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Publisher Correction: A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia

Chinzorig, T., Takasaki, R., Yoshida, J., Tucker, R. T., Buyantegsh, B., Mainbayar, B., … Zanno, L. E. (2026, January 30). Nature.

Publisher Correction: Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus coexisted at the close of the Cretaceous

Zanno, L. E., & Napoli, J. G. (2026, January 30). Nature.

A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia

Chinzorig, T., Takasaki, R., Yoshida, J., Tucker, R. T., Buyantegsh, B., Mainbayar, B., … Zanno, L. E. (2025, September 17). Nature, Vol. 9.

Dinosaur diversity before the asteroid

Zanno, L. (2025, October 23). Science.

Fossil eggshell diversity of the Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah

Hedge, J., Tucker, R. T., Makovicky, P. J., & Zanno, L. E. (2025, February 26). (L. Claessens, Ed.). PLoS ONE.

Geological reassessment of syn‐rift extensional sequences in the Shine Usny Tolgod and Dzun Shakhai fossil localities, Eastern Gobi Basin, Mongolia

Niekerk, J. B., Tucker, R. T., Delgerzaya, P., Freimuth, W. J., Chinzorig, T., Tsogtbaatar, K., … Zanno, L. E. (2025, March 13). Sedimentology, Vol. 3.

High precision CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb zircon age for the Dueling Dinosaur locality, with implications for regional correlation, basal age and duration of the Hell Creek Formation, Montana

Roberts, E. M., Hendrix, M. S., Ramezani, J., Clyde, W. C., Zippi, P., Hodgson, S., … Zanno, L. E. (2025, July 16).

Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus coexisted at the close of the Cretaceous

Zanno, L. E., & Napoli, J. G. (2025, October 30). Nature.

New craniodental materials of Falcarius utahensis (Theropoda: Therizinosauria) reveal patterns of intraspecific variation and cranial evolution in early coelurosaurians

Freimuth, W. J., & Zanno, L. E. (2025, October 25). The Anatomical Record.

Novel Quantification of Eggshell Surfaces in Dromaius novaehollandiae With Implications for the Fossil Eggshells of Oviraptorosauria (Dinosauria)

Hedge, J., Bender, E., & Zanno, L. E. (2025, May 1). Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 15.

Protracted intercontinental aridification preserved within the early Late Cretaceous strata of the Eastern Gobi Basin, Mongolia

Tucker, R. T., King, M. R., Delgerzaya, P., Freimuth, W. J., Chinzorig, T., Tsogtbaatar, K., … Zanno, L. E. (2025, November 17). Sedimentology.

U-Pb calcite age dating of fossil eggshell as an accurate deep time geochronometer

Tucker, R. T., Venter, K. E., Lana, C., Roberts, E. M., Chinzorig, T., Tsogtbaatar, K., & Zanno, L. E. (2025, November 10). Communications Earth & Environment.

A new semi‐fossorial thescelosaurine dinosaur from the Cenomanian‐age Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah

Avrahami, H. M., Makovicky, P. J., Tucker, R. T., & Zanno, L. E. (2024, July 9). The Anatomical Record, Vol. 7.

Skull sinuses precluded extinct crocodile relatives from cetacean-style deep diving as they transitioned from land to sea

Young, M. T., Schwab, J. A., Dufeau, D., Racicot, R. A., Cowgill, T., Bowman, C. I. W., … Brusatte, S. L. (2024, October 1). Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 11.

Tectono‐sedimentary history of the upper Cedar Mountain Formation, Central Utah, USA

Tucker, R. T., King, M. R., Mohr, M. T., Renaut, R. K., Crowley, J. L., Fekete, J. W., … Zanno, L. E. (2024, July 1). Sedimentology, Vol. 7.

An early-diverging iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Rhabdodontomorpha) from the Late Cretaceous of North America

Zanno, L. E., Gates, T. A., Avrahami, H. M., Tucker, R. T., & Makovicky, P. J. (2023, June 7). (J. Liu, Ed.). PLoS ONE, Vol. 18.

Exceptional age constraint on a fossiliferous sedimentary succession preceding the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum

Tucker, R. T., Crowley, J. L., Mohr, M. T., Renaut, R. K., Makovicky, P. J., & Zanno, L. E. (2023, August 2). Geology, Vol. 51, pp. 962–967.

Independent Evidence for the Preservation of Endogenous Bone Biochemistry in a Specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex

Anné, J., Canoville, A., Edwards, N. P., Schweitzer, M. H., & Zanno, L. E. (2023, February 7). Biology, Vol. 12.

