Massospondylus (English Wikipedia)

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Reisz, Robert R.; David C. Evans; Eric M. Roberts; Hans-Dieter Sues; Adam M. Yates (2012). "Oldest known dinosaurian nesting site and reproductive biology of the Early Jurassic sauropodomorph Massospondylus". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (7): 2428–2433. Bibcode:2012PNAS..109.2428R. doi:10.1073/pnas.1109385109. PMC 3289328. PMID 22308330.
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Barrett, Paul M.; Chapelle, Kimberley EJ (2024). "A brief history of Massospondylus: its discovery, historical taxonomy and redescription of the original syntype series". Palaeontologia Africana. 58: 97–131. hdl:10539/43016.

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Sues, H.-D.; R. R. Reisz; S. Hinic; M. A. Raath (2004). "On the skull of Massospondylus carinatus Owen, 1854 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Elliot and Clarens formations (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 73 (4): 239–257. Bibcode:2004AnCM...73..239S. doi:10.5962/p.316084. S2CID 251542198.
Yates, A. M.; M. F. Bonnan; J. Neveling (2011). "A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (3): 610–625. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..610Y. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.560626. S2CID 85589914.
Chapelle, Kimberley E. J.; Botha, Jennifer; Choiniere, Jonah N. (June 2023). "Osteohistology reveals the smallest adult Jurassic sauropodomorph". Royal Society Open Science. 10 (6). Bibcode:2023RSOS...1021565C. doi:10.1098/rsos.221565. PMC 10265025.
Carrano, Matthew T.; Wilson, Jeffrey A.; Barrett, Paul M. (2010). "The history of dinosaur collecting in central India, 1828–1947". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 343 (1): 161–173. Bibcode:2010GSLSP.343..161C. doi:10.1144/SP343.9.
Martínez, Ricardo N. (2009). "Adeopapposaurus mognai, gen. et sp. nov (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha), with comments on adaptations of basal sauropodomorpha". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (1): 142–164. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29..142M. doi:10.1671/039.029.0102. S2CID 85074392. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
Barrett, P. M. (2009). "A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (4): 1032–1045. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29.1032B. doi:10.1671/039.029.0401. S2CID 128489192.
D’Emic, Michael D.; Whitlock, John A.; Smith, Kathlyn M.; Fisher, Daniel C.; Wilson, Jeffrey A. (July 17, 2013). "Evolution of High Tooth Replacement Rates in Sauropod Dinosaurs". PLOS ONE. 8 (7): e69235. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...869235D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069235. PMC 3714237. PMID 23874921.
Yates, Adam M. (2007). "Solving a dinosaurian puzzle: the identity of Aliwalia rex Galton". Historical Biology. 19 (1): 93–123. Bibcode:2007HBio...19...93Y. doi:10.1080/08912960600866953. S2CID 85202575.
Rauhut, O. W. M.; Holwerda, F. M.; Furrer, H. (2020). "A derived sauropodiform dinosaur and other sauropodomorph material from the Late Triassic of Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland" (PDF). Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 113 (1): 8. Bibcode:2020SwJG..113....8R. doi:10.1186/s00015-020-00360-8. S2CID 220294939.
Erickson, Gregory M.; Kristina Curry Rogers; Scott A. Yerby (2001). "Dinosaurian growth patterns and rapid avian growth rates". Nature. 412 (6845): 429–433. Bibcode:2001Natur.412..429E. doi:10.1038/35086558. PMID 11473315. S2CID 4319534.
Sander, P. Martin; Nicole Klein (2005). "Developmental plasticity in the life history of a prosauropod dinosaur". Science. 310 (5755): 1800–1802. Bibcode:2005Sci...310.1800S. doi:10.1126/science.1120125. PMID 16357257. S2CID 19132660.
Reisz, Robert R.; David C. Evans; Hans-Dieter Sues; Diane Scott (November 1, 2010). "Embryonic Skeletal Anatomy of the Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Massospondylus from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (6): 1653, 1664. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1653R. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.521604. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 84599991.
Reisz, Robert R.; David C. Evans; Eric M. Roberts; Hans-Dieter Sues; Adam M. Yates (2012). "Oldest known dinosaurian nesting site and reproductive biology of the Early Jurassic sauropodomorph Massospondylus". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (7): 2428–2433. Bibcode:2012PNAS..109.2428R. doi:10.1073/pnas.1109385109. PMC 3289328. PMID 22308330.
Stein, Koen; Prondvai, Edina; Huang, Timothy; Baele, Jean-Marc; Sander, P. Martin; Reisz, Robert (March 14, 2019). "Structure and evolutionary implications of the earliest (Sinemurian, Early Jurassic) dinosaur eggs and eggshells". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 4424. Bibcode:2019NatSR...9.4424S. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-40604-8. PMC 6418122. PMID 30872623.
Norell, Mark A.; Wiemann, Jasmina; Fabbri, Matteo; Yu, Congyu; Marsicano, Claudia A.; Moore-Nall, Anita; Varricchio, David J.; Pol, Diego; Zelenitsky, Darla K. (July 16, 2020). "The first dinosaur egg was soft". Nature. 583 (7816): 406–410. Bibcode:2020Natur.583..406N. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2412-8. PMID 32555457.
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