Dinailurictis

In Depth        Dinailurictis is so similar to another nimravid called Quercylurus that it has actually been considered to be a synonym to it.‭ ‬Also like with Quercylurus,‭ ‬Dinailurictis has also been considered to be a synonym to Nimravus,‭ ‬the type genus of the Nimravidae.‭ ‬However not all researchers are convinced by these ideas,‭ ‬one reason … Read more

Damalborea

In Depth        Damalborea is a genus of alcelaphine bovid that lived in Africa during the Pliocene.‭ ‬As an alcelaphine Damalborea would have loosely resembled modern day wildebeest and hartebeest. Further Reading – Chapter‭ ‬38:‭ ‬Bovidae by Alan W.‭ ‬Gentry.‭ ‬In Cenozoic Mammals of Africa.‭ ‬University of California Press.‭ ‬pp.‭ ‬747‭–‬803‭ ‬-‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Werdelin‭ & ‬W.‭ … Read more

Asilisaurus

In Depth        Asilisaurus were a kind of reptile that was very close to the evolutionary line that led to‭ ‬the‭ ‬development of the dinosaurs and pterosaurs.‭ ‬Although established upon very fragmentary fossil remains,‭ ‬the genus indicates a possible earlier development of dinosaurs back to‭ ‬the‭ ‬mid Triassic rather than the late Triassic.‭ ‬This also helps … Read more

Carcharomodus a.k.a serrated mako,‭ ‬Escher’s mako

In Depth Further Reading -‭ ‬A partial skeleton of a new lamniform mackerel shark from the Miocene of Europe.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica‭ ‬60‭ (‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬857‭–‬875.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Jďż˝rgen Kriwet,‭ ‬Heike Mewis‭ & ‬Oliver Hampe‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015. -‭ ‬Origin of the white shark Carcharodon‭ (‬Lamniformes:‭ ‬Lamnidae‭) ‬based on recalibration of the Upper Neogene Pisco Formation of … Read more

Wuerhosaurus

wuerhosaurus

In Depth        Wuerhosaurus is currently the latest surviving known member of the stegosaur group.‭ ‬In being so,‭ ‬the temporal range of these kinds of dinosaurs has been significantly extended up to the middle Cretaceous,‭ ‬forty-five million years after their Jurassic heyday.        Unfortunately Wuerhosaurus is only represented by partial remains,‭ ‬making accurate reconstruction of this stegosaurid … Read more

Anoplosaurus

In Depth        The problem with most dinosaur remains from the Cambridge Greensand is that they are incomplete representations of a living animal,‭ ‬and collections of fossils can often be the mixed up remains of more than one genus.‭ ‬In the past the genus of Anoplosaurus‭ ‬has been accused of being partially composed of ornithopod dinosaur … Read more

Brachypterygius

In Depth        Brachypterygius initially started out as a species of Ichthyosaurus,‭ ‬I.‭ ‬extremus,‭ ‬but in‭ ‬1922‭ ‬palaeontologist Friedrich von Huene renamed the species as a distinct genus.‭ ‬This is actually a reflection of how the Ichthyosaurus genus was once used as a wastebasket taxon with almost any ichthyosaur remains being referred to it upon the … Read more

Dongbeititan

In Depth        Dongbeititan is a genus of macronarian sauropod that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬As a macrocnarian,‭ ‬Dongbeititan would have been similar in form to genera such as Lusotitan,‭ ‬Janenshcia and Daanosaurus. Further Reading -‭ ‬Dongbeititan dongi,‭ ‬the first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning Province,‭ ‬China.‭ … Read more

Mosaiceratops

In Depth        Named in‭ ‬2015,‭ ‬the description of Mosaiceratops has led to some interesting insights into our understanding of neoceratopsian dinosaurs.‭ ‬While the general appearance of the skull is similar to genera such as Liaoceratops and Aquilops,‭ ‬the premaxilla and maxilla of the skull,‭ ‬as well‭ ‬as‭ ‬teeth show a similarity to Psittacosaurus.‭ ‬One specific … Read more

Ornitholestes

ornitholestes

In Depth        An interesting fact about Ornitholestes is that since it was first discovered in July of‭ ‬1900,‭ ‬it was the first theropod dinosaur to be discovered in the twentieth century.‭ ‬Since this time,‭ ‬Ornitholestes has been regularly depicted in books,‭ ‬art and even dinosaur documentaries such as the BBC series Walking With Dinosaurs.‭ ‬However,‭ … Read more