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The Gargoyle Lizard
Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum consists of two partial and undescribed skeletons as well as the holotype described by Carpenter, et al. 1998 (originally G. parkpini and edited slightly to the current form...
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Gargoyleosaurus is not much uglier than any other ankylosaurid dinosaur has been that we have looked at. Typically anything named a gargoyle or referred to as such is anticipated to have a disagreeable...
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Skulls and postcrania in original descriptions are described together, but this does not mean that later in the research of any given taxa they may not be described separately in equal or greater...
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Size of Early Ankylosaurs
Gargoyleosaurus was a somewhat smaller ankylosaur than its descendants and later cousins. Measuring in with a skull approximately 29cm (11in) long, Gargoyleosaurus' skull was approximately the size of...
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Gargoyleosaurus does not appear in many mainstream popular outlets at all. There are a number of books that mention Gargoyleosaurus in some capacity or another; however, none of these are exceedingly...
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Gargoyles in the Woods
©DinoraulThe most typical situation in which an ankylosaur is depicted is open plains or rocky habitat with woods in the background or, at most, the foreground. An ankylosaur like Gargoyleosaurus,...
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Finding New Links
Dinosaur: ©Matt Martyniuk adapted under Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 UnportedIt has been just over five years since we discussed Sinosauropteryxprima. Since that time many other...
View ArticleVideos Everywhere
There are a number of Sinosauropteryx videos all over the internet. There are, of course, the videos that have been shared on this blog first in 2012 and the one shown shared yesterday of the cartoon...
View ArticleFeathers on Paper Again
One of the original papers that describes and discusses Sinosauropteryx that we discussed and is worth bringing back immediately on this site: Ji and Ji 1996. Other articles that mention or describe...
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Obvious Start
Photo by Sam OseCreative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 2.0 GenericAfter the discovery of the slab containing the holotype material of Sinosauropteryx was initially discovered one of the more important...
View ArticleThe Faces of Sinosauropteryx
The pudgy little fluffball that Matt Martyniuk illustrated, and is photoshopped into the image shared on Saturday, is only one version of this well known dinosaur. It may be among the most adorable...
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Early Sauropods
©SteveOCIn the Late Triassic of South Africa herbivores were already becoming enormous animals with strong limbs, large bodies, and small heads. Melanorosaurus readi, Haughton 1924 was a basal...
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Melanorosaurus is the kind of dinosaur that we do not hear about an awful lot. Therefore, it is a little odd to see any videos about this relatively unknown, to the general public, dinosaur. There is,...
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A big year for Melanorosaurus recently was 2007. In that year both the forelimb and the first complete skull of the early sauropodomorph were described using new methods and new technologies. These new...
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Anatomy and Popularity
Some may have noticed that in the past few weeks I have missed days of writing now and again. These missed days are intended and do not in any way attest to a lack of interest in subject matter or the...
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Interesting Interpretations
Figure 1: Old school Melanorosaurus herd with gracile forelimbs.©Zdeněk Burian (1905 — 1981)As an early sauropodomorph, Melanorosaurus has been treated in many illustrations as a proper sauropod. In a...
View ArticleAmazing Otters
Fossil mammal make appearances here from time to time. This week is one such time when mammals will be featured exclusively. Known from sites in California, Mexico, and Florida, and described initially...
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Furry extant otters are often described as adorable, mischievous, and sometimes simply with the word "awwww." The newest discovery of Enhydritherium fossils could possibly be described using those...
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Due to being found near a coast and looking like their extant descendants, Berta and Morgan's initial description of Enhydritherium was heavily angled toward portraying the skeletal remains as those of...
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Fish Foods
©Florida Museum of Natural HistoryIt has been determined, or rather hypothesized, that Enhydritherium had a mainly piscivorous, or fish-based, diet. This was based on the fact that Enhydritherium...
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