“`html Blikanasaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Blikanasaurus Blikanasaurus (Bli-KAH-nuh-SAWR-us; “Blikana lizard”) is a genus of early sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, approximately 227 to 208 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in what is now South Africa. The name Blikanasaurus means “lizard from Blikana,” referring to Blikana Mountain near […]
“`html Bolong: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Bolong Bolong (BO-long; “Bo dragon”) is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 125 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China. The name “Bolong” refers to the “Bo” Hai region near where it
“`html Bonapartenykus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Bonapartenykus Bonapartenykus (BOH-nah-par-TEH-NEE-kus; “Bonaparte’s claw”) is a genus of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 75 to 70 million years ago, in what is now Patagonia, Argentina. The name honors the renowned Argentine paleontologist José F. Bonaparte for his significant contributions to dinosaur
“`html Bonapartesaurus Bonapartesaurus (BOH-nuh-par-tay-SAWR-us; “Bonaparte’s lizard”) is a genus of hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 70 million years ago, in what is now Patagonia, Argentina. The name honors the influential Argentine paleontologist José F. Bonaparte for his significant contributions to the study of South American dinosaurs. Bonapartesaurus rionegrensis, the
“`html Bonatitan: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Bonatitan Bonatitan (boh-NAH-tie-tan; “Bonaparte’s titan”) is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 75 to 70 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Allen Formation in RÃo Negro Province, Argentina, in South America. The name Bonatitan honors the famous
Bonitasaura Bonitasaura (boh-NEE-tah-SAWR-ah; “La Bonita quarry lizard”) Bonitasaura is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 86 to 83 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the RÃo Negro Province of Patagonia, Argentina. The genus name refers to the “La Bonita” quarry, where its remains were first
Borealopelta Borealopelta (BOR-ee-al-oh-PEL-tah; “Northern Shield”) is a genus of nodosaurid ankylosaur dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 112 to 110 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in what is now Alberta, Canada. The first and most famous specimen of Borealopelta was found accidentally in 2011 by a mining machine operator at
Borealosaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Borealosaurus Borealosaurus (BOR-ee-AL-oh-SAWR-us; “Northern Lizard”) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 95 to 90 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Sunjiawan Formation in Liaoning Province, northeastern China. The name Borealosaurus comes from the Greek word “Boreas,” meaning
“`html Boreonykus Boreonykus (BOR-ee-oh-NYE-kus; “Northern claw”) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 73 million years ago, in what is now Alberta, Canada. The name comes from the Greek words “boreos” meaning north, referring to its discovery location in a northern latitude, and “onykhos” meaning claw, a
Borogovia: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Borogovia Borogovia (BOR-oh-GO-vee-ah; “Borogove creature”) is a genus of troodontid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 70 million years ago, in what is now Mongolia. The name Borogovia comes from the “borogoves,” fantastical, thin, shabby-looking birds in Lewis Carroll’s poem “Jabberwocky.” This small dinosaur was
