Recommended literature

[theropod]

A place to post particularly interesting or useful publications.

That encompasses standard works (focus should be on freely accessible ones), spectacular novelties or research that you know is of particular interest to this community.

It doesn’t need to be peer-reviewed, websites or blog entries can also be posted, as long as they are properly researched and have scientific credential (ie. post a SVP-OW! post, but not a page on "the land before our time-wiki").
You can also include a short review if you like.

Please don’t post newspaper articles unless you feel you can argue convincingly that they are exceptionally well-researched–we all know the average standard of science journalism.

Here are some works that I can recommend:

ALVARENGA, Herculano M.F. and HOFLING, Elizabeth. Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (SÃo Paulo) [online]. 2003, vol.43, n.4 [cited 2013-05-28], pp. 55-91 .
www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0031-10492003000400001&script=sci_arttext

Thomas Holtz’ Lecture Notes on Dinosaur Palaeontology: www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/G104/lectures/104anat.html

Christopher A. Brochu: Osteology of Tyrannosaurus rex: Insights from a Nearly Complete Skeleton and High-
Resolution Computed Tomographic Analysis of the Skull
www.jstor.org/stable/3889334
(I can share a copy of this if you need one)

ERIC SNIVELY AND ANTHONY P. RUSSELL: Functional Variation of Neck Muscles and Their Relation to Feeding Style in Tyrannosauridae and Other Large Theropod Dinosaurs
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.20563/full

Colin McHenry: Devourer of Gods: the palaeoecology of the Cretaceous pliosaur Kronosaurus queenslandicus
nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:12164;jsessionid=A0495F8B2AEB5E8C7990D4B455E2ADBF?exact=subject%3A%22palaeoecology%22

[creature386]

Wild cats of the world:
books.google.com/books?id=hFbJWMh9-OAC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_atb&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

[creature386]

This is probably also quite important regarding deinonychosaruia:
digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/6352/B371.pdf?sequence=1

[elosha11]

May I suggest that this thread be merged with the zoological sources thread? theworldofanimals.proboards.com/thread/53/zoological-sources-links?page=1

Or if not, it should at least be stickied along with the zoological source thread, so it doesn't get lost in all of the pages.

[theropod]

I intended this to be a thread for recommending books, papers or blog/site-posts that are particularly useful, so it isn't the same as the zoological sources thread, which is about places to find information in general.

for example, the link to PLOS belongs on the sources-thread, but the link to the description of Pliosaurus kevani, published on PLOS, belongs here.

[creature386]

I think the link about sharks I have posted in the other source thread would fit better in this thread:
www.fao.org/docrep/009/x9293e/x9293e00.htm

[elosha11]

Ok, I don't mind having two such threads, but I think this one should also be a sticky thread. Life, I think as admin, you are the one who can do that.

[creature386]

This book is a relatively comprehensive source when it comes to polar bears:
books.google.com/books?id=Kd6b6I3L5vkC&lpg=PP1&hl=de&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

[coherentsheaf]

This paper discusses the extreme distribution of giant varanids during the ice age. It is very informative:

www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0007241

[Fragillimus335]

A nice paper from the guys at SV-POW, lots of good info on pterosaurs, sauropods and other long-necked taxa!

arxiv.org/pdf/1209.5439v1.pdf

[theropod]

Description of Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (Stovall, 1950): home.comcast.net/~theropod-archives/pdf/Stovall_1950_AmMidNat_43%283%29_696_NS.pdf

I haven't read it yet but it seems pretty neat for the time it was written in. Since we don't have an Acrocanthosaurus profile yet (I might create one), I tought I should better post this here in case someone is searching for it.

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The Theropod Database: archosaur.us/theropoddatabase/

[creature386]

Jul 5, 2013 19:44:25 GMT 5 theropod said:

Description of Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (Stovall, 1950): home.comcast.net/~theropod-archives/pdf/Stovall_1950_AmMidNat_43%283%29_696_NS.pdf

I consider this one as important too, because it gives a lot of information about Acrocanthosaurus and other carnosaurs:
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017932

@brolyeuphyfusion

Theropod already posted the theropoddatabase in his other thread:
theworldofanimals.proboards.com/thread/53/zoological-sources-links?page=1

[theropod]

This is for recommending specific works broly. For sites that are good sources in general i made the other thread.

creature386: I think most people know it, but that's definitely an excellent paper. Which sparked an idea in me, how about designating a "favourite paper"? Everybody could propose one or two and in the end we vote

[creature386]

My favorite one constantly changes (depends on what I am reading at the moment).