We all know that dinosaurs walked the earth in prehistoric times, and many of us are also aware that pterosaurs flew across the skies and fearsome marine reptiles swam in the oceans. Some of these marine reptiles (which weren’t dinosaurs,… Read More ›
Mesozoic
Kepodactylus
Kepodactylus was a species of pterosaur which lived in western North America during the late Jurassic Period 150 million years ago. In 1992, a nearly-complete Stegosaurus skeleton was discovered in Garden Park, Colorado within the rocks of the Morrison Formation…. Read More ›
Euhelopus
Euhelopus was a sauropod dinosaur which lived in eastern China during the early Cretaceous Period approximately 130-112 million years ago. Fossils of this animal were found in the early 20th Century within the rocks of the Meng-Yin Formation within Shandong… Read More ›
Alectrosaurus
Alectrosaurus was a small tyrannosauroidean theropod dinosaur which lived in Mongolia during the middle of the Cretaceous Period around 95 million years ago. It is known from partial remains belonging to several individuals, but their incompleteness makes it difficult to… Read More ›
Gigantoraptor
Gigantoraptor was a massive 25-30 foot long oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur which lived in eastern Asia (and possibly in North America) during the middle of the Cretaceous Period. The fossils of this enormous bird-like dinosaur, consisting of a partial skeleton, were… Read More ›
Hylaeosaurus
Hylaeosaurus was a 15 foot long armored dinosaur which lived in England (and possibly elsewhere in Europe) during the early Cretaceous Period approximately 135 million years ago. The bones of this animal were discovered in July 1832 within Tilgate Forest,… Read More ›
Suchosaurus: The First Spinosaur to be Named
Introduction Suchosaurus, “the crocodile lizard”, was a spinosaur theropod dinosaur measuring approximately 25 feet long which lived in southern England from 139-132 million years ago. A fossilized tooth belonging to this animal was discovered in the early 1800s, and was… Read More ›
Toxolophosaurus
Introduction Allow me to introduce you to Toxolophosaurus, “the bow-crested lizard”, which lived in Montana during the early to middle Cretaceous Period approximately 135-115 million years ago. Despite its name, Toxolophosaurus wasn’t either a dinosaur or a lizard. Instead it… Read More ›
Calamopleurus
Calamopleurus was a 3 foot long freshwater fish which lived in Brazil and northern Africa during the early and middle Cretaceous Period approximately 130-95 million years ago. Calamopleurus belonged to a family called Amiidae. Today, the only surviving amiid is… Read More ›
Melvius
Introduction Melvius was a prehistoric freshwater fish which lived in North America during the late Cretaceous Period 74-66 million years ago. Melvius belonged to a family called Amiidae. Today, the only surviving amiid is the Bowfin (Amia calva), which is… Read More ›
DINOSAURS AND BARBARIANS 