Palæos:		Unit 340:Theropoda
The Vertebrates		References

Theropod References

DINSAUROMORPHA
|--ORNITHISCHIA
`--+--SAUROPODOMORPHA
   |
   Theropoda
   |--Herrerasauridae
   `--+--Ceratosauria
      `--Tetanurae
         |--Torvosauroidea
         `--Avetheropoda
            |--Carnosauria
            `--Coelurosauria
               |--Tyrannosauroidea
               `--Maniraptora
                  |--Dromaeosauridae
                  |
                  `--AVES            

Barsbold, R & T Maryanska (1990), Segnosauria in DB Weishampel, P Dodson, & H Osmólka (eds), The Dinosauria. Univ. Calif. Press, pp. 408-415. Therizinosauridae.

Buchholtz, EA (1997), Paleopathology in PJ Currie & K Padian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, pp. 522-534.  Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosauroidea.

Carpenter, K (1997c), Tyrannosauridae in PJ Currie & K Padian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, pp. 766-768.  Tyrannosauridae.

Carpenter, K & M Smith (2001), Forelimb osteology and biomechanics of Tyrannosaurus rex, KCarpenter & D Tanke [eds.], Mesozoic Vertebrate Life. Indiana Univ. Press, pp. 90-116. Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Tyrannosauroidea.  

Carr, TD (1999), Craniofacial ontogeny in Tyrannosauridae (Dinosauria, Coelurosauria). J. Vert. Paleontol. 19: 497-520. Tyrannosauroidea. 

Carr TD, TE Williamson & DR Schwimmer (2005), A new genus and species of tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous (Middle Campanian) Demopolis Formation of Alabama. J. Vert Paleontol. 25: 119-143. Alectrosaurus.

Cope, ED (1887), The dinosaurian genus Coelurus. Amer. Naturalist 21: 367-369. Coelurus.

Currie, PJ (1997a), Theropoda in PJ Currie & K Padian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, pp. 731-737.  Tyrannosaurinae.

Currie, PJ (2000), Theropods from the Cretaceous of Mongolia, in MJ Benton, MA Shishkin, DM Unwin & EN Kurochkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, Cambridge Univ. Press, pp 434-455. Alectrosaurus, Alxasaurus, Oviraptorosauria, Therizinosauridae, Therizinosauroidea, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurinae.

Currie, PJ & K Carpenter (2000), A new specimen of Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous Antlers Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian) of Oklahoma, USA. Geodiversitas 22: 207-246. Acrocanthosaurus, Allosauridae; Carcharodontosauridae, Carnosauria, Monolophosaurus, Sinraptoridae; Theropoda, Tyrannosauridae.

Currie, PJ & X-J Zhao (1993), A new carnosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Jurassic of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. Can J. Earth Sci. 30: 2037-2081. Allosauridae; Allosauroidea; Carnosauria; Monolophosaurus; Sinraptoridae; Theropoda.

Farlow, JO & TR Holtz, Jr. (2002), The fossil record of predation in dinosaurs in M Kowalewski & PH Kelley [eds.], The Fossil Record of Predation. The Paleontological Society Papers 8: 251-266. WWW.  Tyrannosauroidea.

Farlow, JO, MB Smith & JM Robinson (1995), Body mass, bone "strength indication," and cursorial potential of Tyrannosaurus rex. J. Vert. Paleontol. 15: 713-725.  Tyrannosauroidea.

Franzosa, J & T Rowe (2005), Cranial endocast of the Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus atokensis.  J. Vert. Paleontol. 25: 859-864.  Acrocanthosaurus.  

Holtz, TR, Jr. (1996a), Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Coelurosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda). J. Paleontol. 70: 536-538. Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes.

Holtz, TR, Jr. (2000), A new phylogeny of the carnivorous dinosaurs. Gaia 15: 5-61. WWW.  Tyrannosauroidea.  

Holtz, TR, Jr. (2001), Pedigree of the tyrant kings: new information on the origin and evolution of the Tyrannosauridae. J. Vert Paleontol. 21: 62A-63A. Note: this is the abstract of a paper which included a new, unpublished phylogenetic analysis of the Theropoda. Further details of the paper, including much of the cladogram, were reported by Micky Mortimer at Details on SVP 2001 Friday talks. Coelurus, Tyrannosauridae.

