In Depth Silvanerpeton is a genus of possibly semi aquatic reptilomorph that lived in Scotland during the Carboniferous. Further Reading - Silvanerpeton miripedes, a new anthracosauroid from the Vis�an of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland. - Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 84:369-376. - Jennifer A. Clack - 1994.
In Depth Baotianmansaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known to have lived in China during the late Cretaceous. The known remains of Baotianmansaurus are very incomplete which means that it is still unknown what kind of sauropod Baotianmansaurus was, though it is usually classed as a titanosauriform. Additional details such as weight, length and … Read more
In Depth The Dapedium genus of fish seem to have been among the most common in the seas of the late Triassic and early Jurassic. The body was deep and round and depending upon he species could be anywhere between nine and forty centimetres long, with the species D. noricum currently known to be the … Read more
In Depth Kompsornis is a genus of jeholornithiforme avialan that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous. As a jeholornithiforme, Kompsornis would have been similar to the more famous Jeholornis, though there are still clear differences between the two genera. Cross sections sampled from the holotype specimen suggest that the holotype individual of Kompsornis was … Read more
In Depth When the remains of Zanabazar were first studied in 1974, it was taken to be another specimen of Sauromithoides. When re-examined in 2009, the bones were found to be different, and were renamed Zanabazar, after the first spiritual head (Jebtsundamba Khutuktu) of Tibetan buddhism who lived between 1635-1723. With a skull length of … Read more
In Depth Every so often a dinosaur is discovered that makes people sit up and take notice, and arguably in 2022 that dinosaur was Meraxes. This is because the Meraxes genus has a number of accolades to its name. First is that at the time of its naming in 2022, Meraxes is the most completely … Read more
In Depth Chanaresuchus is a genus of proterochampsian archosauromorph that lived in South America during the Triassic. With known skull sizes ranging up to twenty-six centimetres in length, Chanaresuchus would had the potential to have been a moderately sized predator, but nothing near the scale of large rauisuchians such as Saurosuchus. Chanaresuchus however would have … Read more
In Depth The name Elanodactylus ‘kite finger’ is actually in reference to a type of bird of prey called a kite, the specific genus in relation to the name being Elanus. This is because like a kite, Elanodactylus had especially long wings that would have made it stand out from other pterosaurs. Although Elanodactylus has … Read more
In Depth Qantas is a genus of temnspondyl amphibian from Russia. If the name sounds familiar then that might be because it was named in honour of the Australian airline Qantas which supplied funding for the study. Further Reading – New data on trematosauroid labyrinthodonts of Eastern Europe: 3. Qantas samarensis gen. Et sp. Nov”. … Read more
In Depth Gobihadros is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur known to have lived in central Asia during the earlier stages of the late Cretaceous. Known from numerous fossils from several individuals of varying ages and sizes, and some of these articulated, Gobihadros is one of the best preserved hadrosaurs from Asia. Further Reading - A … Read more