In Depth Jinzhousaurus is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. With an estimated length of about seven meters, Jinzhousaurus was a medium to large sized hadrosauroid dinosaur, and is noted for having a skull that grew out to a substantial width at the back, while a small crest … Read more
In Depth The name Prosaurolophus was decided for this genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur on the basis that it was believed to have been similar to but lived before another genus called Saurolophus. However, this interpretation is now somewhat more controversial with different palaeontologists citing Prosaurolophus as being more closely related to other varying genera other … Read more
In Depth Nipponosaurus is classed as a lambeosaurine hadrosaurid because of the hollow head crest that rises up from the top of the snout, though the incomplete nature of the known remains makes it hard to establish fine details, and reconstructions are usually completed with comparisons to other better preserved genera. Also, because the fossils … Read more
In Depth Glishades is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. Since a paper was published suggesting that Glishades is actually an indeterminate juvenile (Campione et al, 2012), the genus has become widely regarded as a nomen dubium. Further Reading - Glishades ericksoni, a new hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) … Read more
In Depth Zalmoxes was discovered when fossils that had been assigned to the genus Rhabdodon as R. robustus (originally robustum) were discovered to have different distinguishing features. This was actually the second time that the material had been re-named as initially it was known as a species of Mochlodon. Today Zalmoxes is described as an … Read more
In Depth Shuangmiaosaurus is a genus of iguanodont dinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new hadrosauroid dinosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. - Acta Geologica Sinica 77(2):148-154. - H. You, Q. Ji, J. Li & Y. Li - 2003.
In Depth Although very little is known about this dinosaur, the dentary which has been used to establish the genus is noted as having a flat ramus. Ratchasimasaurus is thought to been an igaunodont, which in the loosest terms means that it was related to dinosaurs like Igaunodon. Further Reading - A New Iguanodontian Dinosaur … Read more
In Depth Although only described from very incomplete remains, the relatively good state of preservation of them has allowed for the description of a new genus, Albertadromeus. Albertadromeus is believed to have been a small cursorial (ground dwelling) ornithopod that roamed around on just its two rear legs. The preserved limb elements known show that … Read more
In Depth Mahuidacursor is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new ornithopod dinosaur from the Santonian of Northern Patagonia (Rinc�n de los Sauces, Argentina). - Cretaceous Research. - P. Cruzado Caballero, J. M. Gasca, L. S. Filippi, I. Cerda & A. C. Garrido … Read more
In Depth Amurosaurus has been based only upon very partial remains, though these were taken from a bonebed of multiple dinosaurs, and further remains are likely to be in there somewhere. Slowly the picture of a lambeosaurine hadrosaurid (the kind with a hollow crest) has been pieced together with an appearance similar to that of … Read more