In Depth Eolambia was established after the remains of several individuals were found in the Carol Quarry of the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain formation, so named after Carol Jones who first discovered the remains with her husband Ramal in 1992. The name Eolambia means ‘dawn Lambe’, a reference to the last name of … Read more
In Depth Named in 2014, Laquintasaura is officially the first ever dinosaur genus to be named as coming from Venezeula. Laquintasaura was a small plant eating dinosaur, roughly estimated to have been about one meter long. When the first fossils of Laquintasaura were recovered, small theropod dinosaur teeth were discovered near them, hinting at a … Read more
In Depth Convolosaurus is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in North America during the early Cretaceous. At the time of writing Convolosaurus is known mostly from subadult and juvenile individuals. Further Reading - A new basal ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of Texas. - PLoS One 14(3):e0207935:1-44. - K. A. Andrzejewski, … Read more
In Depth Like so many other Australian dinosaurs Qantassaurus is known only from frustratingly incomplete remains. At the time of writing the only parts of this dinosaur that are known are partial jaws, but they are still distinct enough to recognise as a new type of dinosaur. Qantassaurus has been classified as a hypsilophodontid dinosaur, … Read more
In Depth Mandschurosaurus is registered as a genus of hadrosaur that lived in what is now China during the late Cretaceous. Unfortunately the first individual ever found for this genus is so poorly preserved that most palaeontologists today regard the genus as a nomen dubium due to the difficulty of assigning further remains to the … Read more
In Depth Kritosaurus was first described in 1910 upon a description of a partial skull that was not only incomplete but partially eroded. To fill in the gaps, Brown used a second skull that would later be referred to Anatotitan to complete the reconstruction. Not all the fragments were used, and the final reconstruction was … Read more
In Depth Although only described from a single upper jaw bone, Matheronodon is noteworthy among ornithopod dinosaurs for having teeth that are larger, but fewer in number to most other known ornithopods. The describers speculated that Matheronodon used a scissoring action to eat plants. Further Reading - Extreme tooth enlargement in a new Late Cretaceous … Read more
In Depth Muttaburrasaurus is one of the best known dinosaurs to come from Australia, though it was the inclusion of Muttaburrasaurus in an episode of the TV series Walking with Dinosaurs that brought it to the attention of a worldwide audience. Muttaburrasaurus is named after the town Muttaburra situated in Queensland, Australia where the holotype … Read more
In Depth The holotype skull of Theiophytalia was originally described as belonging to Camptosaurus by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1886, and in 1909 used as a base to reconstruct Camptosaurus by Charles W. Gilmore. The problem here is that this skull is slightly different to other known Camptosaurus skulls. Additionally, Camptosaurus is known to have … Read more
In Depth Draconyx is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur that lived in Portugal during the late Jurassic. Although the currently available fossils don’t reveal the whole skeleton, Draconyx still seems to have been similar to Camptosaurus, albeit a little smaller. Further Reading - Draconyx loureiroi, a new camptosauridae (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Late Jurassic of … Read more