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Sauropod Evolution

Sauropod Evolution is a scientific theory that explains the phylogenetic development and morphological diversification of sauropod dinosaurs during the Mesozoic Era, distinguishing it from other vertebrate evolutionary models by its focus on gigantism, locomotor adaptations, and clade-specific trends in craniodental and postcranial anatomy.

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908

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Publications

484

The phylogenetic relationships of sauropod dinosaurs

Paul Upchurch · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · 1998 · 440 citations

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The evolutionary history of sauropod dinosaurs

Paul Upchurch · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1995 · 378 citations

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EVOLUTION OF TITANOSAURID SAUROPODS. 1:PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS BASED ON THE POSTCRANIAL EVIDENCE

Leonardo Salgado, Rodolfo A. Coria, Jorge O. Calvo · Ameghiniana · 1997 · 334 citations

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Dynamics of dinosaurs and other extinct giants

Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 315 citations

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Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur<i>Lusotitan atalaiensis</i>(Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms

Philip D. Mannion, Paul Upchurch, Rosie N. Barnes et al. · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · 2013 · 277 citations

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Authors

908

  1. PU
    Paul Upchurch

    University College London, United Kingdom

    34 publications · 3.6K citations

    29

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  2. LS
    Leonardo Salgado

    National University of Comahue, Argentina

    33 publications · 2.2K citations

    26

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  3. PD
    Philip D. Mannion

    University College London, United Kingdom

    26 publications · 2.1K citations

    24

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  4. PM
    Paul M. Barrett

    Natural History Museum, United Kingdom

    22 publications · 1.4K citations

    20

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  5. JL
    José Luis Carballido

    Museum of Paleontology Egidio Feruglio, Argentina

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

    15

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Institutions

447

  1. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    32 h-index

    121 publications

    7.4K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    25 h-index

    39 publications

    3.3K citations

  3. National University of Comahue

    Neuquén, Argentina

    24 h-index

    33 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. Museum of Paleontology Egidio Feruglio

    Trelew, Argentina

    20 h-index

    35 publications

    2.9K citations

  5. National University of Río Negro

    Viedma, Argentina

    18 h-index

    28 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    27 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    34 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    16 h-index

    24 publications

    986 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 37 publications · 2.1K citations

    27

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  2. Cretaceous Research

    41 publications · 1.7K citations

    25

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  3. PLoS ONE

    20 publications · 1.6K citations

    18

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  4. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

    17 publications · 935 citations

    15

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  5. Historical Biology

    15 publications · 674 citations

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