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 Formation) fossiliferous locality from northern Patagonia, Argentina. - Cretaceous Research. 129: 105029. - M. A. Rolando, J. A. Garcia Mars�, 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
In Depth Jucha is a genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur that lived in Russian waters during the early Cretaceous. Jucha is noted for being very primitive in form for an elasmosaurid plesiosaur, though it is uncertain if Jucha was an early development, or perhaps a later surviving example of aprimitive elasmosaurid plesisoaur. Further reading - A … Read more
In Depth Much of Segnosaurus is still unknown and as such reconstructions of Segnosaurus are usually based with the addition of Erlikosaurus material to fill in the missing parts. Although very similar to one another, Segnosaurus has a key difference in the mouth in that the outer surface of the lower jaw begins at the … Read more
In Depth Purbeckodon is a genus of mammaliaform that lived in the early Cretaceous. Mammaliformes like Purbeckodon were mammal-like but were not quite true mammals. Regardless, Purbeckodon would have still resembled a small rodent in terms of physical appearance. Further Reading - Possible persistence of the morganucodontans in the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group (Dorset, … Read more