In Depth Atlantosaurus was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1877, though his first choice of name was Titanosaurus. However, Titanosaurus had actually been established as a genus name by Richard Lydekker earlier that same year, so Marsh renamed his fossils as Atlantosaurus. At the time of their original naming, the two vertebrae that are … Read more
In Depth A possible close relative of Saltasaurus, Yamanasaurus is a genus of titanosaurid dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. Yamanasaurus is also the very first dinosaur to be named from fossils discovered in Ecuador. Further Reading - The first dinosaur remains from the Cretaceous of Ecuador. Cretaceous Research. - S. … Read more
In Depth Tonganosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in China during the early Jurassic. Tonganosaurus is seen as being similar to Omeisaurus, and both are classified as mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaurs (similar to Mamenchisaurus). Further Reading – [A new sauropod from the Lower Jurassic of Huili, Sichuan, China]. -Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(3):185-202 - K. … Read more
In Depth Amanzia is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in Europe during the late Jurassic. Amanzia is the first sauropod dinosaur known from Switzerland. Further Reading - Re-description of the sauropod dinosaur Amanzia (“Ornithopsis/Cetiosauriscus”) greppini n. gen. and other vertebrate remains from the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) Reuchenette Formation of Moutier, Switzerland. - Swiss … Read more
In Depth Jiutaisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in China during the Cretaceous. Further Reading - A New Sauropod Dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Jiutai, Jilin, China. - Global Geology 25(1): 6-9. - W. -H. Wu, Z. -M. Dong, Y. -W. Sun, C. -T. Li & T. Li - 2006.
In Depth Iuticosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur, though one that is widely regarded as dubious. Why it is dubious stems all the way back to 1887 when Richard Lydekker named two caudal vertebrae (BMNH R146a and BMNH 151) as belonging to the genus Onithopsis. His reason for this was that fossils of … Read more
In Depth Although named from only partial remains, Karongasaurus is truly a dinosaur genus of the information age since its description was the first to be published solely online. The genus name Karongasaurus is in reference to the Karonga district of Malawi combined with the Ancient Greek for ‘lizard’. The species name is in honour … Read more
In Depth A passing glance at the dinosaur Bajadasaurus would likely bring immediate comparisons to another very popular sauropod dinosaur known as Amargasaurus. Amargasaurus made headlines when it was named because of the large spines that rose out and back from the neck, at the time making it unique amongst sauropod dinosaurs. The discovery of … Read more
In Depth Liaoningotitan is a genus of titanisauriform sauropod dinosaur that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new Titanosauriformes dinosaur from Jehol Biota of western Liaoning, China. - Global Geology. 37 (2): 327–333. - C.-F. Zhou, W.–H. Wu, T. Sekiya & Z.-M. Dong - 2018.
In Depth Gannansaurus is a little known genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in China during the late Cretaceous. Because the genus is based upon the description of what is in essence one and a half vertebra very little can be said about this dinosaur. However, the vertebrae of Gannansaurus do show a similarity to … Read more