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A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians Eastern/Central North America. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 978-0-395-58389-0. Ditmars, Raymond L (1933). Reptiles of the World: The Crocodilians, Lizards, Snakes, Turtles and Tortoises of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. New York: Macmillan. p. 321.
Hadrosaurus (/ ˌ h æ d r ə ˈ s ɔːr ə s /; lit. ' bulky lizard ') is a genus of hadrosaurid ornithopod dinosaurs that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous Period in what is now the Woodbury Formation in New Jersey about 83.6 to 77.9 Ma.
Obamadon is an extinct genus of polyglyphanodontian lizards from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Fossils have been found in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana and the Lance Formation of Wyoming. Researchers describe it as being distinguished by its "tall, slender teeth with large central cusps separated from small accessory cusps by ...
Acrocanthosaurus (/ ˌ æ k r oʊ ˌ k æ n θ ə ˈ s ɔːr ə s / AK-roh-KAN-thə-SOR-əs; lit. ' high-spined lizard ') is a genus of carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that existed in what is now North America during the Aptian and early Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous, from 113 to 110 million years ago.
Later in the 19th century pterosaurs were discovered in North America as well, the first of which was a spectacular animal named Pteranodon by paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh. [7] Various aspects of pterosaur biology invited controversy from the beginning.
In the spiny, thicket habitats of southern Madagascar, small flies were caught in nets and discovered as new species. NO. 1: ‘GRACEFUL’ CREATURES — NAMED AFTER STILETTOS — DISCOVERED AS ...
The Lewis and Clark Expedition may have discovered the first Mosasaurus fossil in North America. The first possible recorded discovery of a mosasaur in North America was of a partial skeleton described as "a fish" in 1804 by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's Corps of Discovery during their 1804–1806 expedition across the western United States.
These 34 creatures were recently discovered as new species. Take a look. September 19, 2024 at 1:53 PM. ... such as eight-eyed spiders and dragon-like lizards in India.