Category Archives: Morphometrics

Are Scansoriopterygids Oviraptorosaurs?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

Scansoriopterygidae represent one of those bizarre groups of animals that seem to defy simplistic evaluation; there’s always something about them that says “You should compare with that that other group” whenever you look at a part. It doesn’t help that … Continue reading →

Posted in Morphometrics, Paleontology | Tagged , , , | 9 Comments

Oviraptorid Jaw Muscles Described, Part 4

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

Wait, you thought we were done? This is a short post, following parts one, two and three. The above image attempts to describe lines of action for major jaw muscles and directions of force (arrows). Jaw protraction and retraction does … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomechanics, Morphometrics, Paleontology, Reconstruction | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Oviraptorids and Cranial Morphometrics 2: Reloaded

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

Hot on the heels of my post on how cranial morphometric analyses of theropods end up excluding oviraptorids from them, a new paper ups the ante. (Of course, I do not mean that these papers actively exclude oviraptorids, but rather … Continue reading →

Posted in Morphometrics, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Science Reporting | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

Oviraptorids and Cranial Morphometrics

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

I’ve been lax in feeding the biomechanics demon [n1] with tasty brain food, and extremely lax in talking about a paper that was published quite some time ago, but is still quite interesting. A new paper from the author (on … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomechanics, Morphometrics, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Science Reporting | Tagged , , | Leave a comment