In Depth Elaphrosaurus has been something of an enigma for palaeontologists as while it is generally regarded as a ceratosaur, its proportions are similar to some other kinds of theropods. The overall appearance of Elaphrosaurus is that of a lightweight hunter that relied more upon speed rather than strength to take down prey. The tibia … Read more
In Depth Although often labelled as a duck billed dinosaur, Saurolophus is more technically defined as a hadrosaurid due to its placement within the Hadrosauroidea. Even more specifically, Saurolophus is defined as the type genus of the Saurolophinae, the group of solid crested to crestless hadrosaurids that were previously known as hadrosaurines before the then … Read more
In Depth Talenkauen is a genus of small to medium sized ornithopod dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. Noted for being similar in overall build to the much older Dryosaurus from North America, some of the most notable features of Talenkauen include an arrangement of oval plates that run alongside the … Read more
In Depth Hualianceratops is a genus of small ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in China during the Late Jurassic. Identified as a member of the Chaoyangsauridae group of ceratopsians, Hualianceratops would have been a small and bipedal herbivore. Further Reading - A new taxon of basal ceratopsian from China and the early evolution of Ceratopsia. – … Read more
In Depth Sinankylosaurus is a genus of ankylosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous. Though only known from partial remains, the presence of Sinankylosaurus again illustrates the similarity of animal fauna between Asia and North America during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new ankylosaurian from the Late Cretaceous strata of Zhucheng, … Read more
In Depth Dromaeosauroides is what is called a ‘tooth taxon’ as so far this dinosaur only has fossil teeth attributed to it. These teeth seem to come from a dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur, and this is reason why for the name which means Dromaeosaurus-like. Comparison of these teeth to those of other dromaeosaurids suggests that Dromaeosauroides … Read more
In Depth Venenosaurus, meaning ‘poison lizard’ acquired its name from being discovered in the Poison Strip Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation, while the type species, V. dicrocei, is in honour of Tony DiCroce, the person who first discovered the remains. Other sauropod dinosaurs from the Cedar Mountain Formation, albeit from different Members, include Abydosaurus, … Read more
In Depth Smaller velociraptorine dromaeosaurs seem to have been one of the most important types of dinosaur in Asia during the Late Cretaceous as evidenced by the ever growing number of remains and genera. Linheraptor was similar in form to most others such as Velociraptor and it may have lived and hunted in pretty much … Read more
In Depth Edmontosaurus is without a doubt one of if not the most intensively studied hadrosaurid dinosaur. Not only are there many Edmontosaurus specimens known, but those that have been recovered include some of the best preserved hadrosaurid material so far found.Classification history Edmontosaurus has one of the longest and most complicated taxonomic histories of … Read more
In Depth Yehuecauhceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. The holotype individual of Yehuecauhceratops was discovered in the Aguja Formation of Mexico, and in life is thought to have been similar to nasutoceratopsine ceratopsian dinosaur genera such as Nasutoceratops and Avaceratops. Unfortunately because of the lack … Read more