Daliansaurus: Research Database Squamata (Reptilia) · Late Cretaceous (~125 MYA) · Asia — China (Liaoning Province, Yixian Formation) Research Note: Daliansaurus was a mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous of China — an important taxon for understanding mosasaur evolution and diversity in Asia during the Cretaceous period. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation … Read more
In Depth Choyrodon is a genus of hadrosaur that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia”. PeerJ. 6. - Terry A. Gates, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Lindsay E. Zanno, Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, Mahito Watabe - 2018.
Ornithomimus: Research Database Ornithomimosauria (Theropoda) · Late Cretaceous (~76-66 MYA) · North America — Canada, Alberta (Dinosaur Park Formation) Research Note: Ornithomimus was an ornithomimosaurian theropod from the Late Cretaceous of North America — an omnivorous dinosaur with a toothless beak, long limbs for speed, and one of the most bird-like non-avian dinosaurs known. … Read more
Kulceratops: Research Database Ceratopsia (Ornithischia) · Late Cretaceous (~90 MYA) · Asia — Uzbekistan (Bissekty Formation) Research Note: Kulceratops was a ceratopsian from the Late Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. As a member of Ceratopsia, it provides important data on ceratopsian diversity in the Cretaceous of Central Asia. Research Finding Status Grade Year … Read more
In Depth Although Sinotyrannus has been described from very incomplete material, the palaeontologists who described this dinosaur have managed to conclude that it is a close relative of the primitive tyrannosaurs. Additionally they have also compared the remains to similar dinosaurs and come up with a rough length estimate of up to ten meters long … Read more
In Depth Anhuilong is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in China during the mid Jurassic. Further Reading - The second mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Eastern China. - Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology - Xin-Xin Ren, Jian-Dong Huang & Hai-Lu You - 2018.
In Depth Diluvicursor is a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur that lived in what is now Australia during the early Cretaceous. Description of the genus was based upon a mostly complete tail and lower leg bones that were preserved flat on a slab of rock. These have been identified to have come from a juvenile … Read more
In Depth The first genus of theropod dinosaur to ever be named from India’s Lameta Formation, Orthogoniosaurus has often been considered to be a senior synonym for other theropod genera that were later discovered. However the holotype of Orthogoniosaurus is only a tooth, and because of this no other fossil remains have been attributed to … Read more
Maiasaura: Research Database Hadrosauridae (Ornithischia) · Late Cretaceous (~77–75 MYA) ·> North America — USA (Two Medicine Formation, Montana) Research Note: Maiasaura was a saurolophine hadrosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana. Known as the “good mother reptile,” it provides critical data on dinosaur parental care and nesting behavior. Research … Read more
Telmatosaurus: Research Database Hadrosauridae (Ornithischia) · Late Cretaceous (~70–66 MYA) · Europe — Romania (Haţeg Basin) Research Note: Telmatosaurus was a basal hadrosaurid from the Latest Cretaceous Haţeg Basin of Romania. As one of the last known dinosaurs in Europe before the K-Pg extinction, it provides important data on island dwarfism and dinosaur survival … Read more