In Depth As far as the skeleton of Kulindadromeus is concerned, this genus was pretty much like any other small ornithischian dinosaur of the Jurassic. However, while most other ornithischian dinosaurs have been described from bones, extra fossils were available for Kulindadromeus, and these revealed a startling revelation: Kulindadromeus had a body that was covered … Read more
In Depth Palaeobatrachus was an ancient frog that has often been related as being similar to the African clawed toad genus Xenopus. Palaeobatrachus is thought to have been a primarily aquatic frog which means that it rarely left the water. Like with other frogs, Palaeobatrachus were probably predators of invertebrates as well as possibly vertebrates … Read more
In Depth Lavocatisaurus is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Aptian–Albian, Lower Cretaceous Rayoso Formation, Neuqu�n, Argentina. - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 63. - Jos� Canudo, Jose Carballido, Alberto Garrido & Leonardo Salgado - 2018.
In Depth Kryostega is one of the growing number of temnospondyl amphibians that are now known from Antarctica. With a reconstructed body length estimated to be about four and a half meters long, Kryostega is so far one of the largest temnospondyl amphibians known to have lived in Antarctica during the Early Triassic, and a … Read more
In Depth The fairly high number of Leptochamops specimens so far found suggests that this would have been a fairly common little lizard in the late Cretaceous ecosystems of North America. Like with many modern lizard today, Leptochamops was probably a fairly small predator of invertebrates while it tried to keep out of the predatory … Read more
In Depth Presbytherium is a genus of pantodont mammal that lived in the Canadian province of Alberta during the Palaeocene period. Further Reading - New cyriacotheriid pantodonts (Mammalia, Pantodonta) from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, and the relationships of Cyriacotheriidae. - Journal of Paleontology 84(2):197-215. - Craig S. Scott - 2010.
In Depth Hylonomus has significance in the fossil record for being the first true reptile. One particularly well presevered specimen was found in the remains of a hollowed tree stump. It is thought that the Hylonomus individual may have entered for either shelter or to feed on the insects inside. It would seem however that … Read more
In Depth Without doubt, Turiasaurus is one of the largest sauropod dinosaurs to ever roam the European continent. Early estimates of Turiasaurus place the potential length of this dinosaur beyond thirty-five meters, though most now consider Turiasaurus to have been around thirty meters long, but still establishing Turiasaurus as one of the biggest. Despite being … Read more
In Depth Polonodon is a genus of cynodont that lived in Poland during the Late Triassic. Further Reading - A new early Late Triassic non-mammaliaform eucynodont from Poland. - Historical Biology - Tomasz Sulej, Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki, Mateusz Tałanda, Dawid Dr�żdż & Ewa Hara - 2018.
In Depth A relatively small ground sloth when compared to others such as Megatherium, Eremotherium and Glossotherium, Nothrotheriops seems to have had a similar lifestyle and dietary preference of browsing upon vegetation. One specimen of Nothrotheriops from Aden Crater in New Mexico was found in a lava tube and still had the remnants of hair … Read more