"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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| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dinosaurs" by people in Profiles.
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Bird feathers from a Late Cretaceous coprolite. Curr Biol. 2026 Oct 05; 36(19):5107-5116.e7.
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Scimitar-crested Spinosaurus species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation. Science. 2026 Feb 19; 391(6787):eadx5486.
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Duck-billed dinosaur fleshy midline and hooves reveal terrestrial clay-template "mummification". Science. 2026 Jan; 391(6780):eadw3536.
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Wing morphology of Anchiornis huxleyi and the evolution of molt strategies in paravian dinosaurs. Commun Biol. 2025 Nov 21; 8(1):1633.
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Enlargement of sternum traits facilitated the evolution of powered flight in birds. Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 Sep; 9(9):1705-1718.
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Chicago Archaeopteryx informs on the early evolution of the avian bauplan. Nature. 2025 05; 641(8065):1201-1207.
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Earliest evidence of avian primary feather moult. Biol Lett. 2024 06; 20(7):20240106.
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Diving dinosaurs? Caveats on the use of bone compactness and pFDA for inferring lifestyle. PLoS One. 2024; 19(3):e0298957.
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Functional constraints on the number and shape of flight feathers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Feb 20; 121(8):e2306639121.
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Rarity of molt evidence in early pennaraptoran dinosaurs suggests annual molt evolved later among Neornithes. Commun Biol. 2023 07 03; 6(1):687.