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In Depth The name Echinodon means ‘hedgehog tooth’, and this is because when Richard Owen first named Echinodon in 1861, he thought he was dealing with a lizard that had a similar lifestyle to a hedgehog. Later, Echinodon was often perceived to be a primitive thyreophoran dinosaur (popularly known as an armoured dinosaur), but today … Read more
In Depth Bravasaurus is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. While many of the South American titanosaurs such as Argentinosaurus were positive giants, Bravasaurus seems to have been much smaller than most. Bravasaurus was named alongside the genus Punatitan in the same paper in 2020. Further reading … Read more
In Depth The Liliensternus holotype was originally described in 1934 as a species of Halticosaurus by Friedrich von Huene. However a later palaeontologist named Samuel Paul Welles concluded that this species was actually different beyond the species level and created the genus of Liliensternus for it instead. Further complication to the history of the genus … Read more
In Depth At the time of the genus description and writing of this, Dryadissector is known only from teeth, but these teeth are nonetheless very interesting indeed. At a glance these teeth are very similar to those of small theropod dinosaurs, laterally compressed and serrated like knives, while recurved so that prey that was impaled … Read more
In Depth Fabrosaurus has been widely considered to be a dubious genus due to the very incomplete nature of the type remains, a partial jaw and three teeth. The better known genus Lesothosaurus however has been speculated to be a synonym to Fabrosaurus, though the lack of remains for Fabrosaurus mean that such an observation … Read more
In Depth Laiyangosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China” (PDF). Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. - J. L. Zhang, X. Wang, Q. Wang, S. Jiang, X. Cheng, L. Ning … Read more
In Depth A very primitive whale form, Remingtonocetus is noted as being smaller and significantly more gracile than most of its relative genera. This more generalised observation is combined with he fact that all four limbs of Remingtonocetus were still well enough adapted for walking on land while the tail seems to have served little … Read more
In Depth If there has ever been a genus that has been a serious source of confusion for people, it’s Scansoriopteryx. We’ll start with the correct name for this genus regarding whether it should be Scansoriopteryx or Epidendrosaurus. We are certain that both of these genera are one and the same and therefore synonymous. However, … Read more
In Depth Named in 2005, Baurutitan seems to have been a fairly large titanosaur that lived in Brazil during the last stage of the Cretaceous. Further Reading - Description of a titanosaurid caudal series from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil. - Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63(3):529-564. - A. W. A. … Read more
In Depth Infernovenator is a genus of lepospondyl with a serpentine body that lived in North America during the Carboniferous. Further Reading - Infernovenator steenae, a new serpentine recumbirostran from the ‘Mazon Creek’ Lagert�tte further clarifies lysorophian origins. - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society XX:1-12 - A. Mann, J. D. Pardo & H. C. … Read more