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In Depth Riparovenator is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur that lived in the British Isles during the early Cretaceous. Riparovenator was named alongside another spinosaurid dinosaur called Ceratosuchops. Further reading - New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European origins of Spinosauridae. - Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 19340 - Chris T. … Read more
In Depth Originally named in 2016 as Matapa, it was later discovered that the name Matapa had already been used to name a genus of butterfly. Therefore later in 2016, a new name, Matapanui was established for the genus. Matapanui is a genus of whale and a kind that was a precursor to the baleen … Read more
In Depth Pontosaurus was a semi aquatic lizard with an extremely elongated body that features a laterally compressed tail around twice the length of the body. Pontosaurus is so snake-like that it is considered to represent the form of reptiles that were ancestral to snakes, though was probably not the ancestor due to its late … Read more
In Depth The first poposaurid rauiscuhian to be discovered outside of North America, Sillosuchus was named after Dr. William Sill in recognition of his support for palaeontology within the Province of San Huan. Sillosuchus is a relative of the genus Shuvosaurus, and both of these are members of the Poposauroidea, a group named after the … Read more
In Depth A possible relative of Protorosaurus, Czatkowiella was a quadrupedal archosauromorph reptile with a proportionately long neck for its body. The genus name Czatkowiella is named after the Czatkowice assemblage, while the type species, C. harae, is in honour of Ewa Hara who prepared the fossil for study. Further Reading – A long−necked archosauromorph … Read more
In Depth The Kurī was introduced to New Zealand with the arrival of the first people sometime in the late thirteenth century. At the time of its arrival, the Kurī was the largest mammalian predator in New Zealand (not counting people), though the Kurī is often credited with being about the size of a … Read more
In Depth For the Carboniferous period Eogyrinus was a particularly large predator that had an almost eel-like body that measured out over four meters in length. This body, which featured limbs severely reduced in physical size, was an adaptation to swimming and hunting in Carboniferous swamps which would have been clogged with dense weeds, submerged … Read more
In Depth Related to the mosasaurs, the exact classification of Dolichosaurus is a little uncertain with its exact closeness to the Mosasauridae a little uncertain. Dolichosaurus is noted for having a long thin build and is speculated to have been a weak swimmer. This in turn has led to past speculation that it may have … Read more
In Depth Leiokarinosuchus is a genus of crocodile that lived in England during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - Crocodilians. - English Wealden fossils 305-369. - S. W. Salisbury & D. Naish - 2011.
In Depth Navajoceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. At the time of the description Navajoceratops is known only from a partial skull bones that a reveal a little of the shape of the neck frill. These suggest that Navajoceratops was a chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur. Further … Read more