Nullotitan: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Nullotitan Nullotitan (NOO-loh-tie-tan; “Nullo’s giant”) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, specifically the Maastrichtian age, around 71 to 66 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Chorrillo Formation in Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina. The genus was named in […]
Nuthetes: Profile of an Early Cretaceous Predator Nuthetes Nuthetes (noo-THEE-teez; “Monitor Lizard”) is a genus of small, carnivorous theropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 145 to 140 million years ago, in what is now southern England. The name Nuthetes, derived from Greek, means “monitor lizard,” as its discoverer, Richard Owen, initially
Nyasasaurus Nyasasaurus (NYE-ass-uh-SAWR-us; “Lake Nyasa lizard”) is a genus of early dinosauriform reptile, possibly one of the earliest dinosaurs, that lived during the Middle Triassic period, approximately 245 to 243 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in Tanzania, near Lake Nyasa (now Lake Malawi), which gives the creature its name. Although the first remains
