Trithelodon
In Depth Trithelodon is a little known genus of cynodont. Further Reading Further reading- On a new type of cynodont from the Stormberg. – Annals of the South African Museum 7:334-336. – R. Broom – 1912.
Species Classification: Chordata
Huinculsaurus
In Depth Huinculsaurus is a genus of elaphrosaurine dinosaur that lived during the early periods of the late Cretaceous in South America. Further Reading - A new abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Huincul formation (lower upper Cretaceous, Neuqu�n Basin) of Patagonia, Argentina. - Cretaceous Research. - Mattia Baiano, Rodolfo Coria & Andrea Cau - 2020.
Urbacodon
In Depth Urbacodon is truly an international genus, not so much by its geographic distribution, but because the team involved were from many different countries. The name Urbacodon means ‘URBAC tooth’, and URBAC is an acronym that recognises the Uzbek, Russian, British, American and Canadian nationalities of those involved. Urbacodon was described by a single … Read more
Leshansaurus
In Depth Leshansaurus was a mid-sized theropod of the late Jurassic of China with jaws that were proportionately longer than most other theropods of the time that also widened slightly. These features might denote a prey specialisation for Leshansaurus, perhaps somehow helping it to deal with the large variety of relatively small stegosaurs of the … Read more
Choconsaurus
In Depth Choconsaurus is a genus of primitive titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in South America at the start of the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new titanosaur sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Neuqu�n Province, Argentina. - Ameghiniana 55(1):1-29. - E. Sim�n, L. Salgado & J. O. Calvo - 2018.
Hippodraco
In Depth Hippodraco is a genus of medium sized ornithopod dinosaur that lived in North America during the early Cretaceous. Though still a fairly large dinosaur when compared to a person, Hippodraco paled in comparison to the impressively large Iguanacolossus, which is known from the same member of the Cedar Mountain Formation that Hippodraco was … Read more
Prejanopterus
In Depth Not many pterosaurs are known from Spain, but Prejanopterus is so far one of the better preserved specimens. The interesting thing about the Prejanopterus is that although the bottom jaw is straight, the upper jaw curves upwards and away from the bottom jaw. This is not considered a distortion of the jaw as … Read more
Omphalosaurus
In Depth Since the genus was first named from fossils in Nevada, USA, Omphalosaurus was usually perceived as a small and primitive ichthyosaur that lived during the early Triassic. Towards the end of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries however questions were raised about the genus being an ichthyosaur with notes about how the known … Read more
Sludica
In Depth Sludica was a procynosuchid cynodont that lived in Russia during the late Permian. Further Reading - Permian Cynodontia (Theromorpha) of Eastern Europe - M. F. Ivachnenko - 2012.
Noasaurus
In Depth Noasaurus is the type genus of the noasauridae, a side group of theropod dinosaurs that are thought to have had the same immediate origins as the abelisaurids (such as Abelisaurus and Aucasaurus). Noasaurus however is only known by very partial remains which makes it difficult to ascertain specific details about this dinosaur. At … Read more