In Depth Brohisaurus was a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in Pakistan during the late Jurassic. Further Reading – First Jurassic dinosaur fossils found from Kirthar Range, Khuzdar District, Balochistan, Pakistan. – Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar 36:73-83. – M. S. Malkani – 2003.
In Depth Dendrorhynchoides caused some confusion when it was first described because while the overall body morphology is that of an anurognathid, the long tail is not a recognised characteristic of the group. However the answer for this is a very simple one. The holotype was obtained from illegal fossil dealers who had added the … Read more
In Depth Mandschurosaurus is registered as a genus of hadrosaur that lived in what is now China during the late Cretaceous. Unfortunately the first individual ever found for this genus is so poorly preserved that most palaeontologists today regard the genus as a nomen dubium due to the difficulty of assigning further remains to the … Read more
In Depth Pelorocephalus lived towards the end of the Triassic, a time just before the temnospondyl amphibians declined to be only a small portion of their former selves. Pelorocephalus was typical of the temnospondyl body type, resembling a large heavily built salamander-like creature that in the instance of Pelorocephalus grew to around one meter long, … Read more
The giant goanna For roughly one hundred and fifty years Varanus priscus went by the name of Megalania prisca, however modern interpretations of this ancient lizard mostly concur that it is actually a species of the current Varanus genus of monitor lizards that we know today. Because it has appeared in many books, websites and … Read more
In Depth Kritosaurus was first described in 1910 upon a description of a partial skull that was not only incomplete but partially eroded. To fill in the gaps, Brown used a second skull that would later be referred to Anatotitan to complete the reconstruction. Not all the fragments were used, and the final reconstruction was … Read more
In Depth First considered to be a weejasperaspid acanthothoracid placoderm, studies of the braincase indicate that Brindabellaspis may have been fairly close to the ancestral form all the placoderm fish that appeared after it. Further Reading - A new Early Devonian placoderm from New South Wales, Australia, with a discussion of placoderm phylogeny. - Palaeontographica … Read more
In Depth The discovery of Suchomimus helped towards the more accurate reconstruction of its potentially much larger relative Spinosaurus. Combined with knowledge from the discovery of Baryonyx and new partial skull material attributed to Spinosaurus remains resulted in Spinosaurus finally being given a crocodile-like skull instead that of the more typical theropod skull style. These … Read more
In Depth Cascocauda is genus of anurognathid pterosaur that lived in South East Asia during the middle Jurassic. Cascocauda was similar to other anurognathid pterosaurs in that it had a squat body and broad head with large eyes. Analysis of the holotype, shows that Cascocauda also had a fairly thick covering of pycnofibres, but some … Read more
In Depth Chilesaurus is a very exciting find, and not just because it was the first Jurassic aged dinosaur to be discovered in Chile. Chilesaurus is a theropod dinosaur, yet there is no doubt that Chilesaurus was a plant eater, and not a carnivore like most other theropods were. Firstly the teeth of spatulate and … Read more