Species Classification: ‭ ‬Abelisauria

In Depth        Though only named from a leg and foot,‭ ‬Velocisaurus seems to have been a particularly fast running dinosaur given that the leg shows clear adaptations for‭ ‬running,‭ ‬hence the name which means‭ ‘‬swift lizard‭’‬.‭ ‬When the dinosaur Velocisaurus was first described by Jos� Bonaparte in‭ ‬1991‭ ‬he speculated that Velocisaurus might have been … Read more

In Depth        At the time of writing the only parts of the dinosaur Pycnonemosaurus that have been recovered include some legs and hip bones as well as caudal‭ (‬tail‭) ‬vertebrae and teeth.‭ ‬These parts however are enough to identify Pycnonemosaurus as an abelisaurid theropod dinosaur.‭ ‬Like with other abelisaurs,‭ ‬Pycnonemosaurus would be expected to have … Read more