Sinking a giant: quantitative macroevolutionary comparative methods debunk qualitative assumptions
M. Fabbri, G. Navalon, R. B. Benson, D. Pol, J. O'Connor, B.-A. S. Bhullar, G. Erickson, M. A. Norell, A. Orkney, M. C. Lamanna, S. Zouhri, J. Becker, C. Dal Sasso, G. Bindellini, S. Maganuco, , N. Ibrahim
The paper responds to criticisms of their subaqueous foraging inferences for spinosaurids, showing that additional analyses do not alter their original conclusions.
bioRxiv · May 5, 2022 · PreprintPaleontology