[Just for fun] Trex Vs Triceratops : The Most DISRESPECTFUL Dinosaur Fight Ever
In Depth Though the name means ‘crocodile’, Mesosuchus was actually one of the rhynchosaurs, a distinct group of archosaurs noted for having a herbivorous diet. Mesosuchus seems to be one of the more primitive forms with later relatives showing distinctly more developed adaptations for their lifestyles. Further Reading - Mesosuchus browni, gen. et spe. Nov. … Read more
In Depth Discovered by Reverend William D. Fox in 1865, Polacanthus has been frustratingly ill preserved with only the hind quarters and parts of armour well preserved. The skull is also unknown, and for this reason modern reconstructions are based upon comparisons with other similar dinosaurs like Gastonia. What can be ascertained is that Polacanthus … Read more
In Depth Carbonodraco is a genus of acleistorhinid parareptile that lived in North America during the early Permian. At the time of its description Carbonodraco is considered to be one of the earliest known parareptiles. Further Reading - Carbonodraco lundi gen et sp. nov., the oldest parareptile, from Linton, Ohio, and new insights into the … Read more
In Depth Guemesia is a genus of abelisaurid dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. At the time of writing Guemesia is known only from a braincase, which makes physical details beyond generic abelisaurid traits hard to determine. The size of the braincase however suggests that Guemesia may have actually been quite … Read more
In Depth Godavarisaurus is a genus of lepidosaur that lived in India during the early Jurassic, and may have resembled a modern day Tuatara. Further Reading - Rhynchocephalians (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133:309-334. - S. E. Evans, G. V. R. Prasad, and B. K. … Read more
In Depth The discovery, naming and reconstruction of Diplodocus Two factors have helped make Diplodocus famous all over the world. The first is that for a long time Diplodocus was thought to be the largest (at least in terms of length) dinosaur known to walk the Earth. The second is the large number of skeletal … Read more
In Depth Leptostomia is a genus of pterosaur that lived in North Africa during the Cretaceous, possibly at the boundary of the early and late periods of the Cretaceous. Leptostomia is thought to have been a small pterosaur, possibly possessing a very slim elongated beak. This might have been a feeding adaptation for probing into … Read more
In Depth Like with Liaoningosaurus, Zhongyuansaurus was first described as a nodosaurid, but later identified as an ankylosaurid. Further study has identified Zhongyuansaurus as the most basal (primitive) ankylosaurine, the group of ankylosaurs that contains the more advance forms that began to appear as the Cretaceous progressed. So basal in fact was Zhongyuansaurus, that it … Read more
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