Canis edwardii (‬Edward’s wolfâ€)
In Depth Further Reading – The late Cenozoic vertebrate faunas from the San Pedro Valley, Ariz. – Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92: 475–518. – C. L. Gazin – 1942.
Species Classification: Chordata
Lycideops
In Depth        Lycideops is a genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Late Permian. Further Reading -†‬The Oldest Therocephalians†(‬Therapsida,†‬Eutheriodontiaâ€) ‬and the Early Diversification of Therapsida.†‬-†‬Palaeontology†‬51†(‬4â€)‬:†‬1011.†‬-†‬F.†‬Abdala,†‬B.†‬S.†‬Rubidge†& ‬J.†‬Van Den Heever†‬-†‬2008. -†‬Reassessment of the morphology … Read more
Dromornis
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
Lophorhothon
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 Westâ€)‬,†‬and what is significant about this is that when Lophorhothon was … Read more
Coahomasuchus
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
Puijila
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
Canis apolloniensis
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.
Fodonyx
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
Carcharodon hubbelli a.k.a.†‬Hubbell’s white shark
In Depth Further Reading -†‬Origin of the white shark Carcharodon†(‬Lamniformes:†‬Lamnidaeâ€) ‬based on recalibration of the upper Neogene Pisco Formation of Peru†‬-†‬Palaeontology†‬55â€(‬6â€)‬:1139-1153†‬-†‬D.†‬J.†‬Ehret,†‬B.†‬J.†‬MacFadden,†‬D.†‬S.†‬Jones,†‬T.†‬J.†‬DeVries,†‬D.†‬A.†‬Foster†& ‬R.†‬Salas-Gismondi.†‬2012.
Gobisaurus
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