Levnesovia

In Depth        Levnesovia is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in Uzbekistan during the early part of the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Hadrosauroids were the descendants of the iguanodonts that were common in the late Jurassic/earliest Cretaceous,‭ ‬and the precursors of the hadrosaurids that were common during the final ten-fifteen million years of the Cretaceous. Further … Read more

Emausaurus

In Depth        Emausaurus is a primitive genus of thyreophoran dinosaur that lived in Europe during the early Jurassic.‭ ‬Emausaurus was first described by a description of the skull,‭ ‬though osteoderms‭ (‬bony plates that were in the skin‭) ‬are also known.‭ ‬Emausaurus seems to have been a small to mid-sized dinosaur that would have relied upon … Read more

Eousdryosaurus

In Depth        Eousdryosaurus is a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur that lived in Portugal during the late Jurassic.‭ ‬The name Eousdryosaurus means‭ ‘‬eastern Dryosaurus‭’‬,‭ ‬a reference to how Eousdryosaurus is similar to the genus Dryosaurus,‭ ‬but globally lived further to the east,‭ ‬Eousdryosaurus in Portugal,‭ ‬and Dryosaurus in North America. Further Reading -‭ ‬A new … Read more

Crichtonsaurus

In Depth        Crichtonsaurus seems to have been a fairly small genus of ankylosaur that lived in China during the earlier stages of the Late Cretaceous period.‭ ‬As an ankylosaur Crichtonsaurus would have been a squat quadrupedal dinosaur that browsed upon low growing plants.        At the time of writing two species of Crichtonsaurus have been identified … Read more

Ojoceratops

In Depth        Fossils sitting in a museum and sometimes thought to belong to one kind of ceratopsian dinosaur are sometimes found to actually represent another upon later examination.‭ ‬This is how others such as Mojoceratops and Spinops were discovered,‭ ‬and is also how Ojoceratops was discovered.‭ ‬Ojoceratops was classed as Torosaurus,‭ ‬but‭ ‬is thought to … Read more

Uteodon

In Depth        Originally named as a species of Camptosaurus,‭ ‬Uteodon was a fairly primitive iguanodont dinosaur that lived in what is now Utah during the late Jurassic.‭ ‬As an iguanodont,‭ ‬Uteodon would have been a primarily quadrupedal plant eater,‭ ‬though it may have still reared up on its hind legs to reach higher vegetation.‭ ‬Possible … Read more

Kelumapusaura

In Depth        Kelumapusaura is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬The establishment of Kelumapusaura was born out of the discovery of a bone bed of at least several individuals. Further reading -‭ ‬A new hadrosaurid‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Ornithischia‭) ‬from the Late Cretaceous of northern Patagonia and the radiation … Read more

Udanoceratops

In Depth        The description of the ceratopsian dinosaur Udanoceratops is based upon the discovery of an almost complete sixty centimetre long skull.‭ ‬This in turn led to size estimates for the missing body leading all the way up to‭ four‭ ‬meters long‭; ‬however it would be interesting to see how Udanoceratops compares to other later … Read more

Spiclypeus

In Depth        Spiclypeus is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous.‭ Further Reading -‭ ‬Spiclypeus shipporum gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.,‭ ‬a boldly audacious new chasmosaurine ceratopsid‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Ornithischia‭) ‬from the Judith River Formation‭ (‬Upper Cretaceous:‭ ‬Campanian‭) ‬of Montana,‭ ‬USA.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PLoS ONE‭ ‬11‭(‬5‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Mallon,‭ ‬C.‭ … Read more

Probactrosaurus

In Depth        Sometimes dubbed the‭ ‘‬Asian Iguanodon‭’‬,‭ ‬Probactrosaurus is no way near as well-known as its older and far more famous relative‭ (‬which was actually the second dinosaur genus named,‭ ‬and the first one‭ ‬named‭ ‬that ate plants‭)‬.‭ ‬At roughly five and a half meters in length Probactrosaurus was actually quite small when compared to … Read more