In Depth Supersaurus is a relative of the ever famous Diplodocus and Apatosaurus (formerly known as Brontosaurus), as these three genera are all described as diplodocid sauropods. Diplodocids are members of the Diplodocidae and are noted for their long necks and tails, the latter of which are very thin and whip-like. Diplodocids can be further … Read more
In Depth Eoconstrictor is a genus of snake that lived in Europe during the Eocene. As a constrictor, Eoconstrictor would have squeezed its prey to death before swallowing them whole. Further reading - Exquisitely Preserved Fossil Snakes of Messel: Insight into the Evolution, Biogeography, Habitat Preferences and Sensory Ecology of Early Boas. - Diversity. 12 … Read more
In Depth Although only known from partial remains, Patagonykus is confirmed to have been an alvarezsaur, small bipedal dinosaurs that are thought to have specialised in hunting insects. Dinosaurs like Patagonykus were once thought to have been restricted to the lower stages of the upper Cretaceous, however the discovery of Bonapartenykus in 2012 has revealed … Read more
In Depth Pukyongosaurus is a genus of titanosaur that lived in Korea during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - A preliminary report on a sauropod from the Hasandong Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Korea. - Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 41-53. - Z. Dong, I. S. Paik, & H. … Read more
In Depth Colombophis is a genus of snake that lived in South America during the Miocene. Further Reading – Le gisement de vert�br�s mioc�nes de La Venta (Colombie) et sa faune de serpents. – Annales de Pal�ontologie (Vert�br�s) 63: 161–190. – R. Hoffstetter & J. C. Rage – 1977. - Reappraisal of the South American … Read more
In Depth In 2005 a fragment of pterosaur jaw bone was acquired by Andr� Jacques Veldmeijer, and then later described as a species of Thalassodromeus, T. oberlii in Veldmeijers’ 2006 dissertation. However, the species was never actually official. Then in 2014 the fragment was described by Headden and Campos not as a species of Thalassodromeus, … Read more
In Depth Fossils of Lourinhasaurus were first described in 1957, but were initially thought to be a species of Apatosaurus. A second individual described in 1983 led to the notion that the fossils were not of a new species but an entirely new genus. Fossils of Lourinhasaurus have also previously been labelled as species of … Read more
In Depth Albadraco is a genus of azdarchid pterosaur that lived in Europe during the late Cretaceous. At the time of the description, Albadraco is mainly described from the tips of the jaws which seem to have been from a subadult. Additionally, a cervical vertebra found nearby the jaws tips, also from an azdarchid pterosaur, … Read more
In Depth Alocodon is considered to be highly dubious genus of dinosaur since its description is based upon only teeth. In the past the teeth of Alocodon have been interpreted as being both a hypsilophodontid and a thyreophoran, two very different kinds of ornithischian dinosaurs. This is why the genus is considered a nomen dubium, … Read more
In Depth Mistralazhdarcho is a genus of azdarchid pterosaur that lived in Western Europe during the late Cretaceous. Because the remains of the holotype individual are both incomplete and of an immature individual, the full size of Mistralazhdarcho is unknown at the time of writing. Comparison to the remains of other azdarchid pterosaur genera however … Read more