In Depth Levnesovia is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in Uzbekistan during the early part of the late Cretaceous. Hadrosauroids were the descendants of the iguanodonts that were common in the late Jurassic/earliest Cretaceous, and the precursors of the hadrosaurids that were common during the final ten-fifteen million years of the Cretaceous. Further … Read more
In Depth Kundurosaurus is one of many hadrosaurid genera from the Amur Region of Russia which defines the Russian border with China along the Amur River. Additionally some genera of hadrosaurid have been identified from the Chinese side of the border of this region as well. Like with many of these, Kundurosaurus lived during the … Read more
In Depth Rhabdodon is for lack of a better term a puzzle. Although usually described as an iguanodont, Rhabdodon has also been considered as a hypsilophodont, and on top of this it has also been described as a ‘missing link’ between these two groups of dinosaurs. To further the confusion however, Rhabdodon lived in the … Read more
In Depth Penelopognathus is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in Mongolia during the early Cretaceous. Unfortunately, because only a partial jaw of this dinosaur has been recovered, not much is known about Penelopognathus. Further Reading - A new primitive hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia (P. R. China). - Comptes … Read more
In Depth Eolambia was established after the remains of several individuals were found in the Carol Quarry of the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain formation, so named after Carol Jones who first discovered the remains with her husband Ramal in 1992. The name Eolambia means ‘dawn Lambe’, a reference to the last name of … Read more
In Depth Muttaburrasaurus is one of the best known dinosaurs to come from Australia, though it was the inclusion of Muttaburrasaurus in an episode of the TV series Walking with Dinosaurs that brought it to the attention of a worldwide audience. Muttaburrasaurus is named after the town Muttaburra situated in Queensland, Australia where the holotype … Read more
In Depth At around three meters long, Secernosaurus was very small for a hadrosaur, though its claim to fame is not size, but the fact that it was the first hadrosaur known to come from South America. In addition Secernosaurus seems to represent a saurolophine hadrosaurid similar to Kritosaurus, and saurolophines are best documented in … Read more
In Depth Plesiohadros is a genus of hadrosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new hadrosaurid (Plesiohadros djadokhtaensis) from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhtan Fauna of southern Mongolia. - Hadrosaurs 108-135. - K. Tsogtbaatar, D. B. Weishampel, D. C. Evans & M. Watabe - 2014.
In Depth Not a lot of information is currently available about Delapparentia, though as a relative to herbivorous dinosaurs like Iguanodon, a few things can be inferred. Delapparentia would have been a fairly large ornithopod dinosaur that would have balanced most of its body weight upon its rear legs, while the fore legs were reduced … Read more
In Depth The original bones of Mochlodon were first discovered in 1859, but were not formerly identified until 1870. When named by Emanuel Bunzel, the remains were identified as those of a new species of Iguanodon. However, by this time Iguanodon was being treated as a ‘wastebasket taxon’ for any remains that had a superficial … Read more