In Depth Mercuriceratops is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the Cretaceous. Unfortunately not much is known for certain about Mercuriceratops, however, it has been speculated to have been comparable to Chasmosaurus in size. Further Reading - A new chasmosaurine from northern Laramidia expands fill disparity in ceratopsid dinosaurs. … Read more
In Depth Like with many dinosaurs, the remains of Elaltitan were originally described as belonging to another genus. Originally assigned by Bonarparte and Gasparini to Antarctosaurus in 1979, the remains were later described as Argyrosaurus by Jaime Powell. Later study of the remains by Philip Mannion and Alejandro Otero led to several key differences being … Read more
In Depth Kukufeldia is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that is known only from a partial jawbone. Most researchers have considered the genus to be a nomen dubium while others have proposed a synonymy with Barilium. Further Reading - A new basal iguanodont (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of England. - Zootaxa, 2569: … Read more
In Depth Tienshanosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in China during the late Jurassic. At twelve meters long Tienshanosaurus seems to have been fairly small for a sauropod dinosaur. In the past there has been some confusion concerning the validity of the genus, with the genus Euhelopus being considered to be a … Read more
In Depth The scattered fossils of Anzu were first being found as far back as 1998, and in time four individual discoveries were pieced together to form one oviraptorid. Anzu now has a enough fossils to reveal the skull as well as around seventy-five/eighty per cent of the total post cranial skeleton. This has now … Read more
In Depth Anomalipes is a genus of caenagnathid oviraptosaurid dinosaur that lived in asia during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new caenagnathid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Wangshi Group of Shandong, China, with comments on size variation among oviraptorosaurs. - Scientific Reports. 8: Article number 5030. - Yilun Yu, Kebai Wang, Shuqing Chen, … Read more
In Depth Nanyangosaurus is a genus of medium sized ornithopod dinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. Though only known from partial remains, Nanyangosaurus is noted for having fore limbs that were proportionately longer than other similar ornithopods. Nanyangosaurus also seems to have lacked the enlarged thumb spike, which is another common feature … Read more
In Depth Erythrovenator is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Triassic. Erythrovenator was established upon the description of a partial femur, specifically the proximal end (the part that connects to the hip). Because of this any specific details about the lifestyles and features of this dinosaur are at … Read more
In Depth Qinlingosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in China during the late Cretaceous. Very little is known for certain about Qinlingosaurus because at the time of writing this dinosaur is only known from a few vertebrae and a couple of hip bones. However, given that these fossils have been recovered from … Read more
In Depth So far Pinacosaurus appears to have been one of the most numerous of the Asian ankylosaurs given the large numbers of fossil remains that have been found for this genus. This large number combined with the high level of preservation in many of the specimens mean that the validity of the genus is … Read more