Gnathovorax cabreirai: a new early dinosaur and the origin and initial radiation of predatory dinosaurs

Predatory dinosaurs were an important ecological component of terrestrial Mesozoic ecosystems. Though theropod dinosaurs carried this role during the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods (and probably the post-Carnian portion of the Triassic), it is difficult to depict the Carnian scenario, due to the sc...

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Main Authors: Cristian Pacheco, Rodrigo T. Müller, Max Langer, Flávio A. Pretto, Leonardo Kerber, Sérgio Dias da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/7963.pdf