2016
The “χ” of the Matter: Testing the Relationship between Paleoenvironments and Three Theropod Clades
Abstract: The view of spinosaurs as dinosaurs of semi-aquatic habits and strongly associated with marginal and coastal habitats are deeply rooted in both scientific and popular knowledge, but it was never statistically tested. Inspired by a previous analysis of other dinosaur clades and major paleoenvironmental categories, here we present our own statistical evaluation of the association between coastal and terrestrial paleoenvironments and spinosaurids, along with other two theropod taxa: abelisaurids and carcharodonto…
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“…B, Ingroup relationships after the cladistic analysis which excludes Cristatusaurus , Angaturama and Oxalaia . Silhouettes modified from Sales et al [ 37 , 71 ].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…B, Ingroup relationships after the cladistic analysis which excludes Cristatusaurus , Angaturama and Oxalaia . Silhouettes modified from Sales et al [ 37 , 71 ].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Spinosaurids are not definitively known from the Mesozoic of North America, however, and it may be that results inferred from these deposits may not be applicable elsewhere. Moreover, as theropods that have been positively associated with costal palaeoenvironments ( Sales et al, 2016 ), it is interesting to speculate upon the impact of the CTB marine transgression on available spinosaurid habitat, and certainly warrants further consideration as a potential driver of their apparent extinction.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…More generally, the recovery of spinosaurid remains from this formation is perhaps expected. Not only are its units within the temporal span of the clade, spinosaurid remains from lagoonal deposits have been documented elsewhere (see Bertin (2010) for a review of depositional environments containing spinosaurid remains), and their occurrences have been shown to correlate with ‘coastal’ palaeoenvironments (relative to other sampled taxa) ( Sales et al, 2016 ), a broad category that includes paralic environments ( Butler & Barrett, 2008 ).…”
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confidence: 99%

