“`html Overosaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Overosaurus Overosaurus (OH-ver-oh-SAWR-us; “Overo lizard”) is a genus of aeolosaurin titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 86 to 84 million years ago (Campanian stage). Fossils of Overosaurus were discovered in the Anacleto Formation in Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina. The dinosaur was named and […]
“`html Oviraptor: The Misunderstood Egg Thief Oviraptor Oviraptor (OH-vih-RAP-tor; “egg thief”) is a genus of oviraptorid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 75 million years ago. Its fossils have been discovered in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. The name Oviraptor was given by paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1924, based on
Oxalaia: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Oxalaia Oxalaia (ok-shah-LIE-ah; “Named after Oxalá, a West African and Afro-Brazilian deity”) is a genus of large spinosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 98 to 95 million years ago (Cenomanian stage), in what is now northeastern Brazil. The name honors Oxalá, an important orixá
Ozimops: Profile of a Modern Australian Free-Tailed Bat Ozimops Ozimops (OZ-ih-mops; “Australian Mops bat”) is a genus of molossid (free-tailed) bat that lives in the modern era, primarily in Australia, with some species extending into Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The name reflects its Australian (“Ozi”) distribution and its relation to Mops, another bat genus.
“`html Ozraptor: Profile of Australia’s Middle Jurassic Predator Ozraptor Ozraptor (OZ-rap-tor; “Australian plunderer”) is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the Middle Jurassic period, specifically the Bajocian stage, approximately 170 to 168 million years ago, in what is now Western Australia. The name Ozraptor comes from “Oz,” a common nickname for Australia, and
