In Depth The naming of the Borealosuchus genus was born out of a revision of the genus Leidysuchus which has a reputation as something of a ‘wastebasket taxon’. So far four former species of Leidysuchus have been renamed as species of Borealosuchus, though two further species have now also been named. Borealosuchus was a mid-sized … Read more
In Depth Described from a well preserved skull, Barbatteius is a genus of teiid lizard that lived in Romania during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new teiid lizard from the Late Cretaceous of the Hateg Basin, Romania and its � phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical relationships. - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. - M. Venczel & … Read more
In Depth Savannasaurus is a genus of titanosaur that lived in Australia doing the Cretaceous. Hailing from the Winton Formation of Queensland, Savannasaurus would have been in the same habitat as other dinosaurs such as Diamantinasaurus, Austrosaurus and Wintonotitan. Savannasaurus seems to have been quite similar to Diamantinasaurus in form. Possible predatory threats to Savannasaurus … Read more
In Depth Initially described as a species of Plesiosaurus back in 1910, Meyerasaurus has spent a lot of time being shunted around from one genus to another before it was given its own place. First the remains were moved from Plesiosaurus to Thaumatosaurus. Then a long necked pliosaur called Rhomaleosaurus was suggested to be a … Read more
In Depth As far as the skeleton of Kulindadromeus is concerned, this genus was pretty much like any other small ornithischian dinosaur of the Jurassic. However, while most other ornithischian dinosaurs have been described from bones, extra fossils were available for Kulindadromeus, and these revealed a startling revelation: Kulindadromeus had a body that was covered … Read more
In Depth Lavocatisaurus is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Aptian–Albian, Lower Cretaceous Rayoso Formation, Neuqu�n, Argentina. - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 63. - Jos� Canudo, Jose Carballido, Alberto Garrido & Leonardo Salgado - 2018.
In Depth The fairly high number of Leptochamops specimens so far found suggests that this would have been a fairly common little lizard in the late Cretaceous ecosystems of North America. Like with many modern lizard today, Leptochamops was probably a fairly small predator of invertebrates while it tried to keep out of the predatory … Read more
In Depth Hylonomus has significance in the fossil record for being the first true reptile. One particularly well presevered specimen was found in the remains of a hollowed tree stump. It is thought that the Hylonomus individual may have entered for either shelter or to feed on the insects inside. It would seem however that … Read more
In Depth Without doubt, Turiasaurus is one of the largest sauropod dinosaurs to ever roam the European continent. Early estimates of Turiasaurus place the potential length of this dinosaur beyond thirty-five meters, though most now consider Turiasaurus to have been around thirty meters long, but still establishing Turiasaurus as one of the biggest. Despite being … Read more
In Depth Edmontonia was one of the larger nodasaurids, dinosaurs that were similar to the ankylosaurids but lacked their tail clubs and had narrower mouths. Still, Edmontonia did possess armour plates called osteoderms along its back, and is particularly noted for having large spikes that point out from the sides of its body, the four … Read more