“`html Banji: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Banji Banji (BAHN-jee; “striped crest”) is a genus of oviraptorosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 72 to 66 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Ganzhou area of Jiangxi Province, southern China. Banji was first named and described by paleontologists Xu […]
Bannykus: Profile of a Transitional Alvarezsaurian Dinosaur Bannykus Bannykus (BAN-ee-kus; “half claw”) is a genus of alvarezsaurian theropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 125 to 113 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in what is now Inner Mongolia, China. The name Bannykus comes from the Mandarin word “bàn” (半), meaning
“`html Baotianmansaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Baotianmansaurus Baotianmansaurus (bow-TYAHN-man-SAWR-us; “Baotianman lizard”) is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 99 to 95 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Gaogou Formation in Henan Province, China. The name Baotianmansaurus refers to the Baotianman National Nature Reserve
Barapasaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Barapasaurus Barapasaurus (buh-RAP-uh-SAWR-us; “Big leg lizard”) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic period, approximately 196 to 183 million years ago, in what is now India. The name comes from “bara” meaning “big” and “pa” meaning “leg” in the local Gondi language, combined with
“`html Barilium: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Barilium Barilium (BAY-rih-lee-um; “heavy ilium”) is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 140 to 136 million years ago, in what is now England. The name Barilium comes from the Greek word ‘baros’ meaning heavy and the Latin word ‘ilium’ referring
“`html Barosaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Barosaurus Barosaurus (BAHR-oh-SAWR-us; “Heavy Lizard”) Barosaurus was a genus of giant, long-necked sauropod dinosaur that roamed the Earth during the Late Jurassic period, approximately 152 to 150 million years ago. Its fossils have been primarily discovered in the Morrison Formation of North America. The name Barosaurus comes from
Barrosasaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Barrosasaurus Barrosasaurus (bah-ROH-sah-SAWR-us; “Sierra Barrosa lizard”) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, around 80 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Neuquén Province of Patagonia, Argentina. The name Barrosasaurus refers to the Sierra Barrosa locality, the area where its
Barsboldia: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Barsboldia Barsboldia (BARSS-BOLD-ee-ah; “Barsbold’s dinosaur”) is a genus of hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, around 70 million years ago, in what is now Mongolia. The name honors the renowned Mongolian paleontologist Rinchen Barsbold. Barsboldia was first described in 1981 by paleontologists Teresa Maryańska and
“`html Baryonyx: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Baryonyx Baryonyx (BAH-ree-ON-ICKS; “Heavy Claw”) is a genus of spinosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 130 to 125 million years ago. Its fossils have been discovered in what is now England, Spain, and Portugal. The name Baryonyx refers to an unusually large and
“`html Basutodon: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Basutodon Basutodon (bah-SOO-toh-don; “Basuto tooth”) is a genus of archosaur known only from fossilized teeth discovered in what is now Lesotho, dating back to the Early Jurassic period, approximately 200 to 190 million years ago. The name refers to Basutoland, the former name of Lesotho, and “odon,” Greek
