In Depth Inditherium is a genus of cynodont that lived in India during the Triassic. Further reading - New cynodonts (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic of India and their significances. - Journal of Paleontology: 1–18. - M. S. Bhat, S. Ray & P. M. Datta - 2020.
In Depth Wargosuchus is a genus of baurusucid crocodile that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous. At the time of description (and writing), Wargosuchus is only known from a single incomplete skull, mostly of the tooth bearing bones of the right hand side. Despite this lack of fossil remains, Wargosuchus is still notable … Read more
Large flightless birds are well known in the fossil records of the world’s southern continents, but it is usually the ‘terror birds’ of the Phorusrhacidae that usually steal the thunder of the others. Titanis manages to stand out from these other terror birds, not because it was one of the largest or most terrifying, but … Read more
In Depth The holotype specimen of Pannoniasaurus was first discovered in 1999, and finally described to science as a new genus of mosasaur in 2012. This description made history in the field of mosasaur research as it marked the first time that a mosasaur had been found in a freshwater deposit. Before this discovery, mosasaurs … Read more
In Depth Arthurdactylus conandoylei was named after the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and while he is most famous for writing the Sherlock Holmes stories, he also wrote The Lost World. For those not familiar with the story it is about a group of explorers who discover a plateau in South America where dinosaurs and … Read more
In Depth Lufengosaurus has the honour of being the first dinosaur to ever be assembled and mounted for display in China, and even today is one of the more popular exhibits in Chinese natural history displays concerning dinosaurs. The first species of Lufengosaurus, L. huenei, was named in 1940, and a second larger species, L. … Read more
In Depth Although named from only a maxilla and tooth, the remains of this dinosaur are still complete enough to confidently identify it as an iguanodont. In life Siamodon would have been a medium to large sized ornithopod dinosaur that would have been primarily quadrupedal, but also occasionally bipedal. Although identified as being separate, Siamodon … Read more
In Depth Avimimus acquired its name from its bird like characteristics that have led to some controversy as to how much like a bird it really was. Like in modern birds the hand bones were fused together, and the presence of pronounced quill knobs on the lower arm bones confirms that Avimimus did at least … Read more
In Depth A possible close relative of Gasparinisaura, Anabisetia was a fairly small ornithopod dinosaur that roamed around what would become South America during the early stages of the late Cretaceous. Anabisetia is known mostly from the partial post cranial remains of four specimens and a single partial brain case and lower jaw. The lack … Read more
In Depth Further Reading – Mammalian fauna of the upper Juntura Formation, the black butte local fauna. in The Juntura Basin: Studies in Earth History and Paleoecology. – Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 53 (1): 77. – J. A. Shotwell & D. E. Russel – 1963. – A Late Cenozoic Vertebrate Fauna from the … Read more