Month: May 2024

Gastonia

Introduction Gastonia was an armored dinosaur measuring approximately 16.5 feet long which lived in western North America during the early Cretaceous Period approximately 135-130 million years ago. The first specimens were found in eastern Utah in 1989, and more have… Read More ›

Thalassomedon

Thalassomedon, meaning “lord of the sea”, was a 38 foot long elasmosaurid plesiosaur which lived within the Mowry Sea, the shallow sea that covered North America during the middle of the Cretaceous Period 97-95 million years ago. In March 1939,… Read More ›

Edgarosaurus

Edgarosaurus was a 12 foot long short-necked plesiosaur which lived within the Mowry Sea during the middle Cretaceous Period 105-100 million years ago. In 1993, a well-preserved fossil specimen consisting of the skull, neck, and one front flipper (collection ID… Read More ›