In Depth        First and most†‬famous member of the plesiosaur group,†‬Plesiosaurus caused a stir upon its discovery as nothing like it was previously known.†‬ Unfortunately Plesiosaurus suffered from the wastebasket taxon effect†‬as any set of remains remotely similar to it†‬ended up†‬being assigned to the genus without much further thought†(‬a … Read more
In Depth        Rewaconodon is a little known genus of mammal that lived in Indian during the late Triassic,†‬and possibly also North America. Further Reading -†‬A late Triassic dromatheriid†(‬Synapsida:†‬Cynodontiaâ€) ‬from India.†‬-†‬Annals of Carnegie Museum†‬73â€(‬2â€)‬:72-84.†‬-†‬P.†‬M.†‬Datta,†‬D.†‬P.†‬Das,†& ‬Z.-X.†‬Luo†‬-†‬2004. – New cynodonts … Read more
In Depth        Bauria is a genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Triassic. Further Reading -†‬A new large bauriamorph from the Cynognathus-zone of South Africa.†‬-†‬Palaeontologia africana†‬9:123-127.†‬-†‬A.†‬S.†‬Brink†‬-†‬1965.
In Depth        Erpetosuchus is a genus of small pseudosuchian that†‬lived during the Triassic and†‬is known to have had a distribution reaching†‬across†‬from†‬what is now Scotland†‬to the Eastern United States of America. Further Reading -†‬Reptiles from the Elgin Sandstone.†‬Description of two new genera.†‬-†‬Philosophical Transactions of the Royal … Read more
In Depth        Acantholipan is a genus of nodosaurid dinosaur that lived in†‬North America during the late Cretaceous.†‬Acantholipan is the first dinosaur of its kind discovered in Mexico. Further Reading -†‬Paleodiversity of Late Cretaceous Ankylosauria from Mexico and their phylogenetic significance.†‬-†‬Swiss Journal of Palaeontology.†‬137†(‬1â€)‬:†‬83â€â€“‬93.†‬-†‬Hďż˝ctor Eduardo Rivera-Sylva,†… Read more
In Depth        Pedopenna is a genus of small maniraptoran dinosaur that lived in China during the end of the Mid Jurassic.†‬Pedopenna is classed as a member of the Deinonychosauria,†‬the group that incorporates later dromaeosaurs and troodonts,†‬as well as the ancestors of birds.†‬Pedopenna already displays some features that would be common in … Read more
In Depth        Scylacops is a genus of gorgonopsid that once lived in what is now South Africa. Further Reading Further reading- Studies on new specimens of the Gorgonopsia. – Palaeontologia Africana 1:1-28. – A. S. Brink & J. W. Kitching – 1953.
In Depth        Described from a partial skeleton,†‬Seitaad is one of the few North American sauropodomorphs currently known.†‬It is widely believed that the individual that is now the Seitaad holotype was buried in a landslide from a collapsing sand dune,†‬and hence this is the inspiration for the genus name. Further Reading -A New … Read more
In Depth        Daliansaurus is a genus of small troodontid dinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.†‬Many trrodontid dinosaurs are known to†‬have been living in the same approximate time and location as Daliansaurus,†‬but the describing paleontologists identified several features that differentiate this genus from others.†‬Some of the clearer differences are … Read more
In Depth        Choyrodon is a genus of hadrosaur that lived in Asia during†‬the early Cretaceous. Further Reading -†‬A new iguanodontian†(‬Dinosauria:†‬Ornithopodaâ€) ‬from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia—‬.†‬PeerJ.†‬6.†‬-†‬Terry A.†‬Gates,†‬Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar,†‬Lindsay E.†‬Zanno,†‬Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig,†‬Mahito Watabe†‬-†‬2018.