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Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) China. The holotype specimen was discovered during the construction of the museum where it is now housed. Albalophosaurus. 2009. Kuwajima Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Hauterivian) Japan. Only known from fragments of a skull. Albinykus.
Citipati ([ˈtʃiːt̪ɪpət̪i]; meaning "funeral pyre lord") is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period, about 75 million to 71 million years ago. It is mainly known from the Ukhaa Tolgod locality at the Djadochta Formation, where the first remains were collected during the 1990s.
Description. Formed in Carboniferous / Permian limestone, the main Sơn Đoòng cave passage is the largest known cave passage in the world by volume – 3.84 × 10 7 m 3 (1.36 × 10 9 cu ft), according to BCRA expedition leader Howard Limbert. It is more than 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long, 200 metres (660 ft) high and 150 metres (490 ft) wide.
Tropeognathus (meaning " keel jaw") is a genus of large pterosaurs from the late Early Cretaceous of South America. This genus is considered to be a member of the family Anhangueridae, however, several studies have also recovered it within another family called Ornithocheiridae.
Velociraptor (/ vəˌlɒsɪˈræptər, vəˈlɒsɪræptər /; [1] lit. 'swift thief') is a genus of small dromaeosaurid dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 75 million to 71 million years ago. Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in the past.
Bruhathkayosaurus (/ b r uː ˌ h æ θ k eɪ oʊ ˈ s ɔːr ə s /; meaning "huge-bodied lizard") is a controversial genus of sauropod dinosaur found in the Kallamedu Formation of India.The fragmentary remains were originally described as a theropod, but it was later determined to be a titanosaurian sauropod.
Sigilmassasaurus was a moderately-built, ground-dwelling, bipedal carnivore, like most other theropods. It may have had strong neck musculature as evidenced by the morphology of its vertebrae (backbones). Sigilmassasaurus may have had semiaquatic habits and a partially piscivorous diet.
Compsognathus (/ kɒmpˈsɒɡnəθəs /; [1] Greek kompsos /κομψός; "elegant", "refined" or "dainty", and gnathos /γνάθος; "jaw") [2] is a genus of small, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaur. Members of its single species Compsognathus longipes could grow to around the size of a chicken. They lived about 150 million years ago ...