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
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.†‬747â€â€“‬803†‬-†‬L.†‬Werdelin†& ‬W.†… Read more
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
In Depth Further Reading -†‬A partial skeleton of a new lamniform mackerel shark from the Miocene of Europe.†‬-†‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica†‬60†(‬4â€)‬:†‬857â€â€“‬875.†‬-†‬Jďż˝rgen Kriwet,†‬Heike Mewis†& ‬Oliver Hampe†‬-†‬2015. -†‬Origin of the white shark Carcharodon†(‬Lamniformes:†‬Lamnidaeâ€) ‬based on recalibration of the Upper Neogene Pisco Formation of … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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