Laosaurus

In Depth        Laosaurus is today considered to be a dubious genus of dinosaur.‭ ‬Though previously considered to be a hypsilophodont‭ (‬relative of Hypsilophodon‭)‬,‭ ‬most of the fossil remains once attributed to Laosaurus have ended up being considered to be other genera such as Orodromeus,‭ ‬Dryosaurus and Othnielosaurus.‭ ‬What few fossils that are still assigned to … Read more

Hypsilophodon

In Depth        Hypsilophodon is one of the more famous dinosaurs that have been discovered in the Isle of Wight,‭ ‬however its discovery was delayed by the fact that for the first twenty years of the first fossils discovery,‭ ‬Hypsilophodon was actually believed to be a juvenile Iguanodon.‭ ‬ This is of course in reference to … Read more

Atlascopcosaurus

In Depth        Unfortunately like with so many other Australian dinosaurs,‭ ‬Atlascopcosaurus is based upon the description of very incomplete remains,‭ ‬in this case part of a jaw.‭ ‬This jaw was been compared to other dinosaur types which has yielded the conclusion that Atlascopcosaurus was probably a member of the Euornithopoda.‭ ‬Also a very rough estimate … Read more