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Triassic pentadactyl tracks from the Los Menucos Group (Río Negro province, Patagonia Argentina): possible constraints on the autopodial posture of Gondwanan trackmakers
Old wild wolves: ancient DNA survey unveils population dynamics in Late Pleistocene and Holocene Italian remains
A large Late Miocene cetotheriid (Cetacea, Mysticeti) from the Netherlands clarifies the status of Tranatocetidae
The braincase of Mesosuchus browni (Reptilia, Archosauromorpha) with information on the inner ear and description of a pneumatic sinus
Nurhachius luei, a new istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province (China) and comments on the Istiodactylidae
Broad similarities in shoulder muscle architecture and organization across two amniotes: implications for reconstructing non-mammalian synapsids
Cranial anatomy of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1996 (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio, Italy/Switzerland: taxonomic and palaeobiological implications
Comparative cranial morphology of the Late Cretaceous protostegid sea turtle Desmatochelys lowii
A proposed terminology for the dentition of gomphodont cynodonts and dental morphology in Diademodontidae and Trirachodontidae
Cranial anatomy of Allosaurus jimmadseni, a new species from the lower part of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Western North America
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Slender-snouted Besanosaurus was an 8-meter-long marine snapper
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-slender-snouted-besanosaurus-meter-long-marine-snapper.html

240-Million-Year-Old Ichthyosaur – Besanosaurus – Was an 26 Foot Long Marine Snapper
https://scitechdaily.com/240-million-year-old-ichthyosaur-besanosaurus-was-an-26-foot-long-marine-snapper/

Author Interview: Slender-snouted Besanosaurus was an 8m long marine snapper
https://peerj.com/blog/post/115284884112/author-interview-slender-snouted-besanosaurus-was-an-8m-long-marine-snapper/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog_besanosaurus

KSL News Radio: "Radioactive dinosaur skull from Utah helped researchers make new discovery"
https://kslnewsradio.com/1920298/radioactive-dinosaur-allosaurus/

Salt Lake Tribune: "A ‘new’ dinosaur — the top predator of its time — goes on display at the Utah Museum of Natural History"
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/01/24/new-dinosaur-top/

New Dinosaur Alert! Just Look at This Marvelous Meat-Eating Allosaurus
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a30647957/allosaurus-jimmadseni-dinosaur/

Carnivorous Dinosaur Discovered in the US Was a True Jurassic Nightmare
https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/01/carnivorous-dinosaur-discovered-in-the-us-was-a-true-jurassic-nightmare/

Fearsome meat-eating dinosaur the size of a bus with serrated teeth and razor sharp claws is officially recognised as a new species 30 years after discovery
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7924751/Fearsome-meat-eating-dinosaur-size-bus-razor-sharp-claws-recognised-new-species.html