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North America: Canada: Québec [Note 1] Mistaken Point: Mistaken Point Formation: Ediacaran: North America: Canada: Ediacara biota (early multicellular life) Como Bluff: Morrison Formation: Late Jurassic: North America: Canada/United States (Great Plains) Edson Quarry: Ogallala Formation: Miocene/Pliocene: North America: US: Kansas: Lake ...
The generic name Cryodrakon is derived from the Ancient Greek words κρύος (kryos, meaning "cold") and δράκων (drakon, meaning "dragon"), while the specific name boreas refers to the Greek god the north wind, Boreas. Hence, Cryodrakon boreas could be translated as "cold dragon of the north winds". [2]
Fossils of Tawa-like dinosaurs have also been found in South America, which has important indications about paleogeography. During the Early Jurassic Period, dinosaurs such as Dilophosaurus, Anchisaurus, Coelophysis (formerly known as Megapnosaurus), and the early thyreophoran Scutellosaurus lived in North America.
Canada; Alberta: Frenchman Formation [6] Late Maastrichtian [6] Canada [6] Saskatchewan: Portland Formation [7] Pliensbachian to Toarcian [7] United States [7] Connecticut Massachusetts: Sânpetru Formation [8] Late Maastrichtian [8] Romania [8] Brasov județ: Wealden Group [4] Early Cretaceous: United Kingdom; England: Whitemud Formation [4 ...
The type species was found in the United States. Several species lived around the world, including in Europe, but T. gurneyi is the only non-North American species to receive a formal name. It represents Europe's largest terrestrial predator [79] Transylvanosaurus: 2022 Pui Beds (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) Romania
Newly-discovered fossils have allowed scientists to reveal a 240-million-year-old “dragon” in its entirety for the first ever time, National Museums Scotland (NMS) said in a statement on Friday.
California topped the list with 1,922 fossils found, the report read, followed by Wyoming with 1,135 fossils and Montana with 939. More: Oldest species of tree-climbing reptile discovered in New ...
Its generic name means "dragon of death" in Greek, while its specific name is a Quechuan word meaning "flying serpent" and refers to the Incan deity Amaru. Thanatosdrakon is known from two specimens, the holotype , consisting of a partial postcranial skeleton, and the paratype , consisting of a left humerus .