"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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dinosaurs" by people in Profiles.
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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 May; 641(8065):1201-1207.
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Earliest evidence of avian primary feather moult. Biol Lett. 2024 Jun; 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.
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A new long-necked archosauromorph from the Guanling Formation (Anisian, Middle Triassic) of southwestern China and its implications for neck evolution in tanystropheids. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2025 Oct; 308(10):2548-2562.
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Multiple pathways to herbivory underpinned deep divergences in ornithischian evolution. Curr Biol. 2023 02 06; 33(3):557-565.e7.
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Spinosaurus is not an aquatic dinosaur. Elife. 2022 11 30; 11.
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Enantiornithes. Curr Biol. 2022 10 24; 32(20):R1166-R1172.