Spectrovenator

spectrovenator

In Depth        Spectrovenator is a genus of abelisaurid dinosaur that lived in South America during the early Cretaceous period.‭ ‬Spectrovenator is considered to be intermediate between the most primitive abelisaurid dinosaurs of the late Jurassic and the more advanced members of‭ ‬the abelisauridae of the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Analysis of the skull reveals that Spectrovenator probably … Read more

Ledumahadi

In Depth        Ledumahadi is a lessemsaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in South Africa during the early Jurassic.‭ ‬As a member of‭ ‬the Lessemsauridae,‭ ‬Ledumahadi would have been similar to other lessemsaurid genera such as Antetonitrus,‭ ‬Lessemsaurus and Ingentia.‭ ‬Like these genera,‭ ‬Ledumahadi was not so much‭ ‬long,‭ ‬but very stocky,‭ ‬with especially well built forelimbs.‭ … Read more

Fosterovenator

In Depth        Fosterovenator was a ceratosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬At the time of writing the only parts that are known for Fosterovenator are lower leg bones,‭ ‬but in the original description of this genus,‭ ‬the fossils were noted as being superficially similar to those of the genus … Read more

Amargatitanis

In Depth        An early Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur from South America,‭ ‬the precise size of Amargatitanis is hard to establish due to lack of remains.‭ ‬The name Amargatitanis is a reference to its discovery in the La Amarga Formation,‭ ‬and its titanosaurian lineage.‭ ‬Other sauropods known from the La Amarga Formation include Zapalasaurus and the similarly … Read more

Vitakridrinda

In Depth        Described from very partial remains,‭ ‬Vitakridrinda is a difficult dinosaur to talk about other than it seems to have been an abelisaurid.‭ ‬Abelisaurs were the dominant type of theropods in the southern continents during the late Cretaceous while the tyrannosaurs dominated the North.‭ ‬Because of the abundance of late Cretaceous rocks in Asia,‭ … Read more