Michael E. Burns
University of Alberta
40 Papers
168 Citations
Michael E. Burns is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ankylosauria & Biology. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 39 publications. Previous affiliations of Michael E. Burns include Jacksonville State University.
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Papers
A redescription of the ankylosaurid dinosaur Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus Parks, 1924 (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) and a revision of the genus
TL;DR: It is possible that the fragmentary nature of the holotype of Euoplocephalus leads to the inference that the diversity of Late Cretaceous North American ankylosaurids is lower than it actually is, and it might be necessary to look beyond traditional cranial characters in order to accurately appraise the number and nature of various ankylassaurid taxa.
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Taxonomic Utility of Ankylosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) Osteoderms: Glyptodontopelta mimus Ford, 2000: A Test Case
TL;DR: A new nodosaurid specimen from the Upper Cretaceous Naashoibito Member of the Ojo Alamo Formation in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico is assigned to Glyptodontopelta mimus Ford, 2000 based on characters of internal (histological) and external osteoderm morphology.
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New Elmisaurine Specimens from North America and Their Relationship to the Mongolian Elmisaurus rarus
TL;DR: New specimens from Canada confirm the presence of elmisaurines in North America and shed light on the relationship of Leptorhynchos elegans to Mongolian forms, and support the informal separation of caenagnathids based on metatarsal structure.
Hints of the Early Jehol Biota: Important Dinosaur Footprint Assemblages from the Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary Tuchengzi Formation in Beijing, China
Lida Xing,Jianping Zhang,Martin G. Lockley,Richard T. McCrea,Hendrik Klein,Luis Alcalá,Lisa G. Buckley,Michael E. Burns,Susanna B. Kümmell,Qing He +9 more
TL;DR: New reports of dinosaur tracksites in the Tuchengzi Formation in the newly established Yanqing Global Geopark, Beijing, China, support previous inferences that the track assemblages from this formation are saurischian-dominated, with the majority of well-preserved tracks conforming to the Grallator type (sensus lato), thus representing relatively small trackmakers.
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Large theropod trackway from the Lower Jurassic Zhenzhuchong Formation of Weiyuan County, Sichuan Province, China: Review, new observations and special preservation
Lida Xing,Guangzhao Peng,Yong Ye,Martin G. Lockley,Richard T. McCrea,Philip J. Currie,Jianping Zhang,Michael E. Burns +7 more
TL;DR: Weiyuanpus zigongensis was not described in exhaustive detail at the time of its original discovery in 2007 as discussed by the authors, and the morphological details not described was an antero-medially directed hallux seen in five of the six tracks that make up the type trackway.
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