In Depth Huashanosaurus was an early eusauropod sauropod dinosaur from the Wangmen Formation of Guangxi, southern China. The name means “Huashan Mountain lizard,” in reference to the UNESCO World Heritage site of Huashan Mountain and its famous rock art. The species name, qini, honors Jian Qin, the local teacher who first discovered the remains. Fossil … Read more
Fossil Map Interactive fossil Map of Protathlitis, along with its chronological bar chart of fossil discoveries. In Depth Protathlitis is a genus of baryonychine spinosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. The fossils were discovered in the Arcillas de Morella Formation, dating to the Barremian stage about 129–125 million years ago. The genus was … Read more
In Depth Dzharaonyx is a genus of alvarezsaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - New material and diagnosis of a new taxon of alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (5): e2036174. - Alexander O.Averianov & Hans-Dieter Sues - … Read more
In Depth Pengornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - Insight into diversity, body size and morphological evolution from the largest Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird. - Journal of Anatomy 212(5):565-577. - Z. Zhou, J. Clarke & F. Zhang - 2008. – A subadult specimen of … Read more
In Depth Kuru is a genus of velociraptorine dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous. Further reading - A New Dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Coelurosauria) from Khulsan, Central Mongolia. American Museum Novitates. 2021 (3982): 1–47. - James G. Napoli, Alexander A. Ruebenstahl, Bhart-anjan S. Bhullar, Alan H. Turner, & Mark A. Norell1 - 2021.
In Depth Ceratosuchops is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur that lived in the British Isles during the early Cretaceous. Ceratosuchops was named alongside another spinosaurid dinosaur from Britain called Riparovenator. Further reading - New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European origins of Spinosauridae. - Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 19340 - … Read more
In Depth Fossils of this dinosaur were actually first mentioned in a scientific paper published in 2008, but it would not be until 2022 that they were formally described as a distinct genus. Paralitherizinosaurus is a genus of therizinosaurid dinosaur that lived in South East Asia during the late Cretaceous. Although established upon the description … Read more
In Depth Ypupiara is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. Further reading - A new Unenlagiinae (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. - Papers in Palaeontology vol 7, issue 4. - Arthur S. Brum, Rodrigo V. P�gas, Kamila L. N. Bandeira, Lucy G. Souza, Diogenes … Read more
In Depth Fossils of the dinosaur Issi were originally referred to the genus Plateosaurus. However, greater understanding of Plateosaurus, sauropodomorphs dinosaurs as well as new studies of the fossils from Greenland led to the conclusion that the Greenland fossils were of a distinct genus. Issi was established as the new published name of the genus … Read more
In Depth Protopteryx is a genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous. An interesting note about Protopteryx is that it is among the most primitive enantiornithine birds known to live in the early Cretaceous. Protopteryx was very small, only about ten centimetres from head to tail (excluding the feathers). Protopteryx … Read more