In Depth Kurupi is a genus of abelisaurid dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. As an abelisaurid dinosaur we can infer what the missing parts of this dinosaur may have looked at by comparing it to better preserved genera. As such, Kurupi would have had fairly standard large theropod body proportions, … Read more
In Depth Rhomaleopakhus is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in South-East Asia during the late Jurassic. Further reading - Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod dinosaur Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong, 1997, from the Turpan Basin, China, and the evolution of hyper-robust antebrachia in sauropods. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. - P. Upchurch, P. … Read more
In Depth Not much is known about the dinosaur Abdarainurus as the genus is based upon the description of several tail vertebrae. So far these vertebrae seem to be different to what are known in other late Cretaceous titanosaurs from Asia. Further Reading - An unusual new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. … Read more
In Depth about Saltasaurus The discovery of Saltasaurus was a revelation in that at least some titanosaurid sauropods actually had armour plates on their backs. These plates are actually called osteoderms and are bony growths that were within the skin, and in Saltasaurus these were ten to twelve centimetres across and seemed to form low conical spikes. These osteoderms had … Read more