In Depth The discovery of Padillasaurus has been a very important step in South American palaeontology as it represents the first confirmed genus of a brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur that is known on this continent (though isolated and very fragmentary remains have been found before, they were not complete enough to name a genus). Unfortunately the … Read more
In Depth Zephyrosaurus is considered to be closely related to Orodromeus and possibly also Oryctodromeus based upon the boss-like growths of the cheeks. Zephyrosaurus like these dinosaurs has been speculated to have possibly been a burrowing dinosaur, digging out retreats to which it could hide from the eyes of predators of the time such as … Read more
In Depth Originally described as a species of Valdosaurus, Elrhazosaurus is a genus of small dryosaurid ornithopod that lived in Africa during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - Valdosaurus, a hypsilophodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Europe and Africa. - G�obios 15 (2): 147–159. - P. M. Galton & P. Taquet - 1982. - … Read more
In Depth Named in reference to the more famous Triceratops, Eotriceratops was a large ceratopsian dinosaur of the late Cretaceous. At three meters long from the snout to the tip of the neck frill, the skull of Eotriceratops is also immense. The skull at the base of the left brow horn has bite marks which … Read more