Sem PDF. This research was supported by the Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) scholarships (Ministerio da Ciencia, Tecnologia e Ensino superior, Portugal) SFRH/BD/62979/2009 (CH) and SFRH/BPD/96205/2013 (RA). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.The quadrate of reptiles and most other tetrapods plays an important morphofunctional role by allowing the articulation of the mandible with the cranium. In Theropoda, the morphology of the quadrate is particularly complex and varies importantly among different clades of non-avian theropods, therefore conferring a strong taxonomic potential. Inconsistencies in the notation and terminology used in discu...
The enigmatic basal coelurosaur Bicentenaria argentina is a small theropod that comes from the Upper...
Aoniraptor libertatem is a mid-sized megaraptoran that comes from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) Hui...
<p>(A)-Silhouette reconstruction in left lateral view showing preserved bones of the holotype and re...
We examined the morphological diversity of the quadrate bone in squamate reptiles (i.e. lizards, sna...
<p>Left quadrate (MCNA-PV-3137; cast) in left lateral (A), medial (B), anterior (C), posterior (D), ...
Theropods form a highly successful and morphologically diversified group of dinosaurs that gave rise...
The quadrate of oviraptorid dinosaurs is strongly pneumatized and differs from the quadrates of othe...
The skull-bone quadrate in nonavian theropods is very diverse morphologically alongside the disparit...
<p>Bolded taxonomic names indicate taxa inspected in this study. The common theropod pattern and gra...
Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity (PSP) characterizes extant birds. This feature is related to a ser...
Gnathostomes all share the common challenge of assembling 1 st pharyngeal arch elements and associat...
<div><p>Quadrupedality evolved four independent times in dinosaurs; however, the constraints associa...
Quadrupedality evolved four independent times in dinosaurs; however, the constraints associated with...
Despite the great diversity in theropod craniomandibular morphology, the presence and distribution o...
Oviraptorosaur caudal osteology is unique among theropods and is characterized by posteriorly persis...
The enigmatic basal coelurosaur Bicentenaria argentina is a small theropod that comes from the Upper...
Aoniraptor libertatem is a mid-sized megaraptoran that comes from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) Hui...
<p>(A)-Silhouette reconstruction in left lateral view showing preserved bones of the holotype and re...
We examined the morphological diversity of the quadrate bone in squamate reptiles (i.e. lizards, sna...
<p>Left quadrate (MCNA-PV-3137; cast) in left lateral (A), medial (B), anterior (C), posterior (D), ...
Theropods form a highly successful and morphologically diversified group of dinosaurs that gave rise...
The quadrate of oviraptorid dinosaurs is strongly pneumatized and differs from the quadrates of othe...
The skull-bone quadrate in nonavian theropods is very diverse morphologically alongside the disparit...
<p>Bolded taxonomic names indicate taxa inspected in this study. The common theropod pattern and gra...
Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity (PSP) characterizes extant birds. This feature is related to a ser...
Gnathostomes all share the common challenge of assembling 1 st pharyngeal arch elements and associat...
<div><p>Quadrupedality evolved four independent times in dinosaurs; however, the constraints associa...
Quadrupedality evolved four independent times in dinosaurs; however, the constraints associated with...
Despite the great diversity in theropod craniomandibular morphology, the presence and distribution o...
Oviraptorosaur caudal osteology is unique among theropods and is characterized by posteriorly persis...
The enigmatic basal coelurosaur Bicentenaria argentina is a small theropod that comes from the Upper...
Aoniraptor libertatem is a mid-sized megaraptoran that comes from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) Hui...
<p>(A)-Silhouette reconstruction in left lateral view showing preserved bones of the holotype and re...