In Depth Nanningosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in China during the late Cretaceous, and is also the first genus of hadrosaur identified as living in southern China. Further Reading - The first hadrosaurid dinosaur from southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(4):550-554. - J. Mo, Z. Zhao, W. Wang & X. Xu … Read more
In Depth Kyasuchus is a genus of protosuchian crocodile that lived in Russia during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - [First discovery of a fossil crocodile skull in Siberia], by M. B. Efimov & S. V. Leshchinskiy. In, Materialy regionalanoj konferencii geologov Sibiri, Dalshchnego Vostoka i Severo� ’Vostoka Rossii, A.V. Komarov (ed). Gala Press. - … Read more
In Depth Keilhauia is a genus of opthalmosaurid ichthyosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous. Though only known from partial remains, Keilhauia shares many similarities to the genera Cryopterygius and Caypullisaurus. Further Reading - A new ophthalmosaurid (Ichthyosauria) from Svalbard, Norway, and evolution of the ichthyopterygian pelvic girdle. - PLoS ONE 12(1):e0169971. - L. L. … Read more
In Depth Though known only from very few fossils, Adratiklit is the first known example of dacentrurine stegosaur from North Africa. At the time of naming however, we do not know other details such as the type and extent of plates and spikes that would have run down its back as the genus was named … Read more
In Depth Sefapanosaurus is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in South Africa during the late Triassic. Further Reading - A new basal sauropodiform from South Africa and the phylogenetic relationships of basal sauropodomorphs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174:589-634. - A. Otero, E. Krupandan, D. Pol, A. Chinsamy & J. Choiniere - … Read more
In Depth Agujaceratops originally started out as being assigned as a species to the genus Chasmosaurus, another and more common Campanian era ceratospian dinosaur. However closer analysis by Lucas, Sullivan and Hunt in 2006 of a partial skull revealed key differences between it and other Chasmosaurus fossils. This led to the material being removed from … Read more
In Depth Arganarhinus is a phytosaur that lived in what is now Morocco during the late Triassic. Arganarhinus was originally named as a species of Paleorhinus before being made a distinct species in 1995. Further Reading - Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) tetrapods from the southwestern United States. - New Mexico Museum of Natural History … Read more
In Depth Auroraceratops is a genus of neoceratopsian dinosaur, the kind of horned dinosaurs that were becoming more and more common during the early Cretaceous, the descendants of which would grow into the horned giants like Triceratops at of the late Cretaceous. One of the notable features about Auroraceratops is the rough rugose appearance of … Read more
In Depth Although certainly not the only dinosaur to be discovered in Brazil, Amazonsaurus was still the first discovered within the Amazon Basin. Amazonsaurus is confirmed as a diplodocoid sauropod, but the lack of fossil remains makes it difficult to tell what kind. One possibility is that Amazonsaurus might be a rebbachisaurid, a sub group … Read more
In Depth Cerrejonisuchus is a genus of drysosaurid crocodile that is only represented by partial remains. These remains reveal however that Cerrejonisuchus had one of the shortest snouts of all of the known dryosaurids as well as the shortest body. Hailing from the Cerrej�n Formation, Cerrejonisuchus was probably a predator of fish and possible small … Read more