“`html Chubutisaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Chubutisaurus Chubutisaurus (choo-BOO-tih-SAWR-us; “Lizard from Chubut”) Chubutisaurus is a genus of large, plant-eating sauropod dinosaur that roamed the Earth during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 113 to 100.5 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Chubut Province of Patagonia, Argentina, which gives the dinosaur its name. […]
“`html Chuxiongosaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Chuxiongosaurus Chuxiongosaurus (CHOO-shyong-oh-SAWR-us; “Chuxiong lizard”) is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic period, approximately 199 to 183 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in Yunnan Province, China. The name “Chuxiongosaurus” refers to the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture where the remains were found,
“`html Cionodon Cionodon (SEE-oh-no-don; “pillar tooth”) is a genus of hadrosaurid, or “duck-billed,” dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 75 to 66 million years ago. Its fossils, primarily consisting of teeth and fragmentary bones, have been discovered in North America, with the type species, Cionodon arctatus, originating from Colorado, USA. The name
“`html Citipati: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Citipati Citipati (CHIT-ih-pot-ee; “funeral pyre lord”) is a genus of oviraptorid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, specifically the Campanian stage, about 75 to 71 million years ago. Its fossils have been discovered in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. The name Citipati refers to a
Claorhynchus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Claorhynchus Claorhynchus (KLAH-oh-RINK-us; “broken beak”) is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur known from very fragmentary remains discovered in the Late Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana, USA. These fossils date back approximately 75 to 76 million years ago, during the Campanian age. The name Claorhynchus was coined by the
Claosaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Claosaurus Claosaurus (KLAY-oh-SAWR-us; “broken lizard” or “fractured lizard”) is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 85 to 80 million years ago, in what is now North America. The name, given by paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh, refers to the incomplete and somewhat fragmented
“`html Clarencea: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Clarencea Clarencea (KLA-ren-SEE-ah; “Clarence’s form”) is a genus of small, early ornithischian dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic period, approximately 195 to 190 million years ago. Its fossils have been discovered in what is now Portugal in Western Europe. The name Clarencea honors Dr. Eleanor Clarence, the
“`html Clasmodosaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Clasmodosaurus Clasmodosaurus (KLAZ-moh-doh-SAWR-us; “Broken Tooth Lizard”) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, around 70 to 66 million years ago, in what is now Argentina, South America. The name comes from the Greek words “klasma” (fragment or piece) and “odous” (tooth),
Coahuilaceratops: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Coahuilaceratops Coahuilaceratops (koh-ah-WEE-lah-SEH-rah-tops; “Coahuila horned face”) is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 72.5 million years ago, in what is now Coahuila, Mexico. The name refers to the Mexican state where its fossils were discovered and its horned appearance (ceratops means
Coelophysis Coelophysis (SEE-low-FY-sis; “hollow form”) is a genus of small, slender theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, approximately 221 to 201 million years ago. Its fossils have been found primarily in what is now North America, with notable discoveries in New Mexico. The name Coelophysis refers to the hollow limb bones of
