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In Depth Fossils of this dinosaur were actually first mentioned in a scientific paper published in 2008, but it would not be until 2022 that they were formally described as a distinct genus. Paralitherizinosaurus is a genus of therizinosaurid dinosaur that lived in South East Asia during the late Cretaceous. Although established upon the description … Read more
In Depth Like Polacanthus, Gastonia was a low browsing armoured dinosaur, but unlike Polacanthus however it is very well preserved. In fact Gastonia is the best preserved member of its group and this has allowed for what are considered more accurate reconstructions of other lesser known species. It’s quite possible that one of the main … Read more
In Depth Junggaroperadectes is a genus of peradectid mammal that lived in China during the Oligocene. Further Reading - A new Early Oligocene peradectine marsupial (Mammalia)from the Burqin region of Xinjiang, China. - Naturwissenschaften 94 (3): 237–241. - Xijun Ni, Jin Meng, Wenyu Wu & Jie Ye - 2007.
In Depth Steneosaurus is a genus of teleosaurid crocodile that lived during the late Jurassic of Europe. As a genus Steneosaurus once had a great many species attributed to the genus, but over the years this was a result of what is known as the wastebasket taxon effect This is where a genus is based … Read more
In Depth Ypupiara is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. Further reading - A new Unenlagiinae (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. - Papers in Palaeontology vol 7, issue 4. - Arthur S. Brum, Rodrigo V. P�gas, Kamila L. N. Bandeira, Lucy G. Souza, Diogenes … Read more
In Depth The history of Piveteausaurus is one that is littered with comparisons to other theropod genera. The braincase that is the holotype fossil of Piveteausaurus was first described in 1923 by Jean Piveteau. Fossils of other dinosaurs had been discovered in the same region as this braincase all the way back to 1808 when … Read more
In Depth Nyctiphruretus is a contender for one of the coolest names of any prehistoric animal since the name translates to English as ‘guardian of the night’. Nyctiphruretus was an herbivorous procolophonomorph, that seems to have had a preference for plants that were either aquatic, or growing in wetlands. This is because all of the … Read more
In Depth Chaohusaurus is a genus of ichthyosauromorph marine reptile that lived in sea waters around Asia during the early/mid Triassic. Chaohusaurus had a similar body plan to other primitive ichthyosaurs being more lizard-like than fish-like as seen in later ichthyosaurs. Still, the limbs of Chaohusaurus were adapted to form paddles, and the rear half … Read more
In Depth Like so many early discovered dinosaurs Thecodontosaurus had more fossils assigned to it than it really warranted. This has led to a re-evaluation of the attributed material, and like so many other studies, has resulted in the reduction of total species to the point that only Thecodontosaurus antiquus is now universally recognised by … Read more
In Depth Although one of the bear dogs, Temnocyon seems to have been more the size of a small wolf. The first remains of Temnocyon came from the John Day fossil beds of Oregon state which are noted for producing a large number of the currently known temnocyonine fossils. The range of Temnocyon currently seems … Read more