In Depth Khunnuchelys is a genus of turtle that seems to have been widespread across Asia during the Late Cretaeous. However, at the time of writing Khunnuchelys is only known from partial skull material. Further Reading - Khunnuchelys gen. nov., a new trionychid (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia and Uzbekistan. - … Read more
In Depth Shingopana is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived in Africa during the Cretaceous. Shingopana is a small genus of titanosaur and one thought to have been similar to the genus Aeolosaurus, though the femur of Shingopana is proportionately shorter than that seen in Aeolosaurus. Further Reading - The second titanosaurian (Dinosauria: … Read more
In Depth The dromaeosaurids are a very popular group of dinosaurs that all share a few common features. These include reasonably lightweight build, long stiff tails for balance, legs and pelvis adapted for very fast running and a large sickle shaped claw on the second toe of each foot. Balaur however is a dromaeosaur with … Read more
*Special note, since this page was uploaded, Predator X has finally been granted a binomial name, and is today recognised as a species of Pliosaurus, P. funkei. For more complete and up to date information regarding this genus of pliosaur, it is recommended that you also look up the main Pliosaurus page here. On an additional note, although this page … Read more
In Depth Kuttanacaiman was so named because the teeth of this crocodile seem to be best adapted for crunching through the shells of fresh water bivalve molluscs. These seem to have been a popular food source as two other caimans named Gnatusuchus and Caiman wannlangstoni are known from the exact same habitat and they also … Read more
In Depth In the early days of plesiosaur evolution back in the Jurassic, there were two main groups that were successful enough to become two of the main kinds of marine reptiles of the Mesozoic. These were long necked plesiosaurs such as Plesiosaurus and Cryptoclidus, and short necked pliosaurs (technically a sub group of plesiosaurs) … Read more
In Depth Himalayasaurus was named after the Himalaya Mountains where the holotype material was first discovered. The description of Himalayasaurus was based upon very incomplete post cranial remains and most interestingly teeth that were unlike any other Triassic aged ichthyosaur that had been seen at the time. These teeth were larger, more flattened and with … Read more
In Depth Hagryphus is another one of those dinosaur genera that teases us about a prospect of being unusually large, yet known only from partial remains, in this case a hand. At about thirty centimetres long this hand is larger than that known for any other oviraptosaur with the sole current exception of Gigantoraptor. This … Read more
In Depth Daxiatitan is another one of the really big early Cretaceous sauropods from China. The holotype remains are considered to be from an individual twenty-one meters long, though Daxiatitan is also thought to have possibly also grown bigger than this. Daxiatitan was named after branch of the Huang He River. Another large sauropod with … Read more
In Depth The skull of Euconcordia was originally described as Concordia in 2005. However, it was later established that Concordia had already been used, so in 2016 the skull was renamed Euconcordia. Whereas concordia roughly translates from Latin to English as ‘harmony’, Euconcordia would simply mean ‘true harmony’. Euconcordia lived in North America during the … Read more