Uktenadactylus was a genus of pterosaur with a possible 25-30 foot wingspan which lived in North America and Europe during the early and middle Cretaceous Period 125-100 million years ago. In 1992, a man named Chris Wadleigh found the front… Read More ›
Wellnhopterus was a pterosaur which lived in Texas during the late Cretaceous Period 70-69 million years ago. On March 22-29, 1986, a paleontological excavation led by Dr. Wann Langston Jr. was underway at a place called Pterodactyl Ridge within the… Read More ›
Aetodactylus, meaning “eagle finger”, was a pterosaur which lived in Texas during the middle Cretaceous Period 96 million years ago. In 2006, workers at a construction site at Joe Pool Lake in Mansfield, Texas found a fossilized lower jaw from… Read More ›
“Foggy Winter Cabin”. Free-to-use AI-generated image, fromhttps://stockcake.com/i/foggy-winter-cabin_1338115_976017. December 1781. The rural village of Tomhannock, Rensselaer County, New York… In the middle of the night, there came a tremendous pounding on the door of the Yates house. When the aged couple… Read More ›
Alamodactylus was a pterosaur which lived in Texas during the late Cretaceous Period 90 million years ago. A handful of fossils of this animal were found within the Atco Formation, which contains rocks dating to the Coniacian and Santonian Stages… Read More ›
Pteranodon, whose name means “winged and toothless”, was a pterosaur which inhabited the center of North America during the late Cretaceous Period 86-79 million years ago. Fossils of this iconic prehistoric flying reptile have been found in South Dakota, Kansas,… Read More ›
Todiltia schoewei was a small prehistoric saltwater fish which lived in North America during the middle Jurassic Period 165 million years ago. Fossils of this fish have been found in Colorado and New Mexico within the Todilto Limestone Member of… Read More ›
Occithrissops willsoni was an 8 inch (20 cm) long saltwater fish which lived within the Sundance Sea during the middle Jurassic Period 165 million years ago. During the middle of the Jurassic Period, much of the center of North America… Read More ›
Introduction The Morrison Formation of western North America is one of the most well-studied geological formations within the world. These rock layers, which extend from Montana to New Mexico and from Utah to South Dakota, are dated to the late… Read More ›
Ornitholestes, “the bird thief”, was a small meat-eating dinosaur which lived in western North America during the late Jurassic Period about 154 million years ago. Since its discovery in the year 1900, Ornitholestes has come to be regarded as the… Read More ›
DINOSAURS AND BARBARIANS 