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In Depth Isanosaurus is recognised as being one of the first sauropods to appear on the planet, replacing the previous earliest sauropod title holder Vulcanodon. It should be mentioned here that at the time Vulcanodon was thought to have lived in the early Hettangian stage of the Jurassic, just after the Triassic/Jurassic boundary, though a … Read more
In Depth Barbourofelis is easily one of the largest of the ‘false sabre-toothed cats’ which were carnivorous mammals that through convergent evolution evolved to be very much like cats in form even though they are in fact quite distantly related. For this reason Barbourofelis is often quoted as being a member of the Nimravidae, a … Read more
In Depth During the Pleistocene there was an island called Santa Rosae off the southern coast of California between the areas that are today known as Point Conception and Ventura. At some point, perhaps when the sea levels were particularly low, Columbian mammoths (M. columbi) crossed over from the mainland to colonise Santa Rosae. Although large … Read more
In Depth Pradhania is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in what is now India during the Early Jurassic. Later analysis of the genus has interpreted Pradhania as massospondylid. Pradhania likely shared the same habitat as the genus Lamplughsaura which is also known from the same formation. Further Reading - Basal sauropodomorphs (Dinosauria, Saurischia) … Read more
In Depth Tendaguria is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lined in Africa during the late Jurassic. At the time of writing Tendaguria is only known from a few vertebrae, but analysis of this show a similarity to the Australian Wintonotitan. Further Reading - Review of Janenschia Wild, with the description of a new sauropod … Read more
In Depth Prosansanosmilus is similar to another European genus of barbourofelid called Sansanosmilus, but is known from deposits that are dated to being a few million years older than the earliest currently known fossils of Sansanosmilus, hence the addition of ‘Pro’ to the genus name. The early appearance of Prosansanosmilus is also revealed in its … Read more
In Depth If you are confused by the name ‘ge ge wing’, ‘ge ge’ actually means princess. Gegepterus was called this because of the extremely gracile nature of its build, looking fragile even for a pterosaur. The reason for the long thin skull of Gegepterus is most probably a specialisation for filter feeding like other … Read more
In Depth Yoshi is a genus of metailurine sabre-toothed cat that lived in Eastern Europe during the late Miocene. Yoshi seems to have been adapted to be smaller light weight predators relying upon speed and agility to capture prey. Further Reading - A New Felid from the Late Miocene of the Balkans and the Contents … Read more
In Depth Yabeinosaurus is a genus of lizard that lived in China during the Early Cretaceous. When first described Yabeinosaurus was thought to have been like a small gecko, but this interpretation was based upon the description of juvenile remains. In 2005, adult specimens were described for the genus, revealing that Yabeinosaurus grew larger and … Read more
In Depth Along with Daeodon from North America and Paraentelodon from Asia, Entelodon is one of the largest currently known entelodonts, Eocene to Miocene era mammals that are interpreted as pig-like although their exact relationship to pigs is still strongly debated. The broad distribution of Entelodon species across Eurasia reveal that it was a successful … Read more