Evolution and palaeobiogeography of Ceratosauria

• Grant number: 21/12231-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: February 01, 2022
• End date: January 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Paleozoology
• Principal Investigator: Max Cardoso Langer
• Grantee: Rafael Delcourt de Seixas Ferreira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 20/07997-4 - Dinosaur diversity and associated faunas in the Cretaceous of South America, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 22/14375-5 - The systematic of European Ceratosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda), BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Ceratosauria is a group of theropod dinosaurs with broad chronologic and geographic distribution. More commonly found in the Southern Hemisphere, ceratosaurs originated in the Jurassic and diversified until the end of the Mesozoic. The knowledge about the group has increased significantly in the last years, but there are still many gaps, especially regarding evolutionary, biogeographic, and paleobiologic patterns. This project is based in the University of São Paulo's Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP-USP), Brazil, and aims to investigate the evolution of Ceratosauria based on various techniques, including phylogenetic systematics, morphometry, and biogeography analyses. The project will include national and international partnerships; the results will be published in high-impact international journals and also divulgated to a broad audience.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

HENDRICKX, CHRISTOPHE; CERRONI, MAURICIO A.; AGNOLIN, FEDERICO L.; CATALANO, SANTIAGO; RIBEIRO, CATIA F.; DELCOURT, RAFAEL. Osteology, relationship, and feeding ecology of the theropod dinosaur Noasaurus leali Bonaparte and Powell, 1980, from the Late Cretaceous of North-Western Argentina. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 202, n. 4, p. 51-pg., 2024-12-18. (22/14375-5, 21/12231-3)

DELCOURT, RAFAEL; LANGER, MAX CARDOSO. A small abelisaurid caudal vertebra from the Bauru Basin, Presidente Prudente Formation (Late Cretaceous), Brazil adds information about the diversity and distribution of theropods in central South America. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 116, p. 6-pg., 2022-06-11. (21/12231-3, 20/07997-4)