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
In Depth Not much is known about the dinosaur Abdarainurus as the genus is based upon the description of several tail vertebrae. So far these vertebrae seem to be different to what are known in other late Cretaceous titanosaurs from Asia. Further Reading - An unusual new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. … Read more
In Depth about Saltasaurus The discovery of Saltasaurus was a revelation in that at least some titanosaurid sauropods actually had armour plates on their backs. These plates are actually called osteoderms and are bony growths that were within the skin, and in Saltasaurus these were ten to twelve centimetres across and seemed to form low conical spikes. These osteoderms had … Read more