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High-latitude dipnoan aestivation burrows suggest seasonal aridity for early dinosaur ecosystems in the Late Triassic of East Greenland

Pawlak, Wojciech; Talanda, Mateusz; Qvarnström, Martin; Sulej, Tomasz et al.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2026

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A new Triassic austrolimulid from Poland presents insight into xiphosurid evolution and palaeobiogeography at the dawn of the Mesozoic

Audycki, Jonatan; Bicknell, Russell D. C.; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; De Baets, Kenneth

Part of PeerJ, 2026

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Earliest Jurassic plant assemblages from Sweden reveal a low-diversity ginkgoalean and cheirolepid flora dominating the post-extinction landscape

Quiroz-Cabascango, Daniela; Vajda, Vivi; McLoughlin, Stephen; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz

Part of Annals of Botany, p. 1797-1816, 2026

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Earliest amniote tracks recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution

Long, John A.; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Garvey, Jillian; Clement, Alice M. et al.

Part of Nature, p. 1193-1200, 2025

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An ornithischian-theropod ichnoassemblage from the Norian-Rhaetian transition of Poland

Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Owocki, Krzysztof; Qvarnström, Martin; Gierlinski, Gerard D.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2025

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Digestive contents and food webs record the advent of dinosaur supremacy

Qvarnström, Martin; Vikberg Wernström, Joel; Wawrzyniak, Zuzanna; Barbacka, Maria et al.

Part of Nature, p. 397-403, 2024

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The Bothriolepis (Placodermi, Antiarcha) material from the Valentia Slate Formation of the Iveragh Peninsula (middle Givetian, Ireland): Morphology, evolutionary and systematic considerations, phylogenetic and palaeogeographic implications

Dupret, Vincent; Byrne, Hannah; Castro, Nelia A.; Hammer, Øyvind et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2023

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Coprolite diversity reveals a cryptic ecosystem in an early Tournaisian lake in East Greenland: Implications for ecosystem recovery after the end-Devonian extinctio

Byrne, Hannah; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Blom, Henning; Kear, Benjamin P. et al.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2022

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Early Jurassic dinosaur-dominated track assemblages, floristic and environmental changes in the Holy Cross Mountains region, Poland

Pacyna, Grzegorz; Ziaja, Jadwiga; Barbacka, Maria; Pienkowski, Grzegorz et al.

Part of Geological Quarterly, 2022

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Early Jurassic coprolites: insights into palaeobotany and the feeding behaviour of dinosaurs

Barbacka, Maria; Gorecki, Artur; Pacyna, Grzegorz; Pienkowski, Grzegorz et al.

Part of Papers in Palaeontology, 2022

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New light shed on the early evolution of  limb-bone growth plate and bone marrow

Lopez, Jordi Estefa; Tafforeau, Paul; Clement, Alice; Klembara, Jozef et al.

Part of eLIFE, 2021

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Exceptionally preserved beetles in a Triassic coprolite of putative dinosauriform origin

Qvarnström, Martin; Fikacek, Martin; Vikberg Wernström, Joel; Huld, Sigrid et al.

Part of Current Biology, p. 3374-+, 2021

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Age constraints for the Trachilos footprints from Crete

Kirscher, Uwe; El Atfy, Haytham; Gaertner, Andreas; Dallanave, Edoardo et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2021

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Non-tetrapod trace fossils from the Middle Devonian tetrapod tracksite at Zachelmie Quarry, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland

Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Szrek, Piotr

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2020

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The earliest-known mammaliaform fossil from Greenland sheds light on origin of mammals

Sulej, Tomasz; Krzesinski, Grzegorz; Talanda, Mateusz; Wolniewicz, Andrzej S. et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 26861-26867, 2020

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Dipnoan from the Upper Triassic of East Greenland and remarks about palaeobiogeography of Ptychoceratodus

Pawlak, Wojciech; Talanda, Mateusz; Sulej, Tomasz; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz

Part of Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, p. 561-574, 2020

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A new early Late Triassic non-mammaliaform eucynodont from Poland

Sulej, Tomasz; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Talanda, Mateusz; Drozdz, Dawid et al.

Part of Historical Biology, p. 80-92, 2020

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Feeding convergence among ray-finned fishes: Teeth of the herbivorous actinopterygians from the latest Permian of East European Platform, Russia

Pindakiewicz, Maciej; Talanda, Mateusz; Sulej, Tomasz; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz et al.

