Frontiers in Earth Science

Original Research

Published on 07 Sep 2021

Rapid Initial Morphospace Expansion and Delayed Morphological Disparity Peak in the First 100 Million Years of the Archosauromorph Evolutionary Radiation

in Paleontology

Christian Foth
Roland B. Sookias
Martín D. Ezcurra

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.723973

5,449 views
15 citations

Original Research

Published on 25 Aug 2021

Multiple Tooth-Rowed Parareptile From the Early Permian of Oklahoma

in Paleontology

Dylan C. T. Rowe
Diane M. Scott
Joseph J. Bevitt
Robert R. Reisz

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.709497

3,676 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 12 Aug 2021

SEM Analyses of Fossilized Chondrocytes in the Extinct Birds Yanornis and Confuciusornis: Insights on Taphonomy and Modes of Preservation in the Jehol Biota

in Paleontology

Alida M. Bailleul
Zhonghe Zhou

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.718588

3,852 views
5 citations

Editorial

Published on 12 Jul 2021

Editorial: Early Avian Evolution

in Paleontology

Jingmai Kathleen O’Connor
Daniel J. Field
Corwin Sullivan

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.730214

3,681 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 06 Jul 2021

Quantitative Analysis of Morphometric Data of Pre-modern Birds: Phylogenetic Versus Ecological Signal

in Paleontology

Alyssa Bell
Jesús Marugán-Lobón
Guillermo Navalón
Sergio M. Nebreda
John DiGuildo
Luis M. Chiappe

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.663342

7,454 views
7 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 Jul 2021

First Fossil Fokienia (Cupressaceae) in South China and Its Palaeogeographic and Palaeoecological Implications

in Paleontology

Xinkai Wu
Hao Zhang
Tatiana M. Kodrul
Natalia P. Maslova
Songyao Jiang
Qianyi Yin
Cheng Quan
Jianhua Jin

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.709663

2,192 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 07 Jun 2021

Digit and Ungual Morphology Suggest Adaptations for Scansoriality in the Late Carboniferous Eureptile Anthracodromeus longipes

in Paleontology

Arjan Mann
Thomas W. Dudgeon
Amy C. Henrici
David S Berman
Stephanie E. Pierce

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.675337

4,550 views
15 citations

Original Research

Published on 01 Jun 2021

New Specimen of the Enigmatic Dicynodont Lanthanostegus mohoii (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Southwestern Karoo Basin of South Africa, and its Implications for Middle Permian Biostratigraphy

in Paleontology

Bruce S. Rubidge
Michael O. Day
Julien Benoit

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.668143

3,291 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 28 May 2021

Sponge Takeover from End-Permian Mass Extinction to Early Induan Time: Records in Central Iran Microbial Buildups

in Paleontology

Aymon Baud
Sylvain Richoz
Rainer Brandner
Leopold Krystyn
Katrin Heindel
Tayebeh Mohtat
Parvin Mohtat-Aghai
Micha Horacek

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.586210

3,093 views
19 citations

Original Research

Published on 25 May 2021

Comments on the Morphology of Basal Paravian Shoulder Girdle: New Data Based on Unenlagiid Theropods and Paleognath Birds

in Paleontology

Fernando E. Novas
Matías J. Motta
Federico L. Agnolín
Sebastián Rozadilla
Gastón E. Lo Coco
Federico Brissón Egli

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.662167

5,538 views
13 citations

Original Research

Published on 13 May 2021

The True Identity of Putative Tooth Alveoli in a Cenozoic Crown Bird, the Gastornithid Omorhamphus

in Paleontology

Antoine Louchart
Bhart-Anjan Bhullar
Ségolène Riamon
Daniel J. Field

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.661699

3,159 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 May 2021

The Influence of the Permian-Triassic Magmatism in the Tunguska Basin, Siberia on the Regional Floristic Biota of the Permian-Triassic Transition in the Region

in Paleontology

V. I. Davydov
E. V. Karasev

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.635179

5,313 views
10 citations

Original Research

Published on 22 Apr 2021

Experimental Aqueous Alteration of Cortical Bone Microarchitecture Analyzed by Quantitative Micro-Computed Tomography

in Paleontology

Anna G. Kral
Alexander Ziegler
Thomas Tütken
Thorsten Geisler

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.609496

2,963 views
7 citations

Original Research

Published on 16 Apr 2021

A Juvenile Specimen of Archaeorhynchus Sheds New Light on the Ontogeny of Basal Euornithines

in Paleontology

Christian Foth
Shiying Wang
Frederik Spindler
Youhai Lin
Rui Yang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.604520

8,174 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 13 Apr 2021

Osteohistology of the Scapulocoracoid of Confuciusornis and Preliminary Analysis of the Shoulder Joint in Aves

in Paleontology

Qian Wu
Alida M. Bailleul
Zhiheng Li
Jingmai O’Connor
Zhonghe Zhou

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.617124

5,409 views
10 citations

Brief Research Report

Published on 07 Apr 2021

Histology and Geochemistry of Allosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) From the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry (Late Jurassic, Utah): Paleobiological Implications

in Paleontology

Christophe Ferrante
Lionel Cavin
Torsten Vennemann
Rossana Martini

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.641060

7,275 views
5 citations