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 Described in 2012, Europejara has gone down as the first tapejarid pterosaur known from Europe. At the time of writing the only known fossils of this pterosaur are a partial skull and lower jaw. The preserved portion of the skull is two hundred and thirty millimetres long, though in life the skull is … Read more
In Depth Despite the fact that Mythunga is only known from a partial skull it is still one of the best preserved Australian pterosaur fossils which are in themselves rare from Australia. This is not to say that Australia didn’t have its fair share of pterosaurs, just that they did not preserve very well in … 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
In Depth Possibly the main feature of interest to researchers of Germanodactylus is the head crest. Although quite unremarkable compared to some other pterosaurs like Nyctosaurus or Tupandactylus, it is a good example of the early forms that seem to be more common to the more advanced pterodactyloid pterosaurs. The crest itself is best known … Read more
In Depth Jinyunpelta is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia around the early/late Cretaceous boundary. The presence of Jinyunpelta at that time suggests that it was among the first ankylosaurid dinosaur genera to have evolved a tail club. Further Reading - The most basal ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Albian-Cenomanian of China, with … Read more
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