Onchopristis was a 4 meter (13 foot) long sawfish which lived during the middle Cretaceous Period approximately 105-95 million years ago. Onchopristis belonged to the sub-order Sclerorhynchoidei of the order Rajiformes, “ray-shaped”. Despite a superficial resemblance to a modern-day sawfish,… Read More ›
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Concavotectum
Concavotectum was a 6 foot long fish which lived in Morocco during the middle Cretaceous Period 100 million years ago. Concavotectum, which was named in 2008 from a single skull, belonged to the family Plethodidae. The plethodids first appeared during… Read More ›
Anhanguera
Anhanguera was a pterosaur which lived in Brazil during the middle Cretaceous Period 98-92 million years ago. Fossils have been found within the Romualdo Formation of Brazil’s Araripe Basin. Anhanguera is the namesake member of the pterosaur family Anhangueridae, which… Read More ›
Cretalamna
Cretalamna, meaning “chalk shark”, was a 10 foot long shark which lived from the middle Cretaceous Period to the Eocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period 105-46 million years ago. Cretalamna was one of the first so-called “modern” sharks to appear…. Read More ›
Cretodus
Cretodus, meaning “chalk tooth”, was a 22 foot long shark which lived throughout the world during the middle to late Cretaceous Period 100-85 million years ago. Cretodus was one of the first “modern” sharks to appear on earth during the… Read More ›
My Third Book is Officially Published!
Today’s the day! Today, my third book and my first novel Servant of a Living God is officially published! Getting this book to its final form took a lot longer than expected, but at last, it’s done. I would like… Read More ›
Protosuchus
Protosuchus richardsoni was a 3 foot long primitive crocodylomorph which lived in North America during the early Jurassic Period 200-195 million years ago. Fossils of it have been found within the upper part of the Moenave Formation in northern Arizona…. Read More ›
Prognathodon
Prognathodon was a multi-speciate genus of mosasaur which lived around North America, Europe, and Africa during the Campanian and Maastrichtian Stages of the late Cretaceous Period approximately 80-66 million years ago. Prognathodon is known for possessing massively-built jaws and robust… Read More ›
Paranomotodon
Paranomotodon, whose name means “near/almost Anomotodon“, was a primitive thresher shark which lived during the middle and late Cretaceous Period, circa 95-66 million years ago. Anomotodon was an extinct species of goblin shark, and fossil shark teeth which were found… Read More ›
Mosasaurus
Mosasaurus was a genus of fully-aquatic marine lizards which lived throughout the world’s oceans during the late Cretaceous Period approximately 75-66 million years ago. Fossils of this animal were first discovered in 1764 within a chalk mine in the town… Read More ›