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Dinosaur Profile

Pryroraptor

March 28, 2023 Scott Kraus

Pyroraptor is a small dromaeosaur from the late cretaceous. Discovered in Europe in 1992 after a forest fire, Pyroraptor is amongst the few raptor fossils to be found on the continent. Clade Theropod, Dromaeosaur Height 2 feet Length 5 feet Era Late Cretaceous Fully feathered darling of Hollywood? You don’t get dino-nerd credit if you […]

Jianianhualong Tengi

Jianianhuanlong Tengi

April 4, 2022 Scott Kraus

Jianianhualong Tengi The Jianianhua Dragon Had Flight-Ready Feathers While most dinosaurs did not fly, more are known to have had all the equipment necessary. Asymmetrical feathering is seen as a vital step in the evolutionary process for modern birds, and the Jiananhua Dragon (or, Jianianhualong Tengi) was recently found to have tail-feathers perfectly structured for […]

Torosaurus

April 4, 2022 Scott Kraus

Torosaurus – A Massive-Skulled Ceratopsian, Dwarfing The Triceratops Torosaurus, pronounced TOR-uh-SAWR-us, (protuberance lizard) was an immense chasmosaurine ceratopsid (tribe Triceratopsini) dinosaur, having had one of the largest skulls of any known land animal, measuring in at a staggering nine-feet long. Chasmosaurinae is a subfamily of Ceratopsid dinosaurs—Torosaurus and Triceratops are two well-known relatives of the family […]

Stygimoloch

Stygimoloch Skull

April 4, 2022 Scott Kraus

An Herbivorous Pachycephalosaurid Stygimoloch, pronounced STIJ-eh-MOLL-uk, is generally regarded as a genus of large Pachycephalosaurid dinosaur, an herbivore (some regard Stygimoloch an omnivore).   The genus received its name due the fearsome appearance of its skull.  Only parts of Stygimoloch’s skull have been found to date, in Montana and Wyoming.  Stygimoloch belongs to the family Pachycephalosauridae, […]

Hypsilophodon

Hypsilophodon

April 4, 2022 Scott Kraus

Hypsilophodon Was A Cretaceous Ornithopod Hypsilophodon, pronounced hip-sih-LO-fuh-don, was a prehistoric ornithopod dinosaur that lived in primarily in the Early Cretaceous period of what is today known as England.  This was a small bipedal dinosaur that for some time has been misunderstood; recent findings and analyses have changed the picture we now have of Hypsilophodon. […]

Caudipteryx

April 4, 2022 Scott Kraus

Caudipteryx Was a Theropod Dubbed “tail feather”, this Theropod dinosaur lived in the Aptian age of the Late Jurassic—early Cretaceous Period, 120—136 million years ago.    Two species have been described; C. zoui (the type species discovered in 1998), and C. dongi (2000).  Caudipteryx, pronounced caw-DIP-tuh-riks, is one of the earliest bird-like dinosaurs to have existed, […]

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