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 ›
Caypullisaurus was a 20 foot long ichthyosaur which lived off the coast of Argentina (and possibly elsewhere) during the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous Periods 150-140 million years ago. In 1989, the front half of a skeleton of a medium-sized… Read More ›
Muraenosaurus, “the moray eel lizard”, was a medium-sized plesiosaur which lived in the sea which once covered southern England and northern France during the middle of the Jurassic Period 165-164 million years ago. In the 19th Century, a partial skeleton… Read More ›
Kronosaurus was a massive marine reptile called a pliosaur which lived in the waters around northeastern Australia during the middle Cretaceous Period circa 105-100 million years ago. The fossils of this animal were discovered in 1899 in Queensland, Australia, consisting… Read More ›
Shonisaurus was an absolutely gargantuan ichthyosaur which swam off North America’s Pacific coast during the middle of the Triassic Period 227 million years ago. Shonisaurus was one of the largest ichthyosaurs to have existed, measuring 45 feet long. Only a… Read More ›
Kayentatherium, “the beast from the Kayenta Formation”, was a cynodont (one of a group of mammal ancestors which are sometimes called “mammal-like reptiles”) which lived in Arizona during the early Jurassic Period approximately 185-180 million years ago. Kanyentatherium was big,… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
DINOSAURS AND BARBARIANS 