In Depth Yimenosaurus is one of the more popular sauropodomorph dinosaurs thanks to the large number of fossils from several individuals that make up the genus. At the time of writing the only uncertainty concerning Yimenosaurus are the limbs, which have a distinct lack of representation. Yimenosaurus is also known to have easily attained sizes … Read more
In Depth Notoemys is a genus of side necked turtle that lived in South America from the Jurassic to the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - Nuevo hallazgo de Chelonia extinguidos en la Republica Argentina - Physis 22. - N. Cattoi & M. A. Freiberg - 1961. - Notoemys zapatocaensis, a new side-necked turtle (Pleurodira, Platychelyidae) … Read more
In Depth Kamuysaurus is a saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in Japan during the late Cretaceous. Although some parts of the skull and skeleton are missing, the holotype specimen of Kamuysaurus is still one of the best preserved dinosaur skeletons discovered in Japan. It is possible that this level of preservation came about from the … Read more
In Depth Although many people are familiar with the dinosaur Oviraptor, what they don’t realise is that its modern day reconstruction of this oviraptorid is often based upon the more abundant remains of Citipati. Named after two beheaded monks who appear in Tibetan buddhist folklore, Citipati is also one of the larger members of its … Read more
In Depth Scutarx is a genus of aetosaur that lived in North America during the late Triassic. Further Reading - Osteology of the Late Triassic aetosaur Scutarx deltatylus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). - PeerJ - William G. Parker - 2016. - Revised phylogenetic analysis of the Aetosauria (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia); assessing the effects of incongruent morphological character sets. … Read more
In Depth Gunakadeit is a genus of thalattosaur that lived in waters around what is now North America during the late Triassic. Gunakadeit is a thalattosaur genus of contrasts. In one respect Gunakadeit appear to have been quite primitive in form when compared to other thalattosaurs. In another, Gunakadeit lived towards the end of the … Read more
In Depth Limaysaurus was a medium sized rebbachisaurid sauropod that lived in Argentina during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading – Rebbachisaurus tessonei sp. nov. A new sauropod from the Albian-Cenomanian of Argentina; new evidence on the origin of the Diplodocidae. – Gaia, 11: 13-33. – J. O. Calvo & L Salgado – 1995. – Lower … Read more
In Depth Centrosaurus acquired its named from the numerous bony projections that run along the edges of its frill. Aside from these a large nasal horn extends upwards from the top of the snout, and a pair of small horns project from the eyebrow. Two more hornlets hook down from the top of the frill, … Read more
In Depth The holotype individual of Microvenator was first discovered by the famed American palaeontologist Barnum Brown in 1933. Brown noted that the holotype individual had what he thought was a disproportionately large head, and so came up with the name Megadontosaurus. A reference to the large head, but also the teeth found near it. … Read more
In Depth Because nothing is known about Kimmerosaurus from below the neck vertebrae it is impossible to say exactly how the body of Kimmerosaurus looked. However another plesiosaur from the same formation called Colymbosaurus is known only from its post cranial skeleton. Together these two separate genera may in fact represent the same plesiosaur, but … Read more