@article{MTMT:34789391, title = {A new species of the vitismin cockroach genus Perspicuus Koubová, 2020 from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Hungary}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34789391}, author = {Szabó, Márton and SENDI, HEMEN and Ősi, Attila}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.6}, journal-iso = {ZOOTAXA}, journal = {ZOOTAXA}, volume = {5437}, unique-id = {34789391}, issn = {1175-5326}, abstract = {Mesozoic amber cockroaches are rare compared to sedimentary imprints and are only known from Myanmar, Lebanon, France, Russia and USA. Perspicuus csincsii sp. n. from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) ajkaite amber of Hungary with very long cerci, cup-like terminal palpomere of the maxillary palp and fully carinated legs, is clearly distinguished from all other Vitisminae species by the unique, black forewing with small light-coloured dots/stripes and the absence of pubescence on the wings (autapomorphies). The second cockroach described from the ajkaite adds important data to the distribution pattern of Vitisminae during the Late Cretaceous and further highlights the similarity of the ajkaite and burmite biotas.}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1175-5334}, pages = {105-114}, orcid-numbers = {SENDI, HEMEN/0000-0003-2389-4580; Ősi, Attila/0000-0003-2967-997X} } @article{MTMT:34577416, title = {Complex dental wear analysis reveals dietary shift in Triassic placodonts (Sauropsida, Sauropterygia)}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34577416}, author = {Gere, Kinga and Nagy, András Lajos and Scheyer, Torsten M. and Werneburg, Ingmar and Ősi, Attila}, doi = {10.1186/s13358-024-00304-x}, journal-iso = {SWISS J PALAEON}, journal = {SWISS JOURNAL OF PALAEONTOLOGY}, volume = {143}, unique-id = {34577416}, issn = {1664-2376}, abstract = {Placodonts were durophagous reptiles of the Triassic seas with robust skulls, jaws, and enlarged, flat, pebble-like teeth. During their evolution, they underwent gradual craniodental changes from the Early Anisian to the Rhaetian, such as a reduction in the number of teeth, an increase in the size of the posterior palatal teeth, an elongation of the premaxilla/rostrum, and a widening of the temporal region. These changes are presumably related to changes in dietary habits, which, we hypothesise, are due to changes in the type and quality of food they consumed. In the present study, the dental wear pattern of a total of nine European Middle to Late Triassic placodont species were investigated using 2D and 3D microwear analyses to demonstrate whether there could have been a dietary shift or grouping among the different species and, whether the possible changes could be correlated with environmental changes affecting their habitats. The 3D analysis shows overlap between species with high variance between values and there is no distinct separation. The 2D analysis has distinguished two main groups. The first is characterised by low number of wear features and high percentage of large pits. The other group have a high feature number, but low percentage of small pits. The 2D analysis showed a correlation between the wear data and the size of the enlarged posterior crushing teeth. Teeth with larger sizes showed less wear feature (with higher pit ratio) but larger individual features. In contrast, the dental wear facet of smaller crushing teeth shows more but smaller wear features (with higher scratch number). This observation may be related to the size of the food consumed, i.e., the wider the crown, the larger food it could crush, producing larger features. Comparison with marine mammals suggests that the dietary preference of Placochelys , Psephoderma and Paraplacodus was not exclusively hard, thick-shelled food. They may have had a more mixed diet, similar to that of modern sea otters. The diet of Henodus may have included plant food, similar to the modern herbivore marine mammals and lizards.}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1664-2384}, orcid-numbers = {Ősi, Attila/0000-0003-2967-997X} } @article{MTMT:34472680, title = {Rhabdodontid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) diversity suggested by the first documented occurrence of associated cranial and postcranial material at Vălioara (uppermost Cretaceous Densuș-Ciula Formation, Hațeg Basin, Romania)}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34472680}, author = {Magyar, János and Csiki-Sava, Zoltán and Ősi, Attila and Augustin, Felix J. and Botfalvai, Gábor}, doi = {10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105810}, journal-iso = {CRETACEOUS RES}, journal = {CRETACEOUS RESEARCH}, volume = {156}, unique-id = {34472680}, issn = {0195-6671}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1095-998X}, orcid-numbers = {Magyar, János/0000-0002-2072-0174; Csiki-Sava, Zoltán/0000-0001-7144-0327; Ősi, Attila/0000-0003-2967-997X; Augustin, Felix J./0000-0002-7787-5601; Botfalvai, Gábor/0000-0002-5479-9036} } @article{MTMT:34140739, title = {A new Mesozoic record of the pseudoscorpion family Garypinidae from Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Ajkaite amber, Ajka area, Hungary}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34140739}, author = {Novák, János and Harvey, Mark S. and Szabó, Márton and Hammel, Jörg U. and Harms, Danilo and Kotthoff, Ulrich and Hörweg, Christoph and Brazidec, Manuel and Ősi, Attila}, doi = {10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105709}, journal-iso = {CRETACEOUS RES}, journal = {CRETACEOUS RESEARCH}, volume = {153}, unique-id = {34140739}, issn = {0195-6671}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1095-998X}, orcid-numbers = {Harvey, Mark S./0000-0003-1482-0109; Szabó, Márton/0000-0002-3233-7797; Hammel, Jörg U./0000-0002-6744-6811; Kotthoff, Ulrich/0000-0003-3146-1654; Brazidec, Manuel/0000-0002-0860-8972; Ősi, Attila/0000-0003-2967-997X} } @CONFERENCE{MTMT:34145426, title = {Got the Head and Tail of It? – New ornithopod dinosaur fossils from Vălioara represent the most complete rhabdodontid skeletal association from the Densuș-Ciula Formation (Hațeg Basin)}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34145426}, author = {Magyar, János and Csiki-Sava, Z.* and Augustin, F.J. and Ősi, Attila and Botfalvai, Gábor}, booktitle = {Abstract Book, Fourteenth Romanian Symposium on Palaeontology}, unique-id = {34145426}, year = {2023}, pages = {73-74}, orcid-numbers = {Ősi, Attila/0000-0003-2967-997X; Botfalvai, Gábor/0000-0002-5479-9036} } @article{MTMT:34128741, title = {The Rhabdodontidae (Dinosauria, Ornithischia), an enigmatic dinosaur group endemic to the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34128741}, author = {Augustin, Felix J. and Ősi, Attila and Csiki-Sava, Zoltán}, doi = {10.3897/fr.26.108967}, journal-iso = {FOSS REC}, journal = {FOSSIL RECORD: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCE}, volume = {26}, unique-id = {34128741}, issn = {2193-0066}, abstract = {The Rhabdodontidae was one of the most important dinosaur groups inhabiting the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago. Currently, the clade comprises nine species within six genera, which have been found in southern France, northern Spain, eastern Austria, western Hungary and western Romania, ranging from the Santonian to the late Maastrichtian. Phylogenetic analyses consistently place the Rhabdodontidae at the very base of the iguanodontian radiation, whereas the in-group relationships of rhabdodontids are relatively poorly understood; nevertheless, the clade seems to have had a rather complicated biogeographical history. Generally, rhabdodontids were small- to medium-sized, probably habitually bipedal herbivores, characterised by a rather stocky build and a comparatively large, triangular skull. Several lines of evidence suggest that they were presumably gregarious animals, as well as selective browsers that fed on fibrous plants and occupied different ecological niches than sympatric herbivorous dinosaur clades. Moreover, the sympatry of at least two rhabdodontid taxa was rather common and can be explained, at least in some instances, by niche partitioning. While rhabdodontids disappeared prior to the K/Pg extinction event in Western Europe, they survived close to the end of the Cretaceous in Eastern Europe, where they were amongst the last non-avian dinosaurs still present before the end of the Cretaceous. In this paper, we provide an overview of the rhabdodontid taxonomic history, diversity, phylogenetic relationships and palaeobiogeographic history, as well as palaeoecology and extinction. In addition, we also highlight still open questions on each of these topics and suggest potential future research directions.}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1860-1014}, pages = {171-189}, orcid-numbers = {Augustin, Felix J./0000-0002-7787-5601; Ősi, Attila/0000-0003-2967-997X} } @article{MTMT:33538471, title = {Alienopterix santonicus sp. n., a metallic cockroach from the Late Cretaceous ajkaite amber (Bakony Mts, western Hungary) documents Alienopteridae within the Mesozoic Laurasia}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33538471}, author = {Szabó, Márton and Szabó, Péter and Kóbor, Péter and Ősi, Attila}, doi = {10.1007/s11756-022-01265-7}, journal-iso = {BIOLOGIA}, journal = {BIOLOGIA (BRATISLAVA)}, volume = {78}, unique-id = {33538471}, issn = {0006-3088}, abstract = {Cockroaches (Blattaria s. str.) were documented from numerous amber localities around the world, representing both extinct and extant families. Alienopteridae is an extinct cockroach family known only from