In Depth Shanweiniao is a genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in China during the Early Cretaceous. When the genus was described in 2010, Shanweiniao was the only known enantiornithine which had a wing structure that was capable of generating lift. The name Shanweiniao means ‘fan tailed bird’, a reference to the structure of the … Read more
In Depth Ulughbegsaurus is a genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in Central Asia during the early stages of the Late Cretaceous, specifically the Turonian period. The carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaurs were apex predators that rose to prominence during the early Cretaceous, however there is plenty of fossil evidence to show that as a group … Read more
In Depth Named in 2022, Bashanosaurus is one of the oldest stegosaurid dinosaurs that we know about, possibly even older than the previous ‘oldest’ stegosaur Adratiklit. Unfortunately though there is still some mystery about Bashanosaurus. The genus is based upon the partial remains of more than one individual, and also not from a fully grown … Read more
In Depth Kansaignathus is a genus of velociraptorine dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in Central Asia during the late Cretaceous. Further reading - A New Theropod Dinosaur (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Tajikistan. - Doklady Earth Sciences. 499 (1): 570–574. - A. O. Averianov & A. V. Lopatin - 2021.
In Depth Bisticeratops is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. First named from only a skull, Bisticeratops seems to have been quite typical of the chasmosaurine ceratopsians. Further Reading - A new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Farmington Member of the Kirtland Formation, New … 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
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 Kurupi is a genus of abelisaurid dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. As an abelisaurid dinosaur we can infer what the missing parts of this dinosaur may have looked at by comparing it to better preserved genera. As such, Kurupi would have had fairly standard large theropod body proportions, … Read more
In Depth Rhomaleopakhus is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in South-East Asia during the late Jurassic. Further reading - Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod dinosaur Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong, 1997, from the Turpan Basin, China, and the evolution of hyper-robust antebrachia in sauropods. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. - P. Upchurch, P. … Read more
In Depth Sierraceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. Sierraceratops is also considered to have been a chasmosaurine ceratopsian, the kind noted for having proportionately larger neck frills than other ceratopsian types. Further reading - The ceratopsian Torosaurus from the Upper Cretaceous McRae Formation, Sierra County, … Read more