Plioplatecarpus was a mosasaur which lived during the late Cretaceous Period 80-66 million years ago. The name means “more/closer towards Platecarpus“, which was the name of another late Cretaceous mosasaur. Five different species of Plioplatecarpus are currently recognized. The image… Read More ›
Most ceratopsians, or horn-faced dinosaurs, were medium to large-sized beasts often measuring 20-30 feet long. However, many others were much smaller. One of these was a 6 foot long pygmy-sized ceratopsian called Leptoceratops which inhabited North America at the very… Read More ›
Introduction Most people equate the large ceratopsian dinosaur Triceratops as the arch enemy of Tyrannosaurus. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of artworks show these two species forever locked in mortal combat. But Triceratops was not the only horned dinosaur to dwell in… Read More ›
Introduction Pikes are some of the largest carnivorous freshwater fish today. Some species grow to be 5 feet long and are the dominant predators in their watery world. Pikes belong to the family Esocidae, which also includes blackfish and mud… Read More ›
Acronichthys was a tiny fish measuring just 4 cm (1.6 inches) long which lived in freshwater environments within western North America during the late Cretaceous Period 90-66 million years ago. Fossils of this fish, or fossils which might belong to… Read More ›
Aerotitan was a pterosaur which lived in South America during the late Cretaceous Period 70 million years ago. The only fossil of this creature, consisting of just the front end of the upper jaw, was discovered in the early 2000s… Read More ›
Sulcusuchus was a small polycotylid plesiosaur which lived off the coast of Argentina during the late Cretaceous Period around 70 million years ago. The fossils of this animal (collection ID code: MLP 88-IV-10-1) were first discovered 25 km north of… Read More ›
Tropeognathus, meaning “keel jaw”, was a large pterosaur which lived in Brazil during the middle of the Cretaceous Period 112 million years ago. Tropeognathus was a member of a group of pterosaurs called the anhanguerids, named after the genus Anhanguera…. Read More ›
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 ›
