Balochisaurus: Research Database Titanosauria (Sauropoda) · Late Cretaceous (~70 MYA) · Asia — Pakistan (Punjab, Vitakri Area) Research Note: Balochisaurus was a titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Pakistan — one of the few known dinosaurs from the Indian subcontinent and a member of the Titanosauria that provides data on sauropod diversity in … Read more
In Depth Named in honour of the palaeontologist Jim Eyles,†‬the Eyles‒ ‬Harrier is an extinct harrier,†‬and one that grew to a particularly large size for the kind of bird of prey that it was.†‬ The Eyles‒ ‬Harrier is often considered to have been similar to the modern day Swamp Harrier†(‬Circus approximansâ€)‬,†… Read more
Delapparentia: Research Database Theropoda · Cretaceous · Unknown Research Note: Delapparentia 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 Ruiz-Omeñaca 2011: Delapparentia and related taxa Estudios GeolĂłgicos Confirmed A 2011 Fossil Ruiz-Omeñaca, Estudios GeolĂłgicos Taxonomy Gasca … Read more
Yixianosaurus: Research Database Maniraptora (Theropoda) · Early Cretaceous (~122 MYA) · Asia — China (Yixian Formation, Liaoning) Research Note: Yixianosaurus was a short-armed maniraptoran theropod from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China — one of the Jehol Biota’s remarkable fossils preserving feather-like structures and providing critical data on early maniraptoran anatomy and … Read more
In Depth        Shweboemys is a genus of turtle that is known to have lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous.†‬A former species of Shweboemys,†‬S.†‬gaffneyi,†‬has now been renamed as a distinct genus called Brontochelys. Further Reading – A new fossil fresh-water tortoise from Burma. – Records of the Geological Survey of India … Read more
Sonorasaurus: Research Database Titanosauriformes (Sauropoda) · Late Cretaceous (~90 MYA) · North America — USA (Arizona, Turney Ranch Formation) Research Note: Sonorasaurus was a titanosauriform sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Arizona — the first sauropod named from Arizona and an important taxon for understanding sauropod diversity in the southwestern United States. Research … Read more
Altispinax: Research Database Theropoda (Dinosauria) · Early Cretaceous (~140 MYA) · Europe — England Research Note: Altispinax was a theropod from the Early Cretaceous of England — known from distinctive dorsal vertebrae and an important taxon for understanding theropod diversity in the Early Cretaceous of Europe. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation … Read more
Mendozahippus: Research Database Theropoda · Cretaceous · Unknown Research Note: Mendozahippus 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 Cerdeño Vera 2010: Mendozahippus and related taxa Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Confirmed B 2010 Fossil Cerdeño Vera, … Read more
In Depth        Ankylorhiza is a genus of dolphin known to have lived in waters around eastern North America during the Oligocene.†‬Ankylorhiza was one of the larger toothed whales for its time and would have likely been a predator of everything from fish to other large marine creatures,†‬possibly even whales.†‬The incisor teeth of … Read more
In Depth        A symmetrodont mammal from the Early Cretaceous of China,†‬Maotherium would have been a small predatory of insects.†‬Maotherium was named after the Chinese politician Mao Zedong. Further Reading -†‬A new symmetrodont mammal with fur impressions from the Mesozoic of China.†‬-†‬Acta Geologica Sinica†‬77â€(‬1â€)‬:7-14.†‬-†‬G.†‬W.†‬Rougier,†‬Q.†‬Ji†… Read more