In Depth Stegoceras is one of the more common and better known pachycephalosaurs, and one that seems to have had a range that extended from South west/central Canada to the south western states of the USA. The genus however seems to have been quite a bit smaller than its more famous relative Pachycephalosaurus. Like with … Read more
In Depth Camelotia was a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in England during the Late Triassic. However the rear limb is also similar to early sauropods, something which has seen the Camelotia genus tentatively assigned to the Melanorosauridae (type genus Melanorosaurus). The name Camelotia was derived from the name Camelot, the castle that was … Read more
In Depth So far the pachycephalosaur Texacephale is only known from partial skull bones, mostly of the dome that would have grown from the top the head. Texacephale is noted for having two flanges of bone that grew from each side of the dome. Further Reading - Texacephale langstoni, a new genus of pachycephalosaurid (Dinosauria: … Read more
In Depth In 1965 on July 9th the Polish paleobiologist Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska made what would become marked as one of the most fascinating dinosaur discoveries of all time. During a joint Polish-Mongolian expedition into the Gobi desert of �mn�govi Province, Mongolia, she found the partial remains of a then unknown dinosaur, including a complete pair … Read more
In Depth Parksosaurus was first described by William Parks as a species of Thescelosaurus in 1926, but in 1937 Charles M. Sternberg reclassified it as a distinct genus. Sternberg chose the name Parksosaurus which means Park’s lizard in recognition of the initial work done by William Parks. Parksosaurus and Thescelosaurus together are proof that even … Read more
In Depth The full type species name for this dinosaur is Lepidus praecisio which means ‘fascinating fragment’. This is because while not many fossils of this dinosaur are known, we can observe that the astragalus (talos) and calcaneum are fused into one, which is a trait of neotheropod dinosaurs. At the same time however, the … Read more
In Depth Before this genus was named, Koreanosaurus was the informal name given to a theropod dinosaur, though because no formal description for these theropod fossils was published, the name Koreanosaurus was still available. Henceforth, Koreanosaurus is now a valid genus of ornithopod dinosaur. Koreanosaurus is a possible relative of the genera Orodromeus, Oryctodromeus and … Read more
In Depth Juravenator was a small predatory dinosaur active in the late Jurassic of Europe. It appears to have been a fleet footed hunter that specialised in either invertebrates or small vertebrates like lizards. The scleral rings of Juravenator show similarities with nocturnal birds strongly suggesting that Juravenator was most active at night. The holotype … Read more
In Depth In terms of paleontological study, Hadrosaurus was a genus of firsts. One of the things that the genus is famous for is that it was the first dinosaur to have a skeleton mounted for public display. Earlier reconstructions such as the now outdated dinosaurs of Crystal Park in England are brick and concrete … Read more
In Depth Xingxiulong is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in China during the early Jurassic. The robust nature of the fossils bones strongly suggest that Xingxiulong would have been heavily built in life, though likely still would have been bipedal. Further Reading - A new basal sauropodiform dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of … Read more