"Dinosaurs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
General name for two extinct orders of reptiles from the Mesozoic era: Saurischia and Ornithischia.
| Descriptor ID |
D025061
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.833.150
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dinosaurs" by people in Profiles.
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Diverging trends in erythrocyte size elucidate cardiovascular evolution in stem dinosaurs and crocodilians. Proc Biol Sci. 2025 Sep; 292(2054):20251286.
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The postcranial anatomy of Moschorhinus kitchingi (Therapsida: Therocephalia) from the Karoo Basin of South Africa. PeerJ. 2024; 12:e17765.
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Osteology of the Late Triassic Bipedal Archosaur Poposaurus gracilis (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from Western North America. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2020 04; 303(4):874-917.
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Bone Microvasculature Tracks Red Blood Cell Size Diminution in Triassic Mammal and Dinosaur Forerunners. Curr Biol. 2017 Jan 09; 27(1):48-54.
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Breeding Young as a Survival Strategy during Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction. Sci Rep. 2016 Apr 05; 6:24053.
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Body size reductions in nonmammalian eutheriodont therapsids (Synapsida) during the end-Permian mass extinction. PLoS One. 2014; 9(2):e87553.
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Provincialization of terrestrial faunas following the end-Permian mass extinction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 14; 110(20):8129-33.