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Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 1

First Diagnostic Marine Reptile Remains from the Aalenian (Middle Jurassic): A New Ichthyosaur from Southwestern Germany

Erin E. Maxwell, Marta S. Fernández, Rainer R. Schoch

published 01 Aug 2012


Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 2

Mountain Building Triggered Late Cretaceous North American Megaherbivore Dinosaur Radiation

Terry A. Gates, Albert Prieto-Márquez, Lindsay E. Zanno

published 02 Aug 2012


Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 3

Growth Dynamics of Australia's Polar Dinosaurs

Holly N. Woodward, Thomas H. Rich, Anusuya Chinsamy, Patricia Vickers-Rich

published 03 Aug 2011


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Oldest Near-Complete Acanthodian: The First Vertebrate from the Silurian Bertie Formation Konservat-Lagerstätte, Ontario

Carole J. Burrow, David Rudkin

published 05 Aug 2014


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Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 8

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Influence of Skull Reconstructions and Intraspecific Variability in Studies of Cranial Morphometrics in Theropods and Basal Saurischians

Christian Foth, Oliver W. M. Rauhut

published 08 Aug 2013


Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 9

Convergent Evolution in Aquatic Tetrapods: Insights from an Exceptional Fossil Mosasaur

Johan Lindgren, Michael W. Caldwell, Takuya Konishi, Luis M. Chiappe

published 09 Aug 2010

Assessing Arboreal Adaptations of Bird Antecedents: Testing the Ecological Setting of the Origin of the Avian Flight Stroke

T. Alexander Dececchi, Hans C. E. Larsson

published 09 Aug 2011

Lujiatun Psittacosaurids: Understanding Individual and Taphonomic Variation Using 3D Geometric Morphometrics

Brandon P. Hedrick, Peter Dodson

published 09 Aug 2013


Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 10

A Subadult Specimen of Rubeosaurus ovatus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsidae), with Observations on Other Ceratopsids from the Two Medicine Formation

Andrew T. McDonald

published 10 Aug 2011

Variation, Variability, and the Origin of the Avian Endocranium: Insights from the Anatomy of Alioramus altai (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea)

Gabe S. Bever, Stephen L. Brusatte, Amy M. Balanoff, Mark A. Norell

published 10 Aug 2011

Earliest Example of a Giant Monitor Lizard (Varanus, Varanidae, Squamata)

Jack L. Conrad, Ana M. Balcarcel, Carl M. Mehling

published 10 Aug 2012


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Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 12

Scales and Tooth Whorls of Ancient Fishes Challenge Distinction between External and Oral ‘Teeth’

Qingming Qu, Sophie Sanchez, Henning Blom, Paul Tafforeau, Per Erik Ahlberg

published 12 Aug 2013


Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 13

Titanosaur Osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous of Lo Hueco (Spain) and Their Implications on the Armor of Laurasian Titanosaurs

Daniel Vidal, Francisco Ortega, José Luis Sanz

published 13 Aug 2014

Fenglu Han and others described the new ankylosaurid genus and species Chuanqilong chaoyangensis from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of China


Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 14

Inter-Vertebral Flexibility of the Ostrich Neck: Implications for Estimating Sauropod Neck Flexibility

Matthew J. Cobley, Emily J. Rayfield, Paul M. Barrett

published 14 Aug 2013


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Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 21

New Insights into Non-Avian Dinosaur Reproduction and Their Evolutionary and Ecological Implications: Linking Fossil Evidence to Allometries of Extant Close Relatives

Jan Werner, Eva Maria Griebeler

published 21 Aug 2013


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Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 24

A New Ankylosaurid Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Kirtlandian) of New Mexico with Implications for Ankylosaurid Diversity in the Upper Cretaceous of Western North America

Victoria M. Arbour, Michael E. Burns, Robert M. Sullivan, Spencer G. Lucas, Amanda K. Cantrell, Joshua Fry, Thomas L. Suazo

published 24 Sep 2014


Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 25

Estimating Impact Forces of Tail Club Strikes by Ankylosaurid Dinosaurs

Victoria Megan Arbour

published 25 Aug 2009


Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 26

A New Mass Mortality of Juvenile Protoceratops and Size-Segregated Aggregation Behaviour in Juvenile Non-Avian Dinosaurs

David W. E. Hone, Andrew A. Farke, Mahito Watabe, Suzuki Shigeru, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar

published 26 Nov 2014


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Portal:Paleontology/On this day/August 29

Martharaptor greenriverensis, a New Theropod Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah

Phil Senter, James I. Kirkland, Donald D. DeBlieux

published 29 Aug 2012

Abdominal Contents from Two Large Early Cretaceous Compsognathids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Demonstrate Feeding on Confuciusornithids and Dromaeosaurids

Lida Xing, Phil R. Bell, W. Scott Persons, Shuan Ji, Tetsuto Miyashita, Michael E. Burns, Qiang Ji, Philip J. Currie

published 29 Aug 2012


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