In Depth        Alcione is a genus of small nyctosaurid pterosaur that lived in North Africa during the late Cretaceous.†‬Alcione is noted for having very short wings,†‬something that could aid either flapping flight,†‬or perhaps streamlining for use after entering water.†‬This feature combined with the knowledge of the Alcione fossils coming from a … Read more
In Depth Further Reading -†‬Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics.†‬-†‬Nature Communications†‬4â€(‬1907â€)‬:1-9.†‬-†‬T.†‬M.†‬Scheyer,†‬O.†‬A.†‬Aguilera,†‬M.†‬Delfino,†‬D.†‬C.†‬Fortier,†‬A.†‬A.†‬Carlini,†‬R.†‬Sďż˝nchez,†‬J.†‬D.†‬Carrillo-Briceďż˝o,†‬L.†‬Quiroz†& ‬M.†‬R.†‬Sďż˝nchez-Villagra†‬-†‬2013.
In Depth        Nipponosaurus is classed as a lambeosaurine hadrosaurid because of the hollow head crest that rises up from the top of the snout,†‬though the incomplete nature of the known remains makes it hard to establish fine details,†‬and reconstructions are usually completed with comparisons to other better preserved genera.†‬Also,†‬because the fossils … Read more
In Depth        Hulitherium is a genus of diprotodont wombat that lived in New guinea during the Pleistocene.†‬Not much is known about Hulitherium,†‬though the arm structure suggests that this genus was significantly more mobile than other diprotodonts. Further Reading Further reading- A new late Pleistocene diprotodontid (Marsupialia) from Pureni, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New … Read more
In Depth        A very small sauropod,†‬Rayososaurus is considered to be very similar to another genus called Rebbachisaurus.†‬Because Rayososaurus is from South America and Rebbachisaurus is from Africa,†‬this has given rise to the notion that these two continents were joined for much longer than previously thought back in the Cretaceous. Further Reading – … Read more
In Depth        Although not as famous as some sauropods like Apatosaurus and Diplodocus,†‬Camarasaurus actually appears to have been the most common judging by the large numbers of remains.†‬Some Camarasaurus specimens are actually almost complete and the genus also has one of the largest numbers of sauropod skulls attributed†(‬for those who haven’t realised … Read more
In Depth        An often included genus in dinosaur books,†‬Arrhinoceratops is another example of a popular dinosaur known by very little fossil material.†‬In this case Arrhinoceratops has been based upon the description of only a single partially preserved skull.†‬Arrhinoceratops was named because William Parks thought that it lacked a nasal horn,†‬and too … Read more
In Depth        Menucocelsior is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. Further reading -†‬The sauropod record of Salitral Ojo del Agua:†‬An Upper Cretaceous†(‬Allen Formationâ€) ‬fossiliferous locality from northern Patagonia,†‬Argentina.†‬-†‬Cretaceous Research.†‬129:†‬105029.†‬-†‬M.†‬A.†‬Rolando,†‬J.†‬A.†‬Garcia Marsďż˝,†‬F.†‬L.†… Read more
In Depth        Parvicursor is a genus of alvarezsaur known to have lived in Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous.†‬Like with some relatives,†‬Parvicursor had hands reduced to a†‬single stubby horn which was likely used to punch holes into termite mounds so that an individual Parvicursor could feed upon the termites within. Further Reading -†… Read more
Discovery and Early Reconstruction of Iguanodon Iguanodon has a firm place within dinosaur history books,†‬not just because of the large expanse of fossil material attributed to it,†‬but because it was the second dinosaur to ever be identified and named.†‬The first dinosaur was actually Megalosaurus which was named a year earlier,†‬and back then the term … Read more