Showing posts with label fragmentary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fragmentary. Show all posts

21 April 2016

Achelousaurus (Achelous's Lizard)






Achelousaurus, "Achelous's lizard", is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America, dated to 74.2 million years ago.


09 April 2016

Ceratops (Horned Face)

Reconstructed skull

Holotype

Reconstructed "Judith" specimen

         Ceratops (meaning "horn face") is a dubious genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Montana.

08 April 2016

Nasutoceratops (Big-Nosed Horned Face)

Holotype skull material

Reconstructed Skull



Reconstructed Skull
Reconstructed Skull

Nasutoceratops titusi was a centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Campanian of the Late Cretaceous of Utah, USA. It was unique in having brow horns that superficially resemble the horns of a bovine.

06 April 2016

Notocolossus (Southern Giant)

Assorted Vertebral Fragments

Right humerus, Proximal end of the left pubis, Right tarsus and pes, metatarsus 

        Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza Province, Argentina. With a powerfully-constructed humerus 1.76 m in length, Notocolossus is one of the largest known dinosaurs.

05 April 2016

Dracoraptor (Dragon Thief)

Assorted Cervical Vertebrae
Assorted fragments of the manus
Slate with the fragments of the manus and furcula
Close-up of tooth

Left premaxilla with tooth

Block containing leg and hip bones

Right premaxilla

Right and Left Premaxilla
           Approximately 40% of a skeleton including, cranial and post cranial remains, representing a new genus and species of basal neotheropod dinosaur is coined, Dracoraptor hanigani. It was collected from fallen blocks from a sea cliff that exposes Late Triassic and Early Jurassic marine and quasi marine strata on the south Wales coast near the city of Cardiff.

01 April 2016

Kinnareemimus (Kinnaree Mimic)

Tibiae, Fibula, and Left Tibia
Assorted Dorsal Vertebrae
Proximal ends of the Left Pubis
Metatarsals
Dorsal Phalanges
         Postcranial remains of a small theropod dinosaur, including; Vertebrae, incomplete Pubes, Tibiae, an incomplete Fibula, Metatarsals and Phalanges. From the Early Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of Phu Wiang, Khon Kaen Province, NE Thailand, are described as a new taxon of ornithomimosaur, Kinnareemimus khonkaenensis.

28 March 2016

Abelisaur (Unknown Genus)

              A femur of an as-yet unnamed Abelisaur theropod was recently discovered. The only information gathered is that the approximate size of the animal would have been around 9 meters.


Boreonykus (Northern Claw)

          A new genus of Dromaeosaurid was recently uncovered from the Pachyrhinosaurus bone-bed of Alberta, Canada. The animal has been coined, Boreonykus. certekorum. Only a few fragments have been found which are shown here; a frontal and associated post-cranial elements.