[Just for fun] Trex Vs Triceratops : The Most DISRESPECTFUL Dinosaur Fight Ever
In Depth Lycideops is a genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Late Permian. Further Reading - The Oldest Therocephalians (Therapsida, Eutheriodontia) and the Early Diversification of Therapsida. - Palaeontology 51 (4): 1011. - F. Abdala, B. S. Rubidge & J. Van Den Heever - 2008. - Reassessment of the morphology … Read more
In Depth Dromornis is also often referred to by the English translation of its Greek name ‘Thunder bird’, as well as the Aboriginal ‘Mihirung paringmal’ which means ‘giant bird’. Dromornis was certainly a big bird being just a bit shorter but much heavier than the Moa from New Zealand, while being slightly lighter but a … Read more
In Depth Lophorhothon was first discovered in the US state of Alabama in the Mooreville Chalk Formation. During the Cretaceous, this area was known as a region of Appalachia (the eastern landmass of North America at the time separated from Laramidia in the West), and what is significant about this is that when Lophorhothon was … Read more
In Depth Coahomasuchus is a genus of aetosaur that lived in North America during the late Triassic. Like relatives, Coahomasuchus had plate like osteoderms that ran down the length of the back and under the throat. With a length of about one and a half meters, Coahomasuchus is one of the smaller aetosaurs. Further Reading … Read more
In Depth Morphologically Puijila looks a lot like an otter, however while otters are classed as musteloid mammals, the skull and teeth of Puijila clearly indicate that it was a pinneped, more commonly called a seal. As an early pinneped Puijila has helped to plug a gap in evolutionary theory concerning the appearance of seals … Read more
In Depth Further Reading Further reading- New carnivore material from the Plio-Pleistocene of Macedonia (Greece) with the description of a new canid. – Munchner Geowissenschaft Abteilung A 34:33-63. – G. D. Koufos & D.S. Kostopoulos – 1997.
In Depth Fodonyx is a genus of rynchosaur that lived in England during the early part of the Mid Triassic. The genus was born out of the decision to move a species of the Rhynchosaurus genus on the basis of differences from the type species that by todays taxonomic standards would warrant a new … Read more
In Depth Further Reading - Origin of the white shark Carcharodon (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) based on recalibration of the upper Neogene Pisco Formation of Peru - Palaeontology 55(6):1139-1153 - D. J. Ehret, B. J. MacFadden, D. S. Jones, T. J. DeVries, D. A. Foster & R. Salas-Gismondi. 2012.
In Depth Gobisaurus is very similar to another earlier named ankylosaur called Shamosaurus, yet there are enough differences in the skull features to be certain that these are separate genera, but ones that seem to be closely related. New analysis of the Ulansuhai Formation has also indicated that Gobisaurus may have lived around the Turonian … Read more
In Depth First described in 1842, Rhynchosaurus was the first ever rhynchosaur to be named, which is exactly why rhynchosaurs are called rhynchosaurs. Rhynchosaurus had a squat low slung body that was supported by all four legs. Rhynchosaurus is famous for the enlarged shearing teeth at the front of the mouth which would have easily … Read more