Part of Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, p. 71-79, 2020

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Unexpected bird-like features and high intraspecific variation in the braincase of the Triassic relative of dinosaurs

Piechowski, Rafal; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Talanda, Mateusz

Part of Historical Biology, p. 1065-1081, 2019

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Pterosaur track assemblages from the Upper Jurassic (lower Kimmeridgian) intertidal deposits of Poland: Linking ichnites to potential trackmakers

Elgh, Erik; Pienkowski, Grzegorz; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p. 32-48, 2019

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An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs

Sulej, Tomasz; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz

Part of Science, p. 78-80, 2019

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Tyrannosaurid-like osteophagy by a Triassic archosaur

Qvarnström, Martin; Ahlberg, Per; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz

Part of Scientific Reports, 2019

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Filter feeding in Late Jurassic pterosaurs supported by coprolite contents

Qvarnström, Martin; Elgh, Erik; Owocki, Krzysztof; Ahlberg, Per et al.

Part of PeerJ, 2019

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Late Permian conchostracans (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) from continental deposits in the Moscow Syneclise, Russia

Scholze, Frank; Golubev, Valeriy K.; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Schneider, Joerg W. et al.

Part of Journal of Paleontology, p. 72-97, 2019

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Beetle-bearing coprolites possibly reveal the diet of a Late Triassic dinosauriform

Qvarnström, Martin; Vikberg Wernström, Joel; Piechowski, Rafal; Talanda, Mateusz et al.

Part of Royal Society Open Science, 2019

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First evidence of a tetrapod footprint from the Triassic of northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Mörs, Thomas; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Crispini, Laura; Laeufer, Andreas et al.

Part of Polar Research, 2019

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Non-marine palaeoenvironment associated to the earliest tetrapod tracks

Qvarnström, Martin; Szrek, Piotr; Ahlberg, Per E.; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz

Part of Scientific Reports, 2018

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A new charophyte flora from the Upper Triassic of Skane (Sweden) and implications on biostratigraphy, taphonomy and the palaeoenvironment

Qvarnström, Martin; Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz

Part of Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, p. 61-79, 2018

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• DOI for A new charophyte flora from the Upper Triassic of Skane (Sweden) and implications on biostratigraphy, taphonomy and the palaeoenvironment

Earliest Triassic metazoan bioconstructions from East Greenland reveal a pioneering benthic community in the immediate aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction

Zaton, Michal; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Rakocinski, Michal; Blom, Henning et al.

Part of Global and Planetary Change, p. 87-98, 2018

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• DOI for Earliest Triassic metazoan bioconstructions from East Greenland reveal a pioneering benthic community in the immediate aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction

Dipnoan remains from the Lower-Middle Triassic of the Holy Cross Mountains and northeastern Poland, with remarks on dipnoan palaeobiogeography

Skrzycki, Piotr; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Talanda, Mateusz

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p. 332-345, 2018

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• DOI for Dipnoan remains from the Lower-Middle Triassic of the Holy Cross Mountains and northeastern Poland, with remarks on dipnoan palaeobiogeography

A new occurrence of the Late Triassic archosaur Smok in southern Poland

Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Budziszewska-Karwowska, Ewa

Part of Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, p. 703-712, 2018

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Vertebrate microremains from the upper Silurian Winnica Formation of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland

Bremer, Oskar; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Blom, Henning; Dec, Marek et al.

Part of Geological Magazine, p. 1523-1541, 2018

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Limulitella tejraensis, a new species of limulid (Chelicerata, Xiphosura) from the Middle Triassic of southern Tunisia (Saharan Platform)

Blazcjowski, Blazcj; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Boukhalfa, Kamel; Soussi, Mohamed

Part of Journal of Paleontology, p. 960-967, 2017

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The earliest bird-line archosaurs and the assembly of the dinosaur body plan

Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Butler, Richard J.; Ezcurra, Martin D.; Barrett, Paul M. et al.

Part of Nature, p. 484-+, 2017

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Middle Triassic (Anisian-Ladinian) Tejra red beds and Late Triassic (Carnian) carbonate sedimentary records of southern Tunisia, Saharan Platform: Biostratigraphy, sedimentology and implication on regional stratigraphic correlations

Soussi, Mohamed; Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz; Talanda, Mateusz; Drozdz, Dawid et al.

Part of MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, p. 222-256, 2017

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• DOI for Middle Triassic (Anisian-Ladinian) Tejra red beds and Late Triassic (Carnian) carbonate sedimentary records of southern Tunisia, Saharan Platform: Biostratigraphy, sedimentology and implication on regional stratigraphic correlations

A re-evaluation of the historical "dinosaur' remains from the Middle-Upper Triassic of Poland

Skawinski, Tomasz; Ziegler, Maciej; Czepinski, Lukasz; Szermanski, Marcin et al.