Holtz, TR, Jr. (2001a), The phylogeny and taxonomy of the Tyrannosauridae in K Carpenter & D Tanke [eds.], Mesozoic Vertebrate Life. Indiana Univ. Press, pp. 64-83.  Albertosaurus, Alectrosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurinae, Tyrannosauroidea.

Hurum, JH & PJ Currie (2000), The crushing bite of tyrannosaurids. J. Vert. Paleontol. 20: 619-621.  Tyrannosauroidea, Tyrannosaurini.

Hutchinson, JR & M Garcia (2002) Tyrannosaurus was not a fast runner. Nature 415: 1018-1021.  Tyrannosauroidea.  

Hutt, S, D Naish, DM Martill, MJ Barker & P Newbery (2001), A preliminary account of a new tyrannosaurid theropod from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous) of southern England. Cretaceous Res. 22: 227-242. Alectrosaurus, Coelurosauria, Eotyrannus, Ornithomimosauria, Tetanurae.  

Lambe, LM (1917), The Cretaceous theropodous dinosaur Gorgosaurus. Mem. Geol. Surv. Can.  #100, 84+ pp. ("No. 83, Geological Series").  Gorgosaurus, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosauroidea.  

Makovicky, PJ, MA Norell, JM Clark & T Rowe (2003), Osteology and relationships of Byronosaurus jaffei (Theropoda: Troodontidae).  Amer. Mus. Nov. 3402, 21 pp.  Troodontidae.

Mader, B & R Bradley (1989), A redescription and revised diagnosis of the syntypes of the Mongolian tyrannosaur Alectrosaurus olseni. J. Vert. Paleontol. 9: 41-55. Alectrosaurus, Ornithomimosauria, Tyrannosauridae.

Manabe, M (1999), The early evolution of the Tyrannosauridae in Asia. J. Paleontol. 73: 1176-1178.  Tyrannosauridae.

Marsh, OC (1888), Notes of a new genus of Sauropoda and other new dinosaurs from the Potomac Formation. Am. J. Sci. (3rd ser.) 31: 89-94. Coelurus.

Maryanska, T, H Osmólska & M Wolsan (2002), Avialan status for Oviraptorosauria. Acta Pal. Pol. 47: 97-116. Oviraptorosauria.

Miles, CA, K Carpenter & K Cloward (1998), A new skeleton of Coelurus fragilis from the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. J. Vert. Paleontol. 18: 64A. Coelurus.

Padian, K, JR Hutchinson & TR Holtz, Jr. (1999), Phylogenetic definitions and nomenclature of the major taxonomic categories of the carnivorous Dinosauria (Theropoda). J. Vert. Paleontol. 19: 69-80. Allosauridae, Allosauroidea, Carnosauria, Ceratosauria, Coelurosauria, Maniraptora, Sinraptoridae, Tetanurae, Theropoda.

Pisani, D, AM Yates, MC Langer & MJ Benton (2001), A genus-level supertree of the Dinosauria.  Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 01pb0724, 7 pp.

Rich, TR, RA Gangloff & WR Hammer (1997), Polar dinosaurs in PJ Currie & K Padian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, pp. 562-573. Cryolophosaurus.

Russell, DA & Z-M Dong (1993), The affinities of a new theropod from the Alxa Desert, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. Can. J. Earth Sci. 30: 2107-2127. Alxasaurus, Therizinosauroidea.

Seeley, HG (1888), On Thecospondylus daviesi (Seeley), with some remarks on the classification of the Dinosauria. Quart. J. Geol. Soc. (Lond.) 44: 79-87. Coelurus.

Sereno, PC (1997), The origin and evolution of dinosaurs. Ann. Rev. Earth & Planet Sci. 25: 435-489. Carnosauria; Sinraptoridae, Tyrannosauroidea.

Sereno, PC (1999), The evolution of the dinosaurs. Science 284: 2137-2147. Carnosauria.

Varricchio, DJ (2001), Gut contents from a Cretaceous tyrannosaurid: implications for theropod dinosaur digestive tracts. J. Paleontol. 75: 401-406.  Tyrannosauroidea.

Witmer, LM (1997), Craniofacial air sinus systems in PJ Currie & K Padian [eds.], Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, pp. 151-159.  Tyrannosauridae.

Xu, X, Z-L Tang & X-L Wang (1999), A thrizonosauroid dinosaur with integumentary structures from China. Nature 399: 350-354. Beipiaosaurus, Therizinosauroidea.

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