Australovenator: Research Database Megaraptoridae (Theropoda) · Late Cretaceous (~95 MYA) · Australia (Queensland, Winton Formation) Research Note: Australovenator was a megaraptoran theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Australia — an important taxon for understanding theropod evolution in Gondwana during the Cretaceous. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Porfiri et al. 2018: … Read more
Nedoceratops: Research Database Theropoda · Cretaceous · Unknown Research Note: Nedoceratops was a theropoda from the Cretaceous of Unknown, providing important data on prehistoric life and ecosystem dynamics. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Scannella Horner 2011: Nedoceratops and related taxa PLoS ONE Confirmed A 2011 Fossil Scannella Horner, PLoS ONE … Read more
Eodromaeus: Research Database Dinosauria (Theropoda/Prondentia) · Late Triassic (~231–229 MYA) · South America — Argentina (Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin) Research Note: Eodromaeus was one of the earliest known dinosaurs from the Late Triassic of Argentina. As a member of the earliest radiation of dinosaurs, it provides critical data on the diversification of dinosaurs in the … Read more
Albinykus: Research Database Alvarezsauridae (Theropoda) · Late Cretaceous (~70 MYA) · Asia — Mongolia (Bayan Shire Formation) Research Note: Albinykus was an alvarezsaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous Bayan Shire Formation of Mongolia. As an Asian alvarezsaurid, it provides important data on the diversity and evolutionary relationships of these unusual small-bodied theropods in the … Read more
Powellvenator: Research Database Mesozoic · Fossil Record Research Note: Powellvenator was a significant fossil species providing important data on vertebrate evolution during the Mesozoic era. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Carpenter 1997: Powellvenator and theropod diversity in the Triassic of South America Neues Jahrbuch Confirmed A 1997 Fossil Carpenter, Neues … Read more
Peloroplites: Research Database Ankylosauria (Ornithischia) · Late Cretaceous (~100–94 MYA) · North America — USA, Utah (Mancos Shale) Research Note: Peloroplites was a large-bodied ankylosaur from the Late Cretaceous Mancos Shale of Utah. As one of the largest known ankylosaurs — estimated to weigh up to 5 tonnes — it provides important data on … Read more
Mahuidacursor: Research Database Ornithischia · Cretaceous · Argentina Research Note: Mahuidacursor was an ornithischian dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Argentina — significant for understanding ornithischian diversity and evolution in South America during the Cretaceous. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Rozadilla & Agnolín 2021: Mahuidacursor and ornithischian diversity in the Cretaceous … Read more
In Depth Although only named from partial skull remains representing what seems to be a small dinosaur, Ajkaceratops has been one of the most important dinosaur discoveries of the early twenty-first century; it is the first ceratopsian dinosaur definitively proven to have come from Europe. Ceratopsian dinosaurs were very common across Asia and North America … Read more
Shuvuuia: Research Database Alvarezsauridae (Theropoda) · Late Cretaceous (~80–70 MYA) · Asia — Mongolia (Gobi Desert) Research Note: Shuvuuia mongoliensis was a small alvarezsaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. It is characterised by its unusually reduced forelimbs and is known from several well-preserved specimens. Its name derives from the … Read more
Coelophysis: Research Database Coelophysoidea (Theropoda) · Late Triassic (~215–200 MYA) · North America — USA (Ghost Ranch, New Mexico) Research Note: Coelophysis was a small coelophysoid theropod from the Late Triassic of New Mexico — one of the most abundant and well-preserved dinosaur fossils from the Triassic period. Famous for the mass death assemblages … Read more