Part of Historical Biology, p. 442-472, 2017

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Residues from the Upper Permian carnivore coprolites from Vyazniki in Russia - key questions in reconstruction of feeding habits

Bajdek, Piotr; Owocki, Krzysztof; Sennikov, Andrey G.; Golubev, Valeriy K. et al.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p. 70-82, 2017

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The first direct evidence of a Late Devonian coelacanth fish feeding on conodont animals

Zaton, Michal; Broda, Krzysztof; Qvarnström, Martin; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz et al.

Part of The Science of Nature, 2017

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3D – visualization of vertebrate coprolites through phase contrast synchrotron imaging unravel new aspects of paleoecological relations

Qvarnström, Martin; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Tafforeau, Paul; Zigaite, Zivile et al.

Part of 77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstract book, p. 181, 2017

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Possible hominin footprints from the late Miocene (c. 5.7 Ma) of Crete?

Gierlinski, Gerard D.; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Lockley, Martin G.; Athanassiou, Athanassios et al.

Part of Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, p. 697-710, 2017

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Synchrotron phase-contrast microtomography of coprolites generates novel palaeobiological data

Qvarnström, Martin; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Tafforeau, Paul; Zigaite, Zivile et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2017

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Upper Triassic freshwater oncoids from Silesia (southern Poland) and their microfossil biota

Talanda, Mateusz; Bajdek, Piotr; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Sulej, Tomasz

Part of Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen, p. 43-56, 2017

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• DOI for Upper Triassic freshwater oncoids from Silesia (southern Poland) and their microfossil biota

Middle-Upper Triassic and Middle Jurassic tetrapod track assemblages of southern Tunisia, Sahara Platform

Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz; Soussi, Mohamed; Boukhalfa, Kamel; Gierlinski, Gerard D.

Part of Journal of African Earth Sciences, p. 31-44, 2017

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• DOI for Middle-Upper Triassic and Middle Jurassic tetrapod track assemblages of southern Tunisia, Sahara Platform

Reduction of vertebrate coprolite diversity associated with the end-Permian extinction event in Vyazniki region, European Russia

Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Bajdek, Piotr; Qvarnström, Martin; Sulej, Tomasz et al.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p. 77-90, 2016

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• DOI for Reduction of vertebrate coprolite diversity associated with the end-Permian extinction event in Vyazniki region, European Russia

An Early Triassic polar predator ecosystem revealed by vertebrate coprolites from the Bulgo Sandstone (Sydney Basin) of southeastern Australia

Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Bajdek, Piotr; Owocki, Krzysztof; Kear, Benjamin P.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p. 5-15, 2016

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• DOI for An Early Triassic polar predator ecosystem revealed by vertebrate coprolites from the Bulgo Sandstone (Sydney Basin) of southeastern Australia

Vertebrate coprolites (fossil faeces): An underexplored Konservat-Lagerstatte

Qvarnström, Martin; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Zigaite, Zivile

Part of Earth-Science Reviews, p. 44-57, 2016

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• DOI for Vertebrate coprolites (fossil faeces): An underexplored Konservat-Lagerstatte

Boreal earliest Triassic biotas elucidate globally depauperate hard substrate communities after the end-Permian mass extinction

Zaton, Michal; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Blom, Henning; Kear, Benjamin P.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2016

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Microbiota and food residues including possible evidence of pre-mammalian hair in Upper Permian coprolites from Russia

Bajdek, Piotr; Qvarnström, Martin; Owocki, Krzysztof; Sulej, Tomasz et al.

Part of Lethaia, p. 455-477, 2016

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• DOI for Microbiota and food residues including possible evidence of pre-mammalian hair in Upper Permian coprolites from Russia

A glimpse of a fish face: An exceptional fish feeding trace fossil from the Lower Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland

Szrek, Piotr; Salwa, Sylwester; Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Dec, Marek et al.

Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p. 113-124, 2016

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The osteology and systematic position of Dongusuchus efremovi Sennikov, 1988 from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Russia

Niedzwiedzki, Grzegorz; Sennikov, Andrey; Brusatte, Stephen L.

Part of Historical Biology, p. 550-570, 2016

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• DOI for The osteology and systematic position of Dongusuchus efremovi Sennikov, 1988 from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Russia