Condorchelys: Research Database Theropoda · Cretaceous · Unknown Research Note: Condorchelys was a theropoda from the Cretaceous of Unknown, providing important data on prehistoric life and ecosystem dynamics. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Sterli de la Fuente Rougier 2018: Condorchelys and related taxa Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Confirmed B 2018 … Read more
In Depth Gorgosaurus had the same basic body plan of all tyrannosaurids with a large head on an s-shaped neck, small arms and bipedal stance. With around sixty teeth in its mouth (there is some variance between specimens) Gorgosaurus shared a common trait with other tyrannosaurids of its size, as the larger the tyrannosaurids go … Read more
In Depth Attockicetus was a remingtonocetid whale that lived in Pakistan during the Eocene. The known partial remains of the genus make reconstructing Attockicetus difficult, however the genus is expected to have been similar to its relatives Remingtonocetus, Andrewsiphius and Kutchicetus. Further Reading - Attockicetus praecursor, a new remingtonocetid cetacean from marine Eocene sediments of … Read more
Megaladapis a.k.a. Koala Lemur: Research Database Theropoda · Cretaceous · Unknown Research Note: Megaladapis a.k.a. Koala Lemur was a theropoda from the Cretaceous of Unknown, providing important data on prehistoric life and ecosystem dynamics. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Tattersall 1972: Megaladapis a.k.a. Koala Lemur and related taxa Folia Primatologica … Read more
In Depth Atlantochelys was first named in 1849 and based upon the description of half a humerus (analogous to your upper arm bone). For well over one hundred and fifty years that was it, but then in 2012 the missing half of this bone was actually matched up to the original specimen. Although Atlantochelys may … Read more
Dinodontosaurus: Research Database Theropoda · Cretaceous · Unknown Research Note: Dinodontosaurus was a theropoda from the Cretaceous of Unknown, providing important data on prehistoric life and ecosystem dynamics. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Ordoñez Marsicano Mancuso 2020: Dinodontosaurus and related taxa Journal of South American Earth Sciences Confirmed B 2020 … Read more
Teratosaurus: Research Database Theropoda (Dinosauria) · Late Triassic (~225-215 MYA) · Europe — Germany (Stuben砂岩) Research Note: Teratosaurus was a theropod from the Late Triassic of Germany — one of the first named dinosauriforms and an important taxon for understanding early theropod evolution. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Carpenter 1997: … Read more
In Depth Closely related to the genus Foxemys, Puentemys is recognised as the largest known bothremydid turtle in the fossil record with a shell length of just over one and a half meters. Bothremydid turtles like Puentemys are a special group of the Pleurodira, a group more popularly known as ‘side-necked turtles’. This is because … Read more
In Depth So far only known from a partial skeleton, Chialingosaurus was still one of the first and hence most important stegosaur discoveries to take place in Asia. At up to four meters long it seems to have been small but comparable in size to Chungkingosaurus that is also known from the Shaximiao Formation. However … Read more
Brasilodon: Research Database Theropoda · Cretaceous · Unknown Research Note: Brasilodon was a theropoda from the Cretaceous of Unknown, providing important data on prehistoric life and ecosystem dynamics. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Bonaparte 2005: Brasilodon and related taxa Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia Confirmed A 2005 Fossil Bonaparte, Revista Brasileira … Read more