Baumgart, Sánchez Fontela, Green, Saitta, Adamou, Bop, Keillor, ...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

[Paleontology • 2026] Xenovenator espinosai • A Thick-Skulled Troodontid Theropod (Maniraptora: Troodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Mexico

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  Xenovenator espinosai  Rivera-Sylva, Aguillón-Martinez, Flores-Ventura, Sánchez-Uribe, Guzman-Gutierrez & Longrich, 2026 DOI:   doi.or...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

[Paleontology • 2025] The coelurosaur theropods of the Romualdo Formation, early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Brazil: Santanaraptor placidus meets Mirischia asymmetrica

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Hypothetical reconstruction of  Mirischia asymmetrica  (left) and  Santanaraptor placidus  (right) disputing a lizard in what is now northea...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

[Paleontology • 2025] Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus coexisted at the close of the Cretaceous

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Nanotyrannus     in  Zanno et  Napoli, 2025.  DOI:  doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09801-6   Artwork: Anthony Hutchings   x.com/ JGN_Paleo Tyran...