In Depth        Although as the name suggests this was the first dromaeosaurid to be discovered, it was not well understood until some of the other dromaeosaurids were discovered and studied. This has allowed for the gaps to be filled in, giving a much more accurate representation of what Dromaeosaurus was like.        While Dromaeosaurus still had … Read more
In Depth        Trochosaurus is a genus of trochosuchian therocephalian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Permian. Further Reading Further reading- A revision of the reptiles of the Karroo. – Annals of the South African Museum 7(6):361-366. – R. Broom – 1913.
In Depth        Cristatusaurus is recorded as a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur that lived in Africa during the Cretaceous.†‬Africa has been an important source of spinosauird fossil material,†‬however usually only snouts and teeth,†‬and a few isolated bone fragments are found.†‬Unfortunately,†‬Cristatusaurus is no exception,†‬and at the time of writing only some … Read more
In Depth        Foreyia is a genus of small coelacanth that lived in European waters during the middle Triassic. Further Reading -†‬Heterochronic evolution explains novel body shape in a Triassic coelacanth from Switzerland.†‬.†‬Scientific Reports†‬7â€(‬13695â€)‬:1-7.†‬-†‬L.†‬Cavin,†‬B.†‬Mennecart,†‬C.†‬Obrist,†‬L.†‬Costeur†& ‬H.†‬Furrer†‬-†‬2017.
In Depth        Ligabuesaurus is a genus of titanosaurid dinosaur that lived in Argentina towards the end of the early Cretaceous.†‬Ligabuesaurus was named in honour of Dr Giancarlo Ligabue,†‬while the type species L.†‬leanzai was named in honour of Dr.†‬Hector Leanza,†‬the geologist who discovered the holotype specimen. Further Reading -†‬Ligabuesaurus leanzai … Read more
In Depth Further Reading – On some of the characters of the Miocene fauna of Oregon. – Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 18(102):63-78. – E. D. Cope – 1878. – Taxonomy and distribution of Daeodon, an Oligocene-Miocene entelodont (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from North America. – Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111 (2): 425–435. … Read more
In Depth        Eurychororhinus is a little known genus of dicynodont that lived in South Africa during the Permian.†Further Reading – ďż˝ber einige primitive Anomodontier-Schďż˝del aus den unteren Beaufort-Schichten. Ibidem Sitzber. Bayer. Ak. Wiss., Math.-Naturw. Abt 223-278. – F. Broili & J. Schroeder – 1935.
In Depth        Guiomys is a genus of caviomorph rodent that lived in South America during the Miocene.†‬As a caviomorph mammal,†‬Guiomys is related to modern day capybaras,†‬chinchillas and guinea pigs. Further Reading -†‬A new rodent†(‬Cavioidea,†‬Hystricognathiâ€) ‬from the middle Miocene of Patagonia,†‬mandibular homologies,†‬and the origin of the crown group … Read more
In Depth        Bactrosaurus is one of the earliest hadrosauroids known from Asia,†‬and also one of the best known.†‬Bactrosaurus still had three stacked teeth for each tooth in the maxilla,†‬an iguanodont feature that reveals the ancestry of the genus.†‬However,†‬Bactrosaurus also has a number of hadrosauroid features,†‬particularly those of lambeosaurines†(‬hollow … Read more
In Depth        Mojoceratops was discovered by a close examination of some skulls that had been assigned to the more well Chasmosaurus.†‬The more the skulls were studied the more differences were discovered,†‬resulting in the creation of a new genus.†‬The palaeontologists who were looking the skulls over initially came up with name Mojoceratops when … Read more