In Depth Eohyosaurus is a little known genus of rhynchosaur that lived in South Africa during the Triassic. As a rhynchosaur, Eohyosaurus would have been a squat quadrupedal herbivore that ate low growing plants. Further Reading - A new species of basal rhynchosaur (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the early Middle Triassic of South Africa, and the … Read more
In Depth Huinculsaurus is a genus of elaphrosaurine dinosaur that lived during the early periods of the late Cretaceous in South America. Further Reading - A new abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Huincul formation (lower upper Cretaceous, Neuqu�n Basin) of Patagonia, Argentina. - Cretaceous Research. - Mattia Baiano, Rodolfo Coria & Andrea Cau - 2020.
In Depth Urbacodon is truly an international genus, not so much by its geographic distribution, but because the team involved were from many different countries. The name Urbacodon means ‘URBAC tooth’, and URBAC is an acronym that recognises the Uzbek, Russian, British, American and Canadian nationalities of those involved. Urbacodon was described by a single … Read more
In Depth Leshansaurus was a mid-sized theropod of the late Jurassic of China with jaws that were proportionately longer than most other theropods of the time that also widened slightly. These features might denote a prey specialisation for Leshansaurus, perhaps somehow helping it to deal with the large variety of relatively small stegosaurs of the … Read more
In Depth Choconsaurus is a genus of primitive titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in South America at the start of the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new titanosaur sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Neuqu�n Province, Argentina. - Ameghiniana 55(1):1-29. - E. Sim�n, L. Salgado & J. O. Calvo - 2018.
In Depth Hippodraco is a genus of medium sized ornithopod dinosaur that lived in North America during the early Cretaceous. Though still a fairly large dinosaur when compared to a person, Hippodraco paled in comparison to the impressively large Iguanacolossus, which is known from the same member of the Cedar Mountain Formation that Hippodraco was … Read more
In Depth Not many pterosaurs are known from Spain, but Prejanopterus is so far one of the better preserved specimens. The interesting thing about the Prejanopterus is that although the bottom jaw is straight, the upper jaw curves upwards and away from the bottom jaw. This is not considered a distortion of the jaw as … Read more
In Depth Noasaurus is the type genus of the noasauridae, a side group of theropod dinosaurs that are thought to have had the same immediate origins as the abelisaurids (such as Abelisaurus and Aucasaurus). Noasaurus however is only known by very partial remains which makes it difficult to ascertain specific details about this dinosaur. At … Read more
In Depth Ubirajara is a genus of compsognathid dinosaur that lived in South America during the early Cretaceous. At the time of its description Ubirajara is unique amongst the compsognathids due to the elaborate feather covering. This is mainly from a bushy mane of hair like proto-feathers that measured up to 11 centimetres long over … Read more
In Depth Shanxia is a genus of ankylosaur that lived in China during the Late Cretaceous. However not much fossil material is available and there is speculation that Shanxia may actually just be further remains of the genus Tianzhenosaurus. Further Reading - A new ankylosaurian dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shanxi Province, … Read more