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In Depth The holotype specimen of Scipionyx was first discovered in 1981, though it did not garner wider attention until 1993 when its existence was announced to the wider public. It would not be until 1998 however that the genus and species name Scipionyx samniticus would be created. The holotype was discovered by amateur palaeontologist … Read more
In Depth Caieiria is a genus of titanosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. At the time of its naming, Caieiria was only known from tail vertebrae. These vertebrae however show strongly developed side process as well as vertical spines about half the height of the centra (the round disc part of … Read more
In Depth Supradapedon is a little known genus of rhynchosaur that lived in Tanzania during the Triassic. A study published in 2000 made the suggestion that Supradapedon should be synonymised with Hyperodepedon, but later studies since this time continue to list Supradapedon as a distinct genus. Further Reading - A note on some rhyncosaurian remains … Read more
In Depth Shuangbaisaurus is a genus of predatory dinosaur that lived in China during the start of the Jurassic period. Known from a partial skull, there is speculation that Shuangbaisaurus might be synonymous with Sinosaurus. Further Reading - A new crested theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Yunnan Province, China. - Vertebrata PalAsiatica 55(2):177-186. … Read more
In Depth Nothosaurus is representative of one of the dominant groups of marine reptiles of the Triassic, the other main group being the primitive ichthyosaurs like Cymbospondylus. The nothosaurs are often dubbed the seals of the Triassic because while they were adapted for aquatic life, they still held onto to clear terrestrial adaptations. This would … Read more
In Depth Sineleutherus is a genus of euharamiyid that lived in both China and Russia during the Jurassic. Further Reading - Mammals from the Late Jurassic Qigu Formation in the southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, northwest China. - Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 90(3):295-319. - T. Martin, A. O. Averianov & H.-U. Pfretzschner - 2010. - The first … Read more
In Depth When first named in 1979, Dravidosaurus was described as a stegosaurid dinosaur, and given that the holotype was in a Coniacian of the late Cretaceous aged deposit, possibly the last stegosaur to exist. However, this claim seems to have been made prematurely, as in 1991 a palaeontologist named Sanker Chatterjee visited the site … Read more
In Depth Though Moganopterus probably does not have the largest skull of any pterosaur, it does have the largest skull of any toothed pterosaur. This size is down to the jaws being very elongated, possibly for additional reach. There were at least sixty-two teeth in the skull, though possibly more. On the back of the … Read more
In Depth Rastodon is a genus of dicynodont that lived in Brazil during the Permian. Like other dicynodonts, Rastodon had two tusks which grew downwards from the upper jaw. However, unlike dicynodont genera named before 2016, the tusks of Rastodon are noted as actually curving to point slightly forwards. Further Reading - A new dicynodont … Read more
In Depth Originally named as a species of Miacis, Gustafsonia is a genus of small amphicyonid that lived in North America during the Eocene/Oligocene. The amphicyonids are more colloquially known as ‘bear dogs’, though Gustafsonia would have likely been more like a civet in form, and a predator of small animals. Further Reading - Whence … Read more