In Depth Caulkicephalus had to be reconstructed from several fragments before it could be classified. Once pieced together the form of an ornithocheirid pterosaur was easy to see including the specialised fish catching dentition. Although only the replacement teeth that are still within the jaw have been preserved, the size of the actual teeth can … Read more
In Depth Tienshanosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in China during the late Jurassic. At twelve meters long Tienshanosaurus seems to have been fairly small for a sauropod dinosaur. In the past there has been some confusion concerning the validity of the genus, with the genus Euhelopus being considered to be a … Read more
In Depth The scattered fossils of Anzu were first being found as far back as 1998, and in time four individual discoveries were pieced together to form one oviraptorid. Anzu now has a enough fossils to reveal the skull as well as around seventy-five/eighty per cent of the total post cranial skeleton. This has now … Read more
In Depth Smilosuchus was originally assigned as a large species of Leptosuchus and was classed as the species Leptosuchus gregorii. A key characteristic of the species was the pronounced nasal crest that supported the nostrils (the nostrils in phytosaurs were higher up the snout in front of the eyes, rather than on the end of … Read more
In Depth Anomalipes is a genus of caenagnathid oviraptosaurid dinosaur that lived in asia during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new caenagnathid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Wangshi Group of Shandong, China, with comments on size variation among oviraptorosaurs. - Scientific Reports. 8: Article number 5030. - Yilun Yu, Kebai Wang, Shuqing Chen, … Read more
In Depth Nanyangosaurus is a genus of medium sized ornithopod dinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. Though only known from partial remains, Nanyangosaurus is noted for having fore limbs that were proportionately longer than other similar ornithopods. Nanyangosaurus also seems to have lacked the enlarged thumb spike, which is another common feature … Read more
In Depth Erythrovenator is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Triassic. Erythrovenator was established upon the description of a partial femur, specifically the proximal end (the part that connects to the hip). Because of this any specific details about the lifestyles and features of this dinosaur are at … Read more
In Depth Although known only from partial skull remains and a single jaw bone, the Procuhy holotype fossils seems to have come from a smaller temnospondyl amphibian. Further Reading - New Permian fauna from tropical Gondwana. - Nature Communications 6(8676). - J. C. Cisneros, C. Marsicano, K. D. Angielczyk, R. M. H. Smith, M. Richter, … Read more
In Depth Qinlingosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in China during the late Cretaceous. Very little is known for certain about Qinlingosaurus because at the time of writing this dinosaur is only known from a few vertebrae and a couple of hip bones. However, given that these fossils have been recovered from … Read more
In Depth Described in 2012, Europejara has gone down as the first tapejarid pterosaur known from Europe. At the time of writing the only known fossils of this pterosaur are a partial skull and lower jaw. The preserved portion of the skull is two hundred and thirty millimetres long, though in life the skull is … Read more