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 […]
Late Cretaceous
Jianianhualong Tengi
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
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
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, […]
Elasmosaurus
Elasmosaurus Was Not a Dinosaur Elasmosaurus was a large marine reptile with an extremely long neck that lived in the ocean 65 million years ago. This group is not a dinosaur group, but is reptilian and belongs to the family group Plesiosauria. This genus had a snake-like neck and large wide body which resembled that […]
Deinocheirus
As Tall As T-Rex – With Freddy Krueger Forearms “Terrible Hand” is an appropriate name for this prehistoric Theropod dinosaur that exhibited massive arms according to deduction of its fossilized and minimal bony remains. Named Deinocheirus, pronounced DYE-no-KYE-rus, is a genus of dinosaur that lived on Earth during the Late Cretaceous Period. The last indications […]