Aralosaurus: Research Database Lambeosaurinae (Hadrosauridae) · Late Cretaceous (~90 MYA) · Asia — Kazakhstan Research Note: Aralosaurus was a lambeosaurine hadrosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan — an important taxon for understanding hadrosaurid evolution in Asia and the diversification of duck-billed dinosaurs. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Averianov 2006: … Read more
Isasicursor: Research Database Ornithischia (Dinosauria) · Late Cretaceous (~83 MYA) · South America — Argentina (La Buitrera) Research Note: Isasicursor was an ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina — known from partial postcranial remains and an important taxon for understanding ornithischian diversity in the Late Cretaceous of South America. Research Finding … Read more
In Depth Aorun was a genus of coelurosaurian theropod that lived in China during the late Jurassic period. The holotype remains of are those of an individual which means that adults would have been a bit bigger and a little different, though the holotype remains of this genus are still enough to identify a new … Read more
Anchiornis: Research Database Maniraptora (Theropoda) · Late Jurassic (~160 MYA) · Asia — China (Liaoning, Tiaojishan Formation) Research Note: Anchiornis was a small maniraptoran theropod from the Late Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of Liaoning, China. As one of the earliest known feathered dinosaurs, it provides critical data on the evolution of feathers and the origin … Read more
Adasaurus: Research Database Dromaeosauridae (Theropoda) · Late Cretaceous (~70 MYA) · Asia — Mongolia (Nemegt Formation) Research Note: Adasaurus mongoliensis was a medium-sized dromaeosaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It is notable for its unusually large sickle claw and provides important data on dromaeosaurid diversity in Late Cretaceous Asia. Its … Read more
In Depth Changmiania is a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous. The genus was described in 2020 upon the description of two individuals whose level of preservation can only be described as exceptional. The describers speculated that these individuals may have been buried alive in their own burrows, … Read more
PrenoCephale: Research Database Pachycephalosauridae (Ornithischia) · Late Cretaceous (~70-66 MYA) · North America — USA (Hell Creek Formation) Research Note: PrenoCephale was a pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Montana — a dome-headed dinosaur and an important taxon for understanding ornithischian evolution in the Hell Creek Formation. Research Finding Status Grade Year … Read more
In Depth Invictarx is a genus of nodosaurid dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous. Fossils so far associated with Invictarx are partial bones and osteoderms (bony plates of the skin that would have served as armour), so details as to a precise size are elusive. But the size of these remains … Read more
Luanchuanraptor: Research Database Dinosauria (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) · Late Cretaceous (~70 MYA) · Asia — China (Henan Province) Research Note: Luanchuanraptor was a dromaeosaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Henan Province, China — significant for being one of the few known dromaeosaurs from this region, providing data on the diversity and distribution of this … Read more
Compsognathus: Research Database Compsognathidae (Theropoda) · Late Jurassic (~155–150 MYA) · Europe — Germany (Solnhofen Limestone), France Research Note: Compsognathus was one of the first dinosaurs ever described and among the smallest known adult dinosaurs — about the size of a chicken. Living in the Late Jurassic lagoonal environments of what is now Germany … Read more