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Brontomerus (from Greek bronte meaning "thunder", and merós meaning "thigh") is a genus of camarasauromorph sauropod which lived during the early Cretaceous (Aptian or Albian age, approximately 110 million years ago). It was named in 2011 and the type species is Brontomerus mcintoshi.
The femur (plural: femora) or thigh bone is the proximal element of the hind limb. Its proximal head features a large femoral head that is directed medially, forming a 90° angle with the shaft; the head is entering the acetabulum of the hip, forming the hip joint.
Wakinyantanka are large, tridactyl, and bipedal pes prints, with the middle (third) toe being the longest (mesaxonic), typical of theropod footprints. The digits of Wakinyantanka are long and slender, and are widely divaricating so that the prints are roughly as wide as they are long, averaging between 55–60 centimetres (22–24 in) long and 60 centimetres (24 in) wide.
On August 12, 1990, Susan Hendrickson -- a fossil hunter -- discovered three huge bones protruding out of a cliff near Faith, South Dakota. Those burned turned out to be part of the largest ever T ...
Researchers have determined that the bone fossils likely originated from a “large aged dinosaur” from the Cretaceous period –– an era more than 145 million to 66 million years ago that ...
The UK's biggest ever dinosaur trackway site has been discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire. About 200 huge footprints, which were made 166 million years ago, criss-cross the limestone floor.
Theropod paleopathology is the study of injury and disease in theropod dinosaurs.In 2001, Ralph E. Molnar published a survey of pathologies in theropod dinosaur bone that uncovered pathological features in 21 genera from 10 theropod families.
The examination offered insight into predator-prey dynamics during the dinosaur age. Of about 600 bones checked, bite marks - often deep grooves left in stout bone - were detected on 68 of them ...