In Depth Named after a demon that appears in Mapuche mythology, Gualicho is a medium sized genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the early stages of the late Cretaceous. Gualicho would have been a predator of other smaller and similarly sized dinosaurs. Gualicho was named as a genus in 2016, and … Read more
In Depth Wulatelong has been considered to be a fairly basal oviraptorid similar to some genera such as Incisivosaurus and Caudipteryx. Unfortunately the holotype remains of Wulatelong have suffered erosion from the harsh environment that they were found in because they were discovered already exposed to the elements. Wulatelong would have likely shared its habitat … Read more
In Depth So the taxonomic history of Monoclonius goes a little something like this. In 1876 multiply dinosaur fossils were recovered from the Judith River in Montana, USA. These fossils were sent to Edward Drinker Cope (One of the two main figures in the Bone Wars) and from these two new dinosaur genera were named, … Read more
In Depth Named after the Russian palaeontologist Evgenii Aleksandrovich who actually found the holotype material in 1952, Maleevus is today considered to be a dubious genus of dinosaur. This is because it is based upon only a small amount of fossil material which is actually similar to another genus of ankylosaur from the Bayan Shireh … Read more
In Depth Panoplosaurus is one of the more famous of the North American nodosaurs, and a genus that lived during the later stages of the Cretaceous. Like with other nodosaurs, Panoplosaurus would have looked similar to an ankylosaur, though with a few key differences. The most obvious difference at a glance would have been the … Read more
In Depth Savannasaurus is a genus of titanosaur that lived in Australia doing the Cretaceous. Hailing from the Winton Formation of Queensland, Savannasaurus would have been in the same habitat as other dinosaurs such as Diamantinasaurus, Austrosaurus and Wintonotitan. Savannasaurus seems to have been quite similar to Diamantinasaurus in form. Possible predatory threats to Savannasaurus … Read more
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 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 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 Edmontonia was one of the larger nodasaurids, dinosaurs that were similar to the ankylosaurids but lacked their tail clubs and had narrower mouths. Still, Edmontonia did possess armour plates called osteoderms along its back, and is particularly noted for having large spikes that point out from the sides of its body, the four … Read more