#NewSpecies of Ornithopod Dinosaur Identified in #Texas https://www.sci.news/paleontology/ampelognathus-coheni-12381.html

The first small-bodied ornithopod dinosaur from the #Lewisville Formation (middle #Cenomanian) of Texas https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2257238

“The #LewisvilleFormation preserves the most diverse terrestrial #fossil assemblage known from #Appalachia, but remains of small #ornithischian #dinosaurs had been conspicuously absent from it. Ampelognathus coheni is the first small-bodied #ornithopod #dinosaur discovered there"

#NewSpecies of #Ornithopod #Dinosaur Identified in #Spain https://www.sci.news/paleontology/oblitosaurus-bunnueli-12145.html

The largest ornithopod (#Dinosauria: #Ornithischia) from the Upper Jurassic of Europe sheds light on the evolutionary history of basal ankylopollexians https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad076/7223755

"The newly-discovered dinosaur species inhabited the coastal ecosystems of eastern #Iberia during the Late #Jurassic epoch, around 150 million years ago. The species grew up to 7 m in length."

Putting out another #introduction post as people continue to migrate over from Twitter, and because I’ve recently published a couple of papers.

I teach #anatomy to medical students and study #paleontology. Specifically, study #phylogeny (how species/groups are related to each other) of #Iguanodontian and #Ornithopod #Dinosaurs.

Following are three recent papers, two of which are long-overdue chapters of my dissertation that are finally out!