In Depth First described in 2021, Vectiraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in what is now England during the early Cretaceous. Although only described from a very few bones, analysis of these have yielded the conclusion that Vectiraptor was probably a member of the Eudromaeosauria sub group of the Dromaeosauridae. We would … Read more
In Depth Perijasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Jurassic. Further reading - A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. - Aldo F. Rinc�n, Daniel A. Raad P�jaro, Harold … Read more
In Depth Papiliovenator is a genus of troodontid dinosaur that lived in East Asia during the late Cretaceous. Further reading - A New Troodontid from the Upper Cretaceous Gobi Basin of Inner Mongolia, China. - Cretaceous Research. - RuiPei, Yuying Qin, Aishu Wen, Qi Zhao, Zhe Wang ,Zhanmin Liu, Weilesi Guo ,Po Liu, Weiming Ye, … Read more
In Depth Pendraig is a genus of coelophysoid theropod dinosaur that lived in the British Isles during the late Triassic. Further reading - Pendraig milnerae, a new small-sized coelophysoid theropod from the Late Triassic of Wales. - Royal Society Open Science. 8 (10): Article ID 210915. - Stephan N. F. Spiekman, Mart�n D. Ezcurra, Richard … Read more
In Depth Khulsanurus is a genus of alvarezsaurid dinosaur that lived in East Asia during the late Cretaceous. Further reading - The second taxon of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Khulsan locality in Gobi Desert, Mongolia. - Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. in press: 1–12.. - A. O. Averianov & A. … Read more
In Depth Eoconfuciusornis named for its earlier appearance to the related Confuciusornis, the most notable difference about Eoconfuciusornis at the time of writing are that the genus has longer legs than Eoconfuciusornis. Further Reading - A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight. - Science in China Series D: Earth … Read more
In Depth Llukalkan is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. As with other dinosaurs of its kind, Llukalkan would have been a predator. Though the holotype skull of Llukalkan is fragmentary, analysis of the inner ear has revealed that Llukalkan might have had better hearing than … Read more
In Depth Suzhousaurus is a medium sized genus of therizinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. There is some speculation that Suzhousaurus may be the same genus as another therizinosaur named Nanshiungosaurus. However, because there is little if any overlapping fossil material, it is at the time of writing impossible to say for … Read more
In Depth Enantiophoenix is genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in what is now Lebanon during the early part of the Late Cretaceous. Further Reading - Enantiophoenix electrophyla gen. et sp. nov. (Aves, Enantiornithes) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon and its phylogenetic relationships. - Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del … Read more
In Depth Caieiria is a genus of titanosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. At the time of its naming, Caieiria was only known from tail vertebrae. These vertebrae however show strongly developed side process as well as vertical spines about half the height of the centra (the round disc part of … Read more