In Depth Shanweiniao is a genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in China during the Early Cretaceous. When the genus was described in 2010, Shanweiniao was the only known enantiornithine which had a wing structure that was capable of generating lift. The name Shanweiniao means ‘fan tailed bird’, a reference to the structure of the … Read more
In Depth Ulughbegsaurus is a genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in Central Asia during the early stages of the Late Cretaceous, specifically the Turonian period. The carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaurs were apex predators that rose to prominence during the early Cretaceous, however there is plenty of fossil evidence to show that as a group … Read more
In Depth Kansaignathus is a genus of velociraptorine dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in Central Asia during the late Cretaceous. Further reading - A New Theropod Dinosaur (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Tajikistan. - Doklady Earth Sciences. 499 (1): 570–574. - A. O. Averianov & A. V. Lopatin - 2021.
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