In Depth        Originally classed as a species of Pliohippus,†‬Dinohippus seems to have been one of the most common horses in prehistoric North America.†‬Dinohippus is considered to have been very close to the modern horse genus Equus,†‬and like modern horses,†‬Dinohippus lacked a dished face.†‬Dinohippus†‬was once considered to have been an … Read more
In Depth        Garjainia is a close relative of the more famous Erythrosuchus,†‬and like that genus,†‬Garjainia also had what appeared to be an oversized head.†‬This head,†‬filled with numerous sharp teeth would have been the primary killing weapon against the herbivorous animals of the time. Further Reading -†‬A New Species of Garjainia … Read more
In Depth        Sebecus is a genus of notosuchian crocodylomorph that is known to have lived in South America during the earliest part of the Eocene.†‬Sebecus would†‬have been predators of other similarly sized animals,†‬but unlike crocodiles that we know today,†‬Sebecus would have been more terrestrial and hunting on the land.†‬Details of … Read more
In Depth        Yuanotherium is a genus of tritylodontid cynodont that lived in China during the late Jurassic. Further Reading -†‬A new tritylodontid from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang,†‬China.†‬-†‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica†‬54â€(‬3â€)‬:385-391.†‬-†‬Y.†‬Hu,†‬J.†‬Meng†& ‬J.†‬M.†‬Clark†‬-†‬2009.
In Depth        Stegouros is a genus of small ankylosaurian dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.†‬What is an immediate stand out feature of this dinosaur is the tail which has a very distinct arrangement of osteoderms.†‬This arranging of osteoderms led to comparison to a maquahuitl,†‬a kind of hand held … Read more
In Depth        Sulaimanisaurus was described by M.†‬Sadiq Malkani in†‬2006†‬from seven caudal†(‬tailâ€)‬ vertebrae,†‬with a further four attributed to the genus.†‬Sulaimanisaurus was then classed into the Pakisauridae,†‬created by Malkani,†‬along with Khetranisaurus and Pakisaurus†(‬the latter being the type genusâ€)‬,†‬two more titanosaurs described by Malkani only from caudal vertebrae.†… Read more
In Depth        Described in†‬2015,†‬Carnufex may well have been one of the key predators that lived in what would become the eastern USA during the Triassic about†‬231†‬million years ago.†‬Carnufex was a crocodylomorph,†‬a distant relative to today’s crocodiles,†‬and one that seems to have been a bipedal predator of moderately sized … Read more
In Depth        Mariliasuchus appears to have been an almost entirely terrestrial†(‬living on landâ€) ‬crocodylomorph.†‬The eyes of Mariliasuchus are located more to the sides rather than on top of the head,†‬and the nostrils faced forwards rather than upwards.†‬In aquatic crocodylomorphs†‬both the nostrils and eyes almost always face upwards.†‬Despite this though,†… Read more
In Depth        Tralkasaurus was named from very partial fossil remains, so it is hard to be certain and the full life features of this dinosuar. At the time of discovery, what can be said is that Tralkasaurus seems to have been an abelisaurid theropod, and one that seems to have been smaller than most other … Read more
In Depth        Sauropelta is one of the better known nodosaurids,†‬armoured dinosaurs that are thought to be ancestral to the later and more heavily armoured ankylosaurids.†‬This armour was in the form of lots of osteoderms†(‬bony plates that are held within the skin that are also sometimes called scutesâ€) ‬that varied greatly in size … Read more