Staurikosaurus

In Depth        Staurikosaurus may have been only a small theropod dinosaur,‭ ‬but it is also one of the earliest known confirmed dinosaurs.‭ ‬By the time of the Carnian,‭ ‬the first definitive theropods were roaming around South America and hunting other animals.‭ ‬At a little over two meters long,‭ ‬Staurikosaurus was probably a predator of smaller … Read more

Chindesaurus

In Depth        The holotype remains of Chindesaurus were first discovered in‭ ‬1985‭ ‬and at first thought to represent a kind of unknown sauropodomorph dinosaur.‭ ‬It was later however that it was realised that Chindesaurus actually represented a kind of primitive theropod dinosaur.‭ ‬Exactly what kind of early theropod dinosaur has been a little bit harder … Read more