Phylogeny

Operationalizing a Late Origin of Avian Flight

Avian flight evolved higher in the avialan tree than commonly assumed.

A new paravian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America supports a late acquisition of avian flight

The last two decades have seen a remarkable increase in the known diversity of basal avialans and their paravian relatives. The lack of resolution in the relationships of these groups combined with attributing the behavior of specialized taxa to the …

An Overview of Non- Avian Theropod Discoveries and Classification

Theropods form a taxonomically and morphologically diverse group of dinosaurs that include extant birds. Inferred relationships between theropod clades are complex and have changed dramatically over the past thirty years with the emergence of …

A new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Judith River Formation, Montana

A new chasmosaurine ceratopsid, *Medusaceratops lokii*, is described based on material collected from a bonebed in the Judith River Formation (Campanian) near Havre, Montana. Originally, all ceratopsid material from the bonebed was referred to the …

Morphology of a specimen of *Supersaurus* (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, and a re-evaluation of diplodocid phylogeny

A new specimen of *Supersaurus vivianae* is described, providing additional information about the osteology of *Supersaurus*. The single *Supersaurus* individual that the WDC quarry produced allows a reexamination of elements referred to …

The tenth skeletal specimen of *Archaeopteryx*

We describe the tenth skeletal specimen of the Upper Jurassic Archaeopterygidae. The almost complete and well-preserved skeleton is assigned to *Archaeopteryx siemensii* Dames, 1897 and provides significant new information on the osteology of the …

Origin of Avian Flight

Breaking the false ground-up/trees-down dichotomy