Evolutionary decoupling between cranial shape and size underlies divergent evolutionary pathways in Cretaceous apex and meso-predator theropods: Communications Biology, Published online: 28 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s42003-026-10145-8Apex and meso-predator… https://t.co/8kcXOicdT1
Interesting paper on Abelisaurid ornamentation:
"...ordered evolutionary patterns in cranial ornamentation that are more consistent with expectations of sexual selection than with the stochastic patterns predicted under the species recognition hypothesis."
https://t.co/WAEr5cjScO
New paper out on cranial ornamentation in #abelisaurid#dinosaurs. Sexual selection seems to have been the driving force; and while varied these features seem to have followed certain patterns, which began very early in their evolutionary history.
https://t.co/BYYz4IvOMI
Building a predator: macroevolutionary patterns in the skull of abelisaurid dinosaurs | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences https://t.co/bfGwOYkXeQ
Pereyra, E.E.S., Vrdoljak, J., Ezcurra, M.D. et al. Morphology of the maxilla informs about the type of predation strategy in the evolution of Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda).Sci Rep 15, 7857 (2025). https://t.co/8DGN0bv5CI