In Depth Navajoceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. At the time of the description Navajoceratops is known only from a partial skull bones that a reveal a little of the shape of the neck frill. These suggest that Navajoceratops was a chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur. Further … Read more
In Depth At first glance you might be forgiven for thinking that Miragaia is some kind of hybrid between a stegosaur and a sauropod. Well in actuality Miragaia is a stegosaur, although the long neck and long forelimbs make it quite different from classic examples such as Stegosaurus and Kentrosaurus. The most likely cause for … Read more
In Depth The key thing about Judiceratops is that at the time of its description it appears to be the oldest known chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur. Unfortunately only an incomplete skull is known for the genus, so figures on size and a confirmed arrangement of horns and neck frill are a little tricky to establish. Judiceratops … Read more
In Depth With the exception of Triceratops, Styracosaurus is the ceratopsian dinosaur that most people are familiar with. In fact it could even be argued that Styracosaurus has had even greater exposure in popular media such as films, books and games. This popularity is all down to the very distinctive arrangement of horns that extend … Read more
In Depth Tatisaurus is one of those dinosaurs that has a lot of people forming lots of different opinions about what exactly it is. The person who first described the type fossil, D. J. Simmons first proposed that it belonged to a heterodontosaurid dinosaur and then later to a dinosaur similar to Scelidosaurus, a Thyreophoran … Read more
In Depth Discovered by Reverend William D. Fox in 1865, Polacanthus has been frustratingly ill preserved with only the hind quarters and parts of armour well preserved. The skull is also unknown, and for this reason modern reconstructions are based upon comparisons with other similar dinosaurs like Gastonia. What can be ascertained is that Polacanthus … Read more
In Depth Mercuriceratops is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the Cretaceous. Unfortunately not much is known for certain about Mercuriceratops, however, it has been speculated to have been comparable to Chasmosaurus in size. Further Reading - A new chasmosaurine from northern Laramidia expands fill disparity in ceratopsid dinosaurs. … Read more
In Depth Kukufeldia is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that is known only from a partial jawbone. Most researchers have considered the genus to be a nomen dubium while others have proposed a synonymy with Barilium. Further Reading - A new basal iguanodont (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of England. - Zootaxa, 2569: … Read more
In Depth Nanyangosaurus is a genus of medium sized ornithopod dinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. Though only known from partial remains, Nanyangosaurus is noted for having fore limbs that were proportionately longer than other similar ornithopods. Nanyangosaurus also seems to have lacked the enlarged thumb spike, which is another common feature … Read more
In Depth Jinyunpelta is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia around the early/late Cretaceous boundary. The presence of Jinyunpelta at that time suggests that it was among the first ankylosaurid dinosaur genera to have evolved a tail club. Further Reading - The most basal ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Albian-Cenomanian of China, with … Read more