In Depth Eomurruna is a genus of procolophonid parareptile that lived in Australia during the late Triassic. The tooth pattern of Eomurruna shows no collision of the teeth, which is a trait seen in other procolophonids that are thought to have been herbivorous. Even as a plant eater however, there is still a possibility that … Read more
In Depth Kelmayisaurus is a genus of carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. Kelmayisaurus is currently only known by partial upper and lower jaws, and because of this the exact size of Kelmayisaurus is still unknown. There are still reports of a second species named K. “grandis” approaching sizes of up … Read more
In Depth As a macronarian sauropod, Tehuelchesaurus is thought to have had a body form better for reaching up to high growing vegetation rather than sweeping across a broad area to browse upon low growing vegetation like a diplodocid. Although only known from South America, Tehuelchesaurus is actually thought to be very similar in form … Read more
In Depth Phyllodontosuchus is a genus of sphenosuchian crocodile that lived in Asia during the early Jurassic. Phyllodontosuchus had a heterodont dentition, meaning that the shape of the teeth differed according to their position in the mouth. The first few teeth in the mouth were conical in a similar fashion to most other crocodylomorphs, but … Read more
In Depth Like with Saltasaurus, Maxakalisaurus is a titanosaur known to have had bony plates called osteoderms (scutes) in the skin for additional protection from harm. The post cranial skeleton of Maxakalisaurus also hints at a relationship to other aeolsaurid genera such as Aeolosaurus, Gondwanatitan. Maxakalisaurus is one of the largest dinosaurs known to have … Read more
In Depth Leaellynasaura has been named after the daughter of its discoverers (the amicagraphica part recognises the Friends of the Museum of Victoria and the National Geographic Society which supplied funding for the research), and represents a dinosaur that was adapted to life in the Antarctic conditions of the early Cretaceous. Although back then the … Read more
In Depth Isanosaurus is recognised as being one of the first sauropods to appear on the planet, replacing the previous earliest sauropod title holder Vulcanodon. It should be mentioned here that at the time Vulcanodon was thought to have lived in the early Hettangian stage of the Jurassic, just after the Triassic/Jurassic boundary, though a … Read more
In Depth Pradhania is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in what is now India during the Early Jurassic. Later analysis of the genus has interpreted Pradhania as massospondylid. Pradhania likely shared the same habitat as the genus Lamplughsaura which is also known from the same formation. Further Reading - Basal sauropodomorphs (Dinosauria, Saurischia) … Read more
In Depth Tendaguria is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lined in Africa during the late Jurassic. At the time of writing Tendaguria is only known from a few vertebrae, but analysis of this show a similarity to the Australian Wintonotitan. Further Reading - Review of Janenschia Wild, with the description of a new sauropod … Read more
In Depth If you are confused by the name ‘ge ge wing’, ‘ge ge’ actually means princess. Gegepterus was called this because of the extremely gracile nature of its build, looking fragile even for a pterosaur. The reason for the long thin skull of Gegepterus is most probably a specialisation for filter feeding like other … Read more