In Depth Caihong is a genus of anchiornithid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late Jurassic. Caihong was a very small dinosaur, roughly about forty centimetres long in life. Caihong is noted for having feathers covering the entire body except for the snout and claws. Study of melanosome associated with Caihong show that in … Read more
In Depth Although known from other locations, Protorosaurus fossils are most common in Germany. This might suggest that Protorosaurus were more numerous there during the Permian, however it might also suggest that the conditions in Germany during the Permian were better for the fossilisation process to begin, therefore Germany might not have had a higher … Read more
In Depth Campinasuchus is a genus of sebecosuchian crocodylomorph that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. Unfortunately little is known about Campinasuchus, though the genus is thought to be related to Pissarrachampsa and Wargosuchus. Further Reading - Campinasuchus dinizi gen. et sp. nov., a new Late Cretaceous baurusuchid (Crocodyliformes) from the Bauru Basin, … Read more
In Depth Discovered in New Zealand, Mauisaurus was for a long time credited as one of the largest plesiosaurs. However in more recent times there have been doubts about the validity of fossils attributed to the genus since these have come from so many different locations. Mauisaurus also displays the long sharp teeth often seen … Read more
In Depth Sirindhorna is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in Thailand during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - A New Basal Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeastern Thailand. - PLoS ONE 10 (12). - Masateru Shibata, Pratueng Jintasakul, Yoichi Azuma & Hai-Lu You - 2015.
In Depth Mei was named because it was found in a sleeping pose, not unlike birds today. Study of the bones has revealed they were not totally fused, meaning that the animal was a juvenile. Analysis of the stone the fossil was discovered in shows it to have been buried by volcanic ash. A second … Read more
In Depth Lapampasaurus is a late Cretaceous era genus of hadrosaur. Although only named from partial remains, the discovery is of yet another hadrosaur from South America. The continent of South America has long been assumed to have been isolated from North America during the Cretaceous, but the presence of hadrosaur genera such as Lapampasaurus, … Read more
In Depth Kariridraco is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur that lived in South America during the Early Cretaceous. Further reading - A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil and the paleobiogeography of the Tapejaridae. - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 66. - Gabriela M. Cerqueira, Mateus A.C. Santos, Maikon F. Marks, Juliana M. Say�o … Read more
In Depth Although only named from a partial upper jaw, this is still enough to identify Angulomastacator as a distinct genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur because the front portion of the jaw bends down at an angle of forty-five degrees. If you are unfamiliar with how much this each, look at or imagine a clock face … Read more
In Depth Almost nothing is known about this pterosaur, not even its position and relationship amongst other pterosaurs, only that it is possibly a basal rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur based on the shape of its jugal and early appearance in the fossil record. Further Reading – Pterosaur remains from the Kayenta Formation (?Early Jurassic) of Arizona . … Read more