Archaeoistiodactylus

In Depth        As the name suggests, Archaeoistiodactylus is the oldest known istiodactylid pterosaur. Further Reading – A new pterosaur (Pterosauria) from Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of western Liaoning, China. – Global Geology 13:113-118. – J. L� & X. Fucha – 2018.

Sordes

sordes

In Depth        Sordes was quite a significant discovery in that the type specimen was found to have had an extensive covering of pycnofibres all over its body. This for lack of a better term would mean that in life Sordes would have appeared hairy. Given that these pycnofibres, or ‘hairs’ in the loosest sense, were … Read more

Adelolophus

In Depth        Adelolophus is a genus of hadrosaur that lived in the USA during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading -‭ ‬New hadrosaurid‭ (‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithopoda‭) ‬specimens from the lower-middle Campanian Wahweap Formation of southern Utah.‭ ‬Hadrosaurs‭ ‬156-173.‭ ‬-‭ ‬T.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Gates,‭ ‬Z.‭ ‬Jinnah,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Levitt‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Getty‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

Neosteneosaurus

In Depth        Neosteneosaurus is a genus of thalattosuchian that lived in the waters of Europe during the mid Jurassic.‭ ‬The establishment of the Neosteneosaurus genus was born out of a major review of the old Steneosaurus genus which for a long time was treated as a wastebasket formed fossils that had a basic superficial likeness … Read more

Fukuititan

In Depth        Fukuititan is the first ever sauropod dinosaur known to have lived in what is now Japan.‭ ‬The holotype individual of Fukuititan seems to have been fairly small in terms of overall sauropod sizes,‭ ‬and may be a reflection of living upon a smaller land mass.‭ ‬Based upon similarity between the caudal‭ (‬tail‭) ‬vertebrae,‭ … Read more

Gobiraptor

In Depth        Gobiraptor is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Mongolia towards the end of the Late Cretaceous.‭ Further Reading -‭ ‬A new baby oviraptorid dinosaur‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Theropoda‭) ‬from the Upper Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PLOS ONE.‭ ‬14‭ (‬2‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Sungjin Lee,‭ ‬Yuong-Nam Lee,‭ ‬Anusuya Chinsamy,‭ ‬Junchang L�,‭ ‬Rinchen Barsbold‭ & … Read more

Aetobarbakinoides

In Depth        Aetobarbakinoides is considered to be one of the oldest aetosaurs currently known to us.‭ ‬Only Aetosauroides from Argentina and Stagonolepis from Scotland can match Aetobarbakinoides for age,‭ ‬but together they show that even in the earliest known appearances of aetosaurs,‭ ‬they were already widespread across what would become South America and Europe.        Aetobarbakinoides … Read more

Plesioplatecarpus

In Depth        Plesioplatecarpus was initially named as a species of the genus Clidastes by Edward Drinker Cope back in‭ ‬1874‭ ‬during a period dubbed the‭ ‘‬bone wars‭’‬.‭ ‬Later this species was assigned to the genus Platecarpus,‭ ‬before finally being named as an independent genus in‭ ‬2011.‭ ‬Although different to Platecarpus,‭ ‬Plesioplatecarpus is still recognised as … Read more

Laplatasaurus

In Depth        Laplatasaurus was initially named in‭ ‬1927‭ ‬by the famous palaeontologist Friedrich von Huene,‭ ‬however a full description was not published until‭ ‬1929,‭ ‬which is why Laplatasaurus is credited as being named in‭ ‬1929.‭ ‬Laplatasaurus has a somewhat confusing relationship with the titanosaurid Titanosaurus.‭ ‬One former species of Titanosaurus,‭ ‬T.‭ ‬madagascariensis was in‭ ‬1933‭ … Read more

Vagaceratops

In Depth        The material of Vagaceratops was first removed from its block in‭ ‬2001‭ ‬when palaontologists identified it as a species of Chasmosaurus,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬irvinensis.‭ ‬Further study in‭ ‬2010‭ ‬however revealed it to be different enough to give it its own genus.‭ ‬Normal procedure for this occurrence is to take the specific species name of … Read more