In Depth Pellegrinisaurus is a genus of titanosaur that lived in South America during the late cretaceous. So far most of the fossils attributed to Pellegrinisaurus are vertebra, however these are mostly from the tail with only a small number of back vertebrae known. This makes an exact size estimate impossible to establish because we … Read more
In Depth One of the smaller South American titanosaurs, Tapuiasaurus is also one of the few titanosaur genera where skull fossils are also known. Further Reading - A Complete Skull of an Early Cretaceous Sauropod and the Evolution of Advanced Titanosaurians. - PLoS ONE 6 (2): e16663. - Hussam Zaher, Diego Pol, Alberto B. Carvalho, … Read more
In Depth Pitekunsaurus was a titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. At the time of writing Pitekunsaurus is usually considered to be an aeolosaurine titanosaur, and as such a relative of such genera as Aeolosaurus, Panamericansaurus and Gondwanatitan. The type species name P. macayai is in honour of Luis Macaya … Read more
In Depth Phuwiangosaurus was first named as a titanosaurid dinosaur in 1994, and was the first named sauropod dinosaur known to have come from Thailand. The name Phuwiangosaurus translates as ‘Phu Wiang lizard’ and is a reference to the district of Phu Wiang District of Thailand. The species name P. sirindhornae was in honour of … Read more
In Depth The partial skeletal remains that the Drusilasaura genus is known by have been seen to be indicative of a lognkosaurian titanosaur. If this analysis is correct then Drusilasaura would be the oldest known lognkosaurian titanosaur. Further Reading – Drusilasaura deseadensis gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaur (Dinosauria-Sauropoda), of the Bajo Barreal Formation, … Read more
In Depth Garrigatitan is a genus of titanosaur that lived in Western Europe during the late Cretaceous. Known only from partial remains of an immature individual, Garrigatitan seems to have been a fairly small titanosaur, even when fully grown. Further Reading - A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Velaux-La-Bastide Neuve (southern … Read more
In Depth Fossils of Abditosaurus were originally discovered in 1954 and then described in 1956 as belonging to Hypselosaurus. Further study later in the twentieth century however began to see the Hypselosaurus genus as a dubious one, and many fossils that were assigned to new genera. A fresh expedition to the 1954 discovery site between … Read more
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 Laplatasaurus was initially named in 1927 by the famous palaeontologist Friedrich von Huene, however a full description was not published until 1929, which is why Laplatasaurus is credited as being named in 1929. Laplatasaurus has a somewhat confusing relationship with the titanosaurid Titanosaurus. One former species of Titanosaurus, T. madagascariensis was in 1933 … Read more