In Depth Gobititan is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. At the time of writing Gobititan is only known from caudal vertebrae and a partial hind limb, though from these it is possible to infer that Gobititan was a primitive titanosaur. This is because Gobititan is known to … Read more
In Depth The annoying thing about Amtocephale is that it is yet another pachycephalosaur genus that is known only from skull material, specifically the thick dome. The exciting thing about Amtocephale however is that at the time of its discovery it represents what might be the oldest known pachycephalosaur genus. Further Reading - A new … Read more
In Depth An early Cretaceous sauropod from Spain, Aragosaurus is considered to have been similar to the North American Camarasaurus in form. This means that the head would have been carried up high to enable Aragosaurus to browse upon the upper branches of trees, which were simply beyond the reach of low browsing dinosaurs. This … Read more
In Depth Back in the Cretaceous North America was divided into two land masses due to the presence of the Western Interior Seaway, a shallow sea that submerged the central portions of North America all the way from Canada to Mexico. These two land masses were Appalachia in the east, and Laramidia in the west, … Read more
In Depth Saurornithoides seems for lack of a better description an Asian counterpart to the famous Troodon from North America. It shares many morphological similarites including being of a comparble size, large eyes and large brain. For this reason Saurornithoides is thought to have been a nocturnal hunter with the large eyes being of more … Read more
In Depth Giganotosaurus made headlines around the world when it was discovered simply for the fact that it was a carnivorous dinosaur that was bigger than Tyrannosaurus. Although the current estimate of Giganotosaurus has it approaching a length of thirteen meters, analysis of a dentary from a second individual suggests that it could grow even … Read more
In Depth Trinisaura was a fairly small ornithopod dinosaur that lived in Antarctica back before it became covered by snow and ice. Not that much can be inferred about the lifestyle of Trinisaura due to lack of more complete remains, but as a small ornithopod it probably roamed around on just its rear legs as … Read more
In Depth Macrocollum is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Triassic. Further Reading - An exceptionally preserved association of complete dinosaur skeletons reveals the oldest long-necked sauropodomorphs. - Biology Letters 14:20180633:1-5. - R. T. M�ller, M. C. Langer & S. Dias-da-Silva - 2018.
In Depth Originally thought to represent a juvenile Oviraptor, Conchoraptor was established as a distinct genus in 1986. While the snout of the skull is raised like in other oviraptorids, Conchoraptor does not possess a head crest like most other known oviraptorids. Rinchen Barsbold, the palaeontologist who first described Conchoraptor speculated that Conchoraptor, and possibly … Read more
In Depth At the time of the genus naming in 2018, Italy was not particularly well known for dinosaur discoveries, the only other theropod being Scipionyx, named in 1998. So when it was announced that a new, much larger theropod dinosaur had been discovered, you can imagine the news headlines. Named Saltriovenator. this new dinosaur … Read more