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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Eternauta patagonica was an ichthyosaur which lived around Argentina during the late Jurassic Period 152-145 million years ago. Fossils of this Jurassic marine reptile, consisting of a well-preserved skull measuring nearly four feet long, a flipper, and fragments of ribs,… Read More ›
Catutosaurus, meaning “the lizard from Los Catutos”, was a small ichthyosaur which lived around Argentina during the late Jurassic Period 152-145 million years ago. Fossils of this animal were found in the Vaca Muerta (“Dead Cow”) Formation, and the exact… Read More ›
Stenopterygius, meaning “narrow fin”, was a genus of ichthyosaur which lived around Europe during the early to middle Jurassic Period 184-175 million years ago. Multiple fossils of this marine reptile including whole skeletons have been found in England, France, Luxembourg,… Read More ›
Rhamphorhynchus, meaning “prow beak”, is one of those iconic creatures which appears in practically every children’s book about prehistoric life. It was a pterosaur with a 6 foot wingspan which lived in Europe during the late Jurassic Period 150-145 million… Read More ›