Neuroanatomy of the late Cretaceous Thescelosaurus neglectus (Neornithischia: Thescelosauridae) reveals novel ecological specialisations within Dinosauria

Button, D. J., & Zanno, L. E. (2023, November 6). Scientific Reports, Vol. 13.

Timing of the Greenhorn transgression and OAE2 in Central Utah using CA-TIMS U-Pb zircon dating

Renaut, R. K., Tucker, R. T., King, M. R., Crowley, J. L., Hyland, E. G., & Zanno, L. E. (2023, January 23). Cretaceous Research, Vol. 146.

A partial tyrannosauroid femur from the mid-Cretaceous Wayan Formation of eastern Idaho, USA

Krumenacker, L. J., Zanno, L. E., & Sues, H.-D. (2022, June 8). Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 6.

Age, depositional history, and paleoclimatic setting of Early Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages from the Sao Khua Formation (Khorat Group), Thailand

Tucker, R. T., Hyland, E. G., Gates, T. A., King, M. R., Roberts, E. M., Foley, E. K., … Zanno, L. E. (2022, June 14). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Vol. 9.

Chronic fracture and osteomyelitis in a large‐bodied ornithomimosaur with implications for the identification of unusual endosteal bone in the fossil record

Chinzorig, T., Beguesse, K. A., Canoville, A., Phillips, G., & Zanno, L. E. (2022, October 4). The Anatomical Record, Vol. 10.

Comment on “The influence of juvenile dinosaurs on community structure and diversity”

Benson, R. B. J., Brown, C. M., Campione, N. E., Cullen, T. M., Evans, D. C., & Zanno, L. E. (2022, January 20). Comment on “The influence of juvenile dinosaurs on community structure and diversity.” Science, Vol. 1.

Dental pathologies in lamniform and carcharhiniform sharks with comments on the classification and homology of double tooth pathologies in vertebrates

Miller, H. S., Avrahami, H. M., & Zanno, L. E. (2022, May 11). PeerJ, Vol. 5.

Estimating ancient biogeographic patterns with statistical model discrimination

Gates, T. A., Cai, H., Hu, Y., Han, X., Griffith, E., Burgener, L., … Zanno, L. E. (2022, September 23). The Anatomical Record, Vol. 9.

Insufficient Evidence for Multiple Species of Tyrannosaurus in the Latest Cretaceous of North America: A Comment on “The Tyrant Lizard King, Queen and Emperor: Multiple Lines of Morphological and Stratigraphic Evidence Support Subtle Evolution and Probable Speciation Within the North American Genus Tyrannosaurus”

Carr, T. D., Napoli, J. G., Brusatte, S. L., Holtz, T. R., Hone, D. W. E., Williamson, T. E., & Zanno, L. E. (2022, July 25). Insufficient Evidence for Multiple Species of Tyrannosaurus in the Latest Cretaceous of North America: A Comment on “The Tyrant Lizard King, Queen and Emperor: Multiple Lines of Morphological and Stratigraphic Evidence Support Subtle Evolution and Probable Speciation Within the North American Genus Tyrannosaurus.” Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 7.

Large-bodied ornithomimosaurs inhabited Appalachia during the Late Cretaceous of North America

Tsogtbaatar, C., Cullen, T., Phillips, G., Rolke, R., & Zanno, L. E. (2022, October 19). (L. Claessens, Ed.). PLoS ONE, Vol. 10.

Palaeopathological evidence for intraspecific combat in ankylosaurid dinosaurs

Arbour, V. M., Zanno, L. E., & Evans, D. C. (2022, December 1). Biology Letters, Vol. 18.

Paralic sedimentology of the Mussentuchit Member coastal plain, Cedar Mountain Formation, central Utah, U.S.A.

Tucker, R. T., Suarez, C. A., Makovicky, P. J., & Zanno, L. E. (2022, June 27). Journal of Sedimentary Research, Vol. 6.

Glossifungites gingrasi n. isp., a probable subaqueous insect domicile from the Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Utah

King, M. R., Croix, A. D. L., Gates, T. A., Anderson, P. B., & Zanno, L. E. (2021, January 25). Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 5.

Age constraint for the Moreno Hill Formation (Zuni Basin) by CA-TIMS and LA-ICP-MS detrital zircon geochronology

Cilliers, C. D., Tucker, R. T., Crowley, J. L., & Zanno, L. E. (2021, March 9). PeerJ, Vol. 9.

An extreme climate gradient-induced ecological regionalization in the Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of North America

Burgener, L., Hyland, E., Griffith, E., Mitášová, H., Zanno, L. E., & Gates, T. A. (2021, February 2). Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 133, pp. 2125–2136.

