The findings have allowed researchers to place Minioolithus ganzhouensis within the theropod family tree, providing an important window into the history and diversity of dinosaurs during the Late ...

As the continent broke apart, dinosaur evolution changed and diverged with it. In South America, for example, theropods like carcharodontosaurs dominated the predator hierarchy above megaraptorids.

It was possibly due to a move by some small theropods into trees in search of either food or protection. During the course of their evolutionary history, the body size of some theropod groups ...

and where it fits in with its family tree. Ornithomimidae is a family of theropod dinosaurs, all of which bore some resemblance to the modern ostrich. Prior research has suggested that most were ...

Still, many known theropods had big legs, short arms, and stout, long tails—hardly the anatomy one would expect on a creature leaping from trees. Other paleontologists argued that birds did not ...

Despite the increasingly clear picture of the evolution of birds from theropod dinosaurs that has emerged, a few scientists are still unconvinced. No alternative hypothesis has been offered to ...

These finds rewrite the evolutionary history of theropod dinosaurs, uncovering a predator hierarchy unique to Cretaceous Australia. The research, led by Museums Victoria Research Institute and ...

The research describes five theropod fossils discovered between 1988 and 2023 in Bunurong/Boonwurrung Country (Bass Coast) and the Eastern Marr Country (Otway Coast). Theropods are classified as ...

Evolutionary tree of theropod dinosaurs (including birds) in the Mesozoic Era (about 250 million to 60 million years ago). [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Although Archaeopteryx had ...