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.

Chongmingia zhengi (Xiaoting Zheng's Chongming)

Fossil Slate (Nearly complete)

       A new bird, Chongmingia zhengi, from the Jehol Biota. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that Chongmingia zhengi is basal to the dominant Mesozoic avian clades Enantiornithes and Ornithuromorpha, and represents a new basal avialan lineage.

Fukuivenator (Fukui Hunter)

Partial right premaxilla in lateral view. Partial left maxilla in lateral view. Partial left lacrimal in lateral view. Right frontal in dorsal view. Right postorbital in lateral view. Left squamosal in lateral view. Partial right dentary in lateral view.

Assorted skeletal fragments

Mounted Skeletal

         A new theropod has been discovered, coined Fukuivenator paradoxus, based on a nearly complete specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation of the Tetori Group, Fukui, Japan. It shows evidence of omnivory in its teeth.

Viavenator (Hunter of the Road)

Illustration of the skeletal remains (Photographs are not yet available)

               A well preserved skeleton of a new abelisaurid has been described. The holotype of Viavenator exxoni was found in the outcrops of the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Santonian, Upper Cretaceous), northwestern Patagonia, Argentina.

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.

Timurlengia (Of Timurleng)

Teeth; mirrored

left frontal and holotypic braincase

Right articular, Surangular, Left Quadrate, Right Dentary, and Right Maxilla

Assorted Vertebral fragments

Manual and Pedal unguals

                A new Tyrannosauroid theropod, Timurlengia. euotica, has been described from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. It shows evidence of evolution amongst Tyrannosaurs and adds to the rather broad image of the group of Tyrant Lizards.