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Full-Text Articles in Paleontology
Spinosaurus Is Not An Aquatic Dinosaur, Paul C. Sereno, Nathan Myhrvold, Donald M. Henderson, Frank E. Fish, Stephanie L. Baumgart, Tyler M. Keillor, Kiersten K. Formoso, Lauren L. Conroy
Spinosaurus Is Not An Aquatic Dinosaur, Paul C. Sereno, Nathan Myhrvold, Donald M. Henderson, Frank E. Fish, Stephanie L. Baumgart, Tyler M. Keillor, Kiersten K. Formoso, Lauren L. Conroy
Biology Faculty Publications
A predominantly fish-eating diet was envisioned for the sail-backed theropod dinosaur Spinosaurus aegyptiacus when its elongate jaws with subconical teeth were unearthed a century ago in Egypt. Recent discovery of the high-spined tail of that skeleton, however, led to a bolder conjecture that S. aegyptiacus was the first fully aquatic dinosaur. The "aquatic hypothesis' posits that S. aegyptiacus was a slow quadruped on land but a capable pursuit predator in coastal waters, powered by an expanded tail. We test these functional claims with skeletal and flesh models of S. aegyptiacus. We assembled a CT- based skeletal reconstruction based on the …
Late Devonian Paleontology And Paleoenvironments At Red Hill And Other Fossil Sites In The Catskill Formation Of North-Central Pennsylvania, Edward B. Daeschler, Walter L. Cressler Iii
Late Devonian Paleontology And Paleoenvironments At Red Hill And Other Fossil Sites In The Catskill Formation Of North-Central Pennsylvania, Edward B. Daeschler, Walter L. Cressler Iii
Earth & Space Sciences Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Late Devonian Spermatophyte Diversity And Paleoecology At Red Hill, North-Central Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Walter L. Cressler Iii, Cyrille Prestianni, Ben A. Lepage
Late Devonian Spermatophyte Diversity And Paleoecology At Red Hill, North-Central Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Walter L. Cressler Iii, Cyrille Prestianni, Ben A. Lepage
Earth & Space Sciences Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Terrestrialization In The Late Devonian: A Palaeoecological Overview Of The Red Hill Site, Pennsylvania, Usa, Walter L. Cressler Iii, Edward B. Daeschler, Rudy Slingerland, Daniel A. Peterson
Terrestrialization In The Late Devonian: A Palaeoecological Overview Of The Red Hill Site, Pennsylvania, Usa, Walter L. Cressler Iii, Edward B. Daeschler, Rudy Slingerland, Daniel A. Peterson
Earth & Space Sciences Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Plant Paleoecology Of The Late Devonian Red Hill Locality, North-Central Pennsylvania, An Archaeopteris-Dominated Wetland Plant Community And Early Tetrapod Site., Walter L. Cressler Iii
Plant Paleoecology Of The Late Devonian Red Hill Locality, North-Central Pennsylvania, An Archaeopteris-Dominated Wetland Plant Community And Early Tetrapod Site., Walter L. Cressler Iii
Earth & Space Sciences Faculty Publications
The Late Devonian Red Hill locality in north-central Pennsylvania contains an Archaeopteris-dominated plant fossil assemblage, a diverse fossil fauna, and an extensive sedimentary sequence ideal for investigating the landscapes and biotic associations of the earliest forest ecosystems. Sedimentological analysis of the main plantfossil bearing layer at Red Hill indicates that it was a fl ood-plain pond. A seasonal wet-and-dry climate is indicated by well-developed paleovertisols. The presence of charcoal interspersed with plant fossils indicates that fi res occurred in this landscape.Fires appear to have primarily affected the fern Rhacophyton. The specifi city of the fires, the distribution profi …
Evidence Of Earliest Known Wildfires, Walter L. Cressler Iii
Evidence Of Earliest Known Wildfires, Walter L. Cressler Iii
Earth & Space Sciences Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.