Unaysaurus

In Depth        Unaysaurus is the first confirmed sauropodomorph dinosaur to be named from Brazil,‭ ‬though there is speculation that another genus named in‭ ‬1999‭ ‬called Teyuwasu might also be a sauropodomorph.‭ ‬The closest relative to Unaysaurus is thought to be the famous Plateosaurus from Germany. Further Reading -‭ ‬A new early dinosaur‭ (‬Sauropodomorpha‭) ‬from the … Read more

Sarahsaurus

In Depth        Sarahsaurus is currently one of the few known basal sauropodomorphs from North America,‭ ‬with other genera including Anchisaurus and Seitaad.‭ ‬The sauropodomorphs were the forerunners to the later giant sauropods that would become dominant as the Jurassic era progressed on.‭ ‬As a basal sauropodomorph,‭ ‬Sarahsaurus is thought to have been a plant eating … Read more

Kaatedocus

In Depth        Fossils of Kaatedocus were first recovered in‭ ‬1934‭ ‬and subsequently assigned to the genus Barosaurus.‭ ‬Later study of the fossils revealed them to actually represent a distinct genus of diplodocid sauropod. Further Reading -‭ ‬The skull and neck of a new flagellicaudatan sauropod from the Morrison Formation and its implication for the evolution … Read more

Hudiesaurus

In Depth        To put it bluntly,‭ ‬the remains of Hudiesaurus are very partial,‭ ‬but they do seem to belong to a mamenchisaurid sauropod,‭ ‬or in simpler terms,‭ ‬one like Mamenchisaurus.‭ ‬The remains which are known are without doubt huge,‭ ‬and comparison to other similar sauropod genera has resulted in an estimated length of around thirty … Read more

Haestasaurus

In Depth        The holotype bones of Haestasaurus were originally found in‭ ‬1852‭ ‬by a man named Samuel Husband Beckles who found them exposed by a low tide on a coast not far from Hastings.‭ ‬These remains were studied by Gideon Mantell‭ (‬best remembered for naming Iguanodon‭) ‬who considered them to represent a second species ‭of … Read more

Dinheirosaurus

In Depth        Fossils of Dinheirosaurus were first treated as belonging to Lourinhasaurus until new study ascertained that they were of a different genus.‭ ‬For some time afterwards there was still speculation that this was a mistake and that Dinheirosaurus should be regarded as a synonym to Lourinhasaurus,‭ ‬but even further study has now established without … Read more