In Depth Rativates is a genus of ornithomimid dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new ornithomimid theropod from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. - B. McFeeters, M. J. Ryan, C. Schr�der-Adams & T. M. Cullen - 2016.
In Depth Gobititan is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous. At the time of writing Gobititan is only known from caudal vertebrae and a partial hind limb, though from these it is possible to infer that Gobititan was a primitive titanosaur. This is because Gobititan is known to … Read more
In Depth An early Cretaceous sauropod from Spain, Aragosaurus is considered to have been similar to the North American Camarasaurus in form. This means that the head would have been carried up high to enable Aragosaurus to browse upon the upper branches of trees, which were simply beyond the reach of low browsing dinosaurs. This … Read more
In Depth Saurornithoides seems for lack of a better description an Asian counterpart to the famous Troodon from North America. It shares many morphological similarites including being of a comparble size, large eyes and large brain. For this reason Saurornithoides is thought to have been a nocturnal hunter with the large eyes being of more … Read more
In Depth Giganotosaurus made headlines around the world when it was discovered simply for the fact that it was a carnivorous dinosaur that was bigger than Tyrannosaurus. Although the current estimate of Giganotosaurus has it approaching a length of thirteen meters, analysis of a dentary from a second individual suggests that it could grow even … Read more
In Depth Macrocollum is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Triassic. Further Reading - An exceptionally preserved association of complete dinosaur skeletons reveals the oldest long-necked sauropodomorphs. - Biology Letters 14:20180633:1-5. - R. T. M�ller, M. C. Langer & S. Dias-da-Silva - 2018.
In Depth At the time of the genus naming in 2018, Italy was not particularly well known for dinosaur discoveries, the only other theropod being Scipionyx, named in 1998. So when it was announced that a new, much larger theropod dinosaur had been discovered, you can imagine the news headlines. Named Saltriovenator. this new dinosaur … Read more
In Depth Along with Tyrannosaurus, Allosaurus is probably the most often represented large theropod dinosaur in popular culture. This is because it was one of the earliest discovered large predators and is known from more remains than any other large predatory dinosaur. One myth about Allosaurus that does need to be dispelled is that it … Read more
In Depth Narambuenatitan was a fairly small genus titanosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous. Narambuenatitan has also been noted as being similar to the genus Epachthosaurus, and the two are included within the Lithostrotia titanosaurs. Further Reading - A new titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of North Patagonia, Argentina. … Read more
In Depth Boreonykus is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in Canada during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A high-latitude dromaeosaurid, Boreonykus certekorum, gen. et sp. nov. (Theropoda), from the upper Campanian Wapiti Formation, west-central Alberta. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1034359. - P. R. Bell & P. J. Currie - 2015.