In Depth        Similar to the genera Lagerpeton and Dromomeron,†‬Ixalerpeton is a genus of dinosauromorph that is noted for having rear limbs that are proportionately long to the body.†‬Ixalerpeton would have been a small and agile dinosauromorph,†‬possibly hunting for insects.        Ixalerpeton was named alongside the dinosaur Buriolestes. Further Reading -†‬A Unique Late … Read more
In Depth        A relative of the genus Moschops,†‬Criocephalosaurus was a tapniocephalid dinocephalian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Permian.†‬As with relative genera,†‬Criocephalosaurus is noted for having a skull that grew extremely thick on top,†‬perhaps as†‬a form of display or as something used in head pushing contests with rivals. … Read more
In Depth        Niobrarasaurus is a genus of medium/large nodosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous.†‬Other than this Niobrarasaurus would have been an unremarkable dinosaur genus were it not for one thing,†‬and this is that the first†(‬and at the time of writing onlyâ€) ‬fossils of this dinosaur are known from … Read more
In Depth Further Reading – Laetoli: a Pliocene Site in Northern Tanzania. – Clarendon Press, Oxford, Great Britain – M. D. Leakey & J. M. Harris – 1987. – Basicranial anatomy of the giant viverrid from ‘E’ Quarry, Langebaanweg, South Africa. Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironments of Late Cenozoic Mammals. – Tributes to the Career of C. … Read more
In Depth        Very little can be said about this titanosaur because it is only represented by a single caudal†(‬tailâ€) ‬vertebrae.†‬In addition to this the palaeontologist who named Khetranisaurus,†‬M.†‬Sadiq Malkani,†‬also named three other titanosaurs Sulaimanisaurus,†‬Pakisaurus and Balochisaurus,†‬Marisaurus in that same year,†‬all from only caudal vertebrae.†‬The first two … Read more
In Depth        Herrerasaurus was first described in†‬1963†‬yet many sources still cite the year†‬1988†‬as the year the genus was discovered.†‬In actually however this was the year that the first complete skull of Herrerasaurus was found,†‬and because this is the discovery that really made headlines in the scientific press,†‬this is … Read more
In Depth        Jaklapallisaurus is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in what is now India during the latest Triassic. Further Reading -†‬New dinosaur species from the Upper Triassic Upper Maleri and Lower Dharmaram formations of Central India.†‬-†‬Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh†‬101:333-349.†‬-†‬F.†‬E.†… Read more
In Depth        Bienosaurus is a genus of armoured dinosaur that lived in China during the early Jurassic.†‬Although only known from fragmentary skull and jaw fossils,†‬Bienosaurus is thought to have been similar to Scelidosaurus. Further Reading -†‬Primitive armored dinosaur from the Lufeng Basin,†‬China,†‬by Z.†‬Dong.†‬In†‬Mesozoic Vertebrate Life,†‬D.†‬H.†… Read more
In Depth        Paracimexomys is a genus of multituberculatan mammal that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading -†‬A study of Mammalia and geology across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Garfield County,†‬Montana.†‬-†‬University of California Publications in Geological Sciences†‬122:1-286.†‬-†‬J.†‬D.†‬Archibald†‬-†‬1982. -†‬Multituberculate mammals from near … Read more
In Depth        Vespersaurus is a genus of noasaurine theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous.†‬At the time of its description Vespersaurus is notable for two reasons.†‬First is that the Vespersaurus holotype fossils were discovered in an area that back in the early Cretaceous was part of a huge desert,†… Read more