Anatomical, morphometric, and stratigraphic analyses of theropod biodiversity in the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation¹

Cullen, T. M., Zanno, L., Larson, D. W., Todd, E., Currie, P. J., & Evans, D. C. (2021, July 1). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 9.

Keratan sulfate as a marker for medullary bone in fossil vertebrates

Canoville, A., Zanno, L. E., Zheng, W., & Schweitzer, M. H. (2021, January 4). Journal of Anatomy.

Postcranial osteology of Beipiaosaurus inexpectus (Theropoda: Therizinosauria)

Liao, C.-C., Zanno, L. E., Wang, S., & Xu, X. (2021, September 30). PLoS ONE, Vol. 9.

A refined temporal framework for newly discovered fossil assemblages of the upper Cedar Mountain Formation (Mussentuchit Member), Mussentuchit Wash, Central Utah

Tucker, R. T., Zanno, L. E., Huang, H.-Q., & Makovicky, P. J. (2020, January 23). Cretaceous Research, Vol. 110.

Basal Maniraptora

In P. J. Makovicky, M. Carrano, P. Barrett, & D. Weishampel (Eds.), The Dinosauria (3rd Edition). Berkeley: Cambridge University Press.

Growing up Tyrannosaurus rex : Osteohistology refutes the pygmy “ Nanotyrannus ” and supports ontogenetic niche partitioning in juvenile Tyrannosaurus

Woodward, H. N., Tremaine, K., Williams, S. A., Zanno, L. E., Horner, J. R., & Myhrvold, N. (2020, January 2). Science Advances, Vol. 6.

Identifying medullary bone in extinct avemetatarsalians: challenges, implications and perspectives

Canoville, A., Schweitzer, M. H., & Zanno, L. (2020, January 13). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Vol. 375.

Inner ear sensory system changes as extinct crocodylomorphs transitioned from land to water

Schwab, J. A., Young, M. T., Neenan, J. M., Walsh, S. A., Witmer, L. M., Herrera, Y., … Brusatte, S. L. (2020, April 20). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 117, pp. 10422–10428.

Repeated Evolution of Divergent Modes of Herbivory in Non-avian Dinosaurs

CURRENT BIOLOGY, Vol. 30, pp. 158-+.

Sampling impacts the assessment of tooth growth and replacement rates in archosaurs: implications for paleontological studies

Kosch, J. C. D., & Zanno, L. E. (2020, September 18). PeerJ.

Tempo and Pattern of Avian Brain Size Evolution

Ksepka, D. T., Balanoff, A. M., Smith, N. A., Bever, G. S., Bhullar, B.-A. S., Bourdon, E., … Smaers, J. B. (2020, April 23). Current Biology, Vol. 30, pp. 2026-+.

Diminutive fleet-footed tyrannosauroid narrows the 70-million-year gap in the North American fossil record

Zanno, L. E., Tucker, R. T., Canoville, A., Avrahami, H. M., Gates, T. A., & Makovicky, P. J. (2019, February 21). Communications Biology, Vol. 2.

Quantifying shape and ecology in avian pedal claws: the relationship between the bony core and keratinous sheath

Ecology and Evolution.

Systemic distribution of medullary bone in the avian skeleton: ground truthing criteria for the identification of reproductive tissues in extinct Avemetatarsalia

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19(1).

Tail Weaponry in Ankylosaurs and Glyptodonts: An Example of a Rare but Strongly Convergent Phenotype

The Anatomical Record, 3.

A new iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia

PeerJ, 6, e5300.

A new microvertebrate assemblage from the Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation: insights into the paleobiodiversity and paleobiogeography of early Late Cretaceous ecosystems in western North America

PeerJ, 6, e5883.

Disparate Growth Strategies within Aetosauria: Novel Histologic Data from the Aetosaur Coahomasuchus chathamensis.

The Anatomical Record Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, 302(9), 1504–1515.

The evolution of tail weaponization in amniotes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1871), 20172299.

Transgressive erosion expressed as a Rhizocorallium ​ -dominated xylic firmground: an example from the Blackhawk Formation, Utah

In Palaios (Vol. 33, pp. 29–35).

Under the armor: X-ray computed tomographic reconstruction of the internal skeleton of Coahomasuchus chathamensis (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic of North Carolina, USA, and a phylogenetic analysis of Aetosauria

PeerJ, 6, e4368.

Anatomy, taphonomy, and phylogenetic implications of a new specimen of Eolambia caroljonesa (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA

PLOS ONE, 12(5), e0176896.

Incremental growth of therizinosaurian dental tissues: implications for dietary transitions in Theropoda

PeerJ, 5, e4129.

Ankylosaurian dinosaur palaeoenvironmental associations were influenced by extirpation, sea-level fluctuation, and geodispersal

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 449, 289–299.

