Cladoselache was a 6 foot long primitive proto-shark which lived during the late Devonian Period 370-360 million years ago. Several publications from the 20th Century state that Cladoselache was the oldest-known shark. However, studies from the early 2000s onwards have… Read More ›
Stethacanthus was a primitive proto-shark which swam the seas from the late Devonian Period to the end of the Carboniferous Period approximately 380-300 million years ago. Fossils of various species of this genus have been found worldwide. Stethacanthus is distinctive… Read More ›
In the prehistoric past, the center of North America has been underwater on several occasions. Perhaps the most well-known of these instances was during the late Cretaceous Period when North America was cut in half by the Western Interior Seaway… Read More ›
Hello all. I recently uploaded a new design onto my art page on Redbubble featuring the Sundance Formation. This is a geologic formation found in the center of North America which spans the middle and late Jurassic Period 170-157 million… 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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Quetzalcoatlus was a massive pterosaur which lived in North America at the end of the Cretaceous Period 72-66 million years ago. Fossils of it were first discovered in 1971 within the Javelina Formation of Big Bend National Park, Texas within… Read More ›
DINOSAURS AND BARBARIANS 