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Deinosuchus (/ ˌ d aɪ n ə ˈ sj uː k ə s /) is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodilian, related to modern alligators and caimans, that lived 82 to 73 million years ago (Ma), during the late Cretaceous period. The name translates as "terrible crocodile" and is derived from the Greek deinos (δεινός), "terrible", and soukhos ...
Deinocheirus (/ ˌ d aɪ n oʊ ˈ k aɪ r ə s / DY-no-KY-rəs) is a genus of large ornithomimosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous around 70 million years ago. In 1965, a pair of large arms, shoulder girdles, and a few other bones of a new dinosaur were first discovered in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.
This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Appalachia. During the Late Cretaceous period, the Western Interior Seaway divided the continent of North America into two landmasses; one in the west named Laramidia and Appalachia in the east. Since they were separated from each other, the dinosaur faunas on each of them were ...
2024 marks 200 years since the first dinosaur, Megalosaurus, was formally identified. Here’s what we’ve learned about the prehistoric creatures over the past two centuries. Megalosaurus, the ...
†Deinosuchus hatcheri †Deinosuchus riograndensis †Deinosuchus rugosus †Deinosuchus schwimmeri; 82–73 Ma USA A basal alligatoroid and one of the largest crocodylomorphs that ever lived. †Denazinosuchus †D. kirtlandicus; 84.9–70.6 Ma USA Denazinosuchus is a genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian. †Gobiosuchus †Gobiosuchus ...
Gorgosaurus (/ ˌ ɡ ɔːr ɡ ə ˈ s ɔːr ə s / GOR-gə-SOR-əs; lit. ' dreadful lizard ') is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period (), between about 76.5 and 75 million years ago. [1]
The creature located in the area of present-day Wyoming and estimated to have lived 48-million years ago, is part of the reptile group. An ancient, fossilized species was recently discovered and ...
The dinosaur lived 150 million years ago in the late Jurassic Era, making it older than Tyrannosaurus rex — which lived 66 million to 68 million years ago. Researchers discovered the bones in ...