the Cretaceous of Gondwana (Brazil, Botswana, Myanmar amber) and the Cenozoic of North America. Alienopterix santonicus sp. n. from the Late Cretaceous amber of the Ajka Coal Formation (Bakony Mts, western Hungary) extends the rich geographical distribution of the family into Laurasia during the Mesozoic. As a member of the presumably pollinator cohort Alienopteridae, this species could have played an important role in the Ajka Coal ecosystem during the Santonian. The microrectangular structures of the forewing suggest that the new species likely possessed a metallic colouration already known from the group. Combined with the disruptive body pattern this could have served as an advanced camouflage. The microrectangular structures of the forewing were compared to integument microstructures of extant insects with metallic colouration. Various arthropod taxa are already known from ajkaite, and the new discovery further emphasizes the importance of this amber.}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1336-9563}, pages = {1701-1712}, orcid-numbers = {Szabó, Péter/0000-0003-0827-3583; Kóbor, Péter/0000-0003-0266-7303; Ősi, Attila/0000-0003-2967-997X} } @article{MTMT:33295571, title = {Multi-proxy dentition analyses reveal niche partitioning between sympatric herbivorous dinosaurs}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33295571}, author = {Ősi, Attila and Barrett, Paul M. and Evans, Alistair R. and Nagy, András Lajos and Szenti, Imre and Kukovecz, Ákos and Magyar, János and Segesdi, Martin and Gere, Kinga and Jó, Viviána}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-022-24816-z}, journal-iso = {SCI REP}, journal = {SCIENTIFIC REPORTS}, volume = {12}, unique-id = {33295571}, issn = {2045-2322}, abstract = {Dentitions of the sympatric herbivorous dinosaurs Hungarosaurus (Ankylosauria, Nodosauridae) and Mochlodon (Ornithopoda, Rhabdodontidae) (Santonian, Hungary) were analysed to investigate their dietary ecology, using several complementary methods—orientation patch count, tooth replacement rate, macrowear, tooth wear rate, traditional microwear, and dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA). Tooth formation time is similar in Hungarosaurus and Mochlodon , and traditional and DMTA microwear features suggest low-browsing habits for both taxa, consistent with their inferred stances and body sizes. However, Mochlodon possesses a novel adaptation for increasing dental durability: the dentine on the working side of the crown is double the thickness of that on the balancing side. Moreover, crown morphology, enamel thickness, macrowear orientation, and wear rate differ greatly between the two taxa. Consequently, these sympatric herbivores probably exploited plants of different toughness, implying dietary selectivity and niche partitioning. Hungarosaurus is inferred to have eaten softer vegetation, whereas Mochlodon likely fed on tougher material. Compared to the much heavier, quadrupedal Hungarosaurus , the bipedal Mochlodon wore down more than twice as much of its crown volume during the functional life of the tooth. This heavy tooth wear might correlate with more intensive food processing and, in turn, could reflect differences in the metabolic requirements of these animals.}, year = {2022}, eissn = {2045-2322}, orcid-numbers = {Ősi, Attila/0000-0003-2967-997X; Kukovecz, Ákos/0000-0003-0716-9557} } @CONFERENCE{MTMT:33206836, title = {Dietary palaeoecology of sympatric herbivorous dinosaurs revealed by multi-proxy dentition analyses}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33206836}, author = {Ősi, Attila and Paul, M. Barrett and Alistair, Evans and András, Lajos Nagy and Szenti, Imre and Kukovecz, Ákos and Magyar, János and Martin, Segesdi and Kinga, Gere and Viviána, Jó}, booktitle = {Programme and Abstracts book of 70th Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy}, unique-id = {33206836}, year = {2022}, pages = {22-23}, orcid-numbers = {Ősi, Attila/0000-0003-2967-997X; Kukovecz, Ákos/0000-0003-0716-9557} } @article{MTMT:33076752, title = {A unique record of the Late Cretaceous of East-Central Europe: The first fossil wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae, Spathiopterygidae) from the ajkaite amber (Bakony Mts., western Hungary)}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33076752}, author = {Szabó, Márton and Brazidec, Manuel and Perrichot, Vincent and Szenti, Imre and Kukovecz, Ákos and Ősi, Attila}, doi = {10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105314}, journal-iso = {CRETACEOUS RES}, journal = {CRETACEOUS RESEARCH}, volume = {139}, unique-id = {33076752}, issn = {0195-6671}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1095-998X}, orcid-numbers = {Brazidec, Manuel/0000-0002-0860-8972; Kukovecz, Ákos/0000-0003-0716-9557; Ősi, Attila/0000-0003-2967-997X} }