In Depth Ammosaurus has a long taxonomic relationship with Anchisaurus. The holotype fossils of Ammosaurus were originally described as a large species of Anchisaurus by Othniel Charles Marsh before they were erected as a distinct genus. Marsh then named a new species of Anchisaurus, A. solus, but then attributed that to Ammosaurus. Later palaeontologists found … Read more
In Depth Acinacodus was a genus of triconodont mammal from the early Cretaceous of Russia. The triconodonts were small mammals lived in a world dominated by the dinosaurs, and were likely hunted by some of them. Further Reading - A new genus of triconodont mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia - A. V. … Read more
Mammuthus trogontherii, better known as the steppe mammoth, holds an important place for those who study mammoths as it is often treated as a link between the early M. meridionalis known as the southern mammoth and the later M. primigenius, more famously known as the woolly mammoth. M. trogontherii however was larger than both its ancestor and descendent which … Read more
In Depth About Mammut Prehistoric elephants of the genus Mammut are actually more popularly known as ‘mastodons’. The name mastodon means ‘nipple tooth’ and is a reference to the lumpy projections on top of the tooth crown. The name mastodon is today considered an obsolete term for the mammoth genus, yet it is still has a more … Read more