Bony cranial ornamentation linked to rapid evolution of gigantic theropod dinosaurs

Nature Communications, 7(1).

Chemistry supports the identification of gender-specific reproductive tissue in Tyrannosaurus rex

Scientific Reports, 6(1).

Osteology of Carnufex carolinensis (Archosauria: Psuedosuchia) from the Pekin Formation of North Carolina and Its Implications for Early Crocodylomorph Evolution

PLOS ONE, 11(6), e0157528.

Specializations of the mandibular anatomy and dentition of Segnosaurus galbinensis (Theropoda: Therizinosauria)

PeerJ, 4, e1885.

The furculae of the dromaeosaurid dinosaur Dakotaraptor steini are trionychid turtle entoplastra

PeerJ, 4, e1691.

Early crocodylomorph increases top tier predator diversity during rise of dinosaurs

Scientific Reports, 5(1).

The Slothful Claw: Osteology and Taphonomy of Nothronychus mckinleyi and N. graffami (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and Anatomical Considerations for Derived Therizinosaurids

PLOS ONE, 10(6), e0129449.

Theropod teeth from the upper Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation "Sue" Quarry: New morphotypes and faunal comparisons

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 60(1), 131–139.

Cranial anatomy of ​Erlikosaurus andrewsi (​Dinosauria: Therizinosauria): new insights based on digital reconstruction

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34(6), 1263–1291.

Late Cretaceous theropod dinosaurs of southern Utah

In A. Titus & M. A. Loewen (Eds.), At the Top of the Grand Staircase: the Late Cretaceous of southern Utah (pp. 504–525). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Neovenatorid theropods are apex predators in the Late Cretaceous of North America

Nature Communications, 4(1).

Theropod teeth from the upper Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation “Sue” Quarry: new morphotypes and faunal comparisons

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 60(1), 131–139.

Theropod teeth from the upper Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation “Sue” Quarry: new morphotypes and faunal comparisons

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 60(1), 131–139.

Mountain building triggered late Cretaceous North American megaherbivore dinosaur radiation

PLoS One, 7(8).

No evidence for directional evolution of body mass in herbivorous theropod dinosaurs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280(1751), 20122526.

The Endocranial Anatomy of Therizinosauria and Its Implications for Sensory and Cognitive Function

PLoS ONE, 7(12), e52289.

A New Troodontid Theropod, Talos sampsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of North America

PLoS ONE, 6(9), e24487.

New information on the braincase of the North American therizinosaurian (Theropoda, Maniraptora) Falcarius utahensis

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31(2), 387–404.

On the earliest record of Cretaceous tyrannosauroids in western North America: implications for an Early Cretaceous Laurasian interchange event

Historical Biology, 23(4), 317–325.

Theropod diversity and the refinement of avian characteristics

In G. Dyke & G. Kaiser (Eds.), Living Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds. (pp. 9–29). Berkeley: University of California Press.

A taxonomic and phylogenetic re-evaluation of Therizinosauria (Dinosauria: Maniraptora)

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8(4), 503–543.

Biogeography of terrestrial and freshwater vertebrates from the late Cretaceous (Campanian) Western Interior of North America

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 291(3-4), 371–387.

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: a new and critical window into the world of dinosaurs

In Learning from the land : Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Science Symposium Proceedings (Vol. 2, pp. 171–188). Washington, DC: Bureau of Land Management.

Herbivorous ecomorphology and specialization patterns in theropod dinosaur evolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(1), 232–237.

Osteology of Falcarius utahensis (Dinosauria: Theropoda): characterizing the anatomy of basal therizinosaurs

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 158(1), 196–230.

Preliminary report on the theropod dinosaur fauna of the late Campanian Kaiparowits Formation, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

In Learning from the land : Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Science Symposium Proceedings (Vol. 2, pp. 204–217). Washington, DC: Bureau of Land Management.

A new North American therizinosaurid and the role of herbivory in “predatory" dinosaur evolution.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276(1672), 3505–3511.

Velafrons coahuilensis, a new lambeosaurine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(4), 917–930.

The pectoral girdle and forelimb of the primitive therizinosauroidFalcarius Utahensis(Theropoda, Maniraptora): analyzing evolutionary trends within Therizinosauroidea

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26(3), 636–650.

A new Oviraptorosaur (Theropoda, Maniraptora) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Utah

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25(4), 897–904.

A primitive therizinosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah

Nature, 435(7038), 84–87.

Diminutive Metoposaurid skulls from the Upper Triassic Blue Hills (Adamanian: latest Carnian) of Arizona

In A. B. Heckert & S. G. Lucas (Eds.), Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology (pp. 121–125). Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin.