“`html Galesaurus: Profile of an Early Mammal Ancestor Galesaurus Galesaurus (GAY-lee-SAWR-us; “Weasel Lizard”) is an extinct genus of cynodont that lived during the Early Triassic period, around 251 to 247 million years ago. Cynodonts are a group of animals that are more closely related to mammals than to reptiles like dinosaurs. Fossils of Galesaurus have […]
Gallimimus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Gallimimus Gallimimus (GAL-lih-MY-mus; “chicken mimic”) is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, approximately 70 million years ago. Fossils of Gallimimus have been discovered in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. The name “chicken mimic” was given because scientists thought its body structure, particularly
Galveosaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Galveosaurus Galveosaurus (GAL-veh-oh-SAWR-us; “Galve lizard”) is a genus of large, long-necked sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous period, around 150 to 140 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation near Galve, a town in Teruel, Spain, which gives
“`html Galvesaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Galvesaurus Galvesaurus (GAL-veh-SAWR-us; “Galve lizard”) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous period, approximately 150 to 140 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Galve area of Teruel, Spain, which is how it got its name. Galvesaurus was
Gannansaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Gannansaurus Gannansaurus (GAN-nan-SAWR-us; “Gannan lizard”) is a genus of somphospondylan sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, specifically the Maastrichtian age, approximately 72 to 66 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Nanxiong Formation in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China. The name Gannansaurus refers to
“`html Ganzhousaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Ganzhousaurus Ganzhousaurus (GAN-zhoh-SAWR-us; “Ganzhou lizard”) is a genus of oviraptorid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 72 to 66 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Nanxiong Formation in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China. The name refers to the city of Ganzhou near
“`html Gargoyleosaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Gargoyleosaurus Gargoyleosaurus (GAR-goy-lee-oh-SORE-us; “Gargoyle lizard”) is a type of armored dinosaur known as an ankylosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 154 to 150 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Morrison Formation in Wyoming, USA. The name “Gargoyleosaurus” was given because the shape
“`html Garudimimus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Garudimimus Garudimimus (GAH-roo-dee-MY-mus; “Garuda mimic”) Garudimimus is a genus of ornithomimosaur dinosaur, often called “ostrich-mimic” dinosaurs, that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 90 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Bayan Shireh Formation in Mongolia. The name Garudimimus refers to Garuda, a divine bird-like
“`html Gasosaurus Gasosaurus (GAS-oh-SAWR-us; “Gas lizard”) is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the Middle Jurassic period, about 164 to 161 million years ago, in what is now China. The name Gasosaurus refers to the fact that its fossils were discovered by workers from a gasoline (petroleum) company during exploration in the Dashanpu
“`html Gasparinisaura: Profile of a Small, Swift Cretaceous Herbivore Gasparinisaura Gasparinisaura (GAS-pah-REE-nee-SAWR-ah; “Gasparini’s lizard”) is a genus of small, herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 83 to 78 million years ago (Campanian stage), in what is now Patagonia, Argentina. The genus was named in 1996 by paleontologists Rodolfo Coria and
