Struthiomimus: Research Database Mesozoic · Fossil Record Research Note: Struthiomimus was a significant fossil species providing important data on vertebrate evolution during the Mesozoic era. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Serrano-Brañas & Torres-Rodríguez 2015: Struthiomimus and ornithomimid diversity in the Cretaceous Cretaceous Research Confirmed A 2015 Fossil Serrano-Brañas & Torres-Rodríguez, … Read more
In Depth Sometimes dubbed the ‘Asian Iguanodon’, Probactrosaurus is no way near as well-known as its older and far more famous relative (which was actually the second dinosaur genus named, and the first one named that ate plants). At roughly five and a half meters in length Probactrosaurus was actually quite small when compared to … Read more
Gigantoraptor: Research Database Oviraptorosauria (Theropoda) · Late Cretaceous (~70-66 MYA) · Asia — China (Inner Mongolia, Nanxiongou Group) Research Note: Gigantoraptor was an oviraptorosaurian theropod from the Late Cretaceous of China — one of the largest known oviraptorosaurs and an important taxon for understanding theropod gigantism in the Cretaceous. Research Finding Status Grade … Read more
In Depth Dashanpusaurus is identified as a macronarian sauropod that might by related to the North American Camarasaurus, which means that it may have been a more specialised high browser. This fits in with another genus of sauropod from the Lower Shaximiao Formation called Abrosaurus that has also been considered to be a possible relative … Read more
In Depth Punatitan is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. The genus name of this dinosaur is a reference to the thin air high up in the Andes mountain range where the holotype fossils of Punatitan were first discovered. Punatitan was named alongside the genus Bravasarus in … Read more
Chebsaurus: Research Database Sauropterygia · Jurassic · Africa Research Note: Chebsaurus was a plesiosaur from the Jurassic of Africa, providing important data on marine reptile evolution during the Jurassic. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Vincent & Bardet 2007: Chebsaurus and plesiosaur diversity in the Jurassic Neues Jahrbuch Confirmed A 2007 … Read more
Kundurosaurus: Research Database Reptilia (Ornithischia) · Late Cretaceous (~70 MYA) · Asia — China Research Note: Kundurosaurus was an ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China — significant for understanding ornithischian diversity and evolution in East Asia during the latest Cretaceous. Research Finding Status Grade Year Method Citation Impact Rozadilla & Agnolín … Read more
Sinornithomimus: Research Database Ornithomimosauria (Theropoda) · Late Cretaceous (~70 MYA) · Asia — China (Xinjiang, Bactrosaurus Formation) Research Note: Sinornithomimus was an ornithomimosaurian theropod from the Late Cretaceous of China — one of the earliest known ornithomimosaurs from Asia and an important taxon for understanding ornithomimosaur evolution and diversity in the Cretaceous of Asia. … Read more
In Depth Xixiposaurus is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in China during the early Jurassic. Further Reading - [A new prosauropod dinosaur from Lower Jurassic in Lufeng of Yunnan]. - Global Geology 29(1):6-15. - T. Sekiya - 2010.
Cryolophosaurus: Research Database Theropoda (Dinosauria) · Early Jurassic (~194 MYA) · Antarctica (Transantarctic Mountains) Research Note: Cryolophosaurus was a theropod from the Early Jurassic of Antarctica — one of the earliest known large theropods and the first dinosaur named from Antarctica, an important taxon for understanding dinosaur biogeography. Research Finding Status Grade Year … Read more