Hauffiosaurus was a genus of plesiosaur which lived around England and Germany during the early Jurassic Period. There are currently three known species: H. zanoni, H. tomistomimus, and H. longirostris. Of these, Hauffiosaurus longirostris was the largest, measuring almost 16… Read More ›
Prehistoric
Macroplata
Macroplata was a 15 foot long plesiosaur which lived around England during the early Jurassic Period 199 million years ago. In either late 1927 or early 1928, a plesiosaur skeleton was discovered in a limestone quarry in Harbury, Warwickshire, England…. Read More ›
Announcement! New Cloverly Formation merch is available on my Redbubble page
Do you love Deinonychus? Who doesn’t? Well, weirdos, I suppose, but anyway, I’ve just uploaded a new paleo logo to my Redbubble art merch page representing the Cloverly Formation of south-central Montana and north-central Wyoming, which lasted from 140-98 million… Read More ›
Announcement: New Dilophosaurus merch on my Redbubble page
Is Dilophosaurus your favorite dinosaur? Then you might be interested to hear that I’ve just uploaded A LOT of Dilophosaurus merch onto my Redbubble art page. Here you can buy clothes, bags, coffee mugs, magnets, stickers and lots of other… Read More ›
Phaedrolosaurus
Phaedrolosaurus, meaning “elated lizard”, was a species of dromaeosaurid raptor dinosaur which lived in western China during the early Cretaceous Period approximately 130-120 million years ago. In 1963, a team of local geologists were exploring an area near the town… Read More ›
Scutellosaurus
Scutellosaurus, “the little shield lizard”, was a small 4.4 foot long armored dinosaur which lived in Arizona during the early Jurassic Period approximately 185 million years ago. At present, Scutellosaurus is the most common dinosaur known from the Kayenta Formation…. Read More ›
Temnodontosaurus
Temnodontosaurus was a massive 30 foot long ichthyosaur which lived in the seas around western Europe during the early Jurassic Period approximately 200-180 million years ago. The time from the middle Triassic to the early Jurassic Periods, approximately 240-175 million… Read More ›
Plesiosaurus
Plesiosaurus was a 10 foot long marine reptile which swam in the seas around England during the early Jurassic Period about 195 million years ago. During the early 19th Century, isolated fossil bones were discovered scattered in various locations on… Read More ›
Ichthyosaurus
Ichthyosaurus, the quintessential prehistoric reptilian dolphin analog, was a marine reptile which lived in the seas around England during the early Jurassic Period approximately 200-190 million years ago. The first fossils were discovered in 1814 by Mary Anning in Lyme… Read More ›
Sarcosaurus
Sarcosaurus was a 10-12 foot long meat-eating dinosaur which lived in England during the beginning of the Jurassic Period about 198 million years ago. In the early years of the 20th Century, some fossil bones were discovered by S. L…. Read More ›