“`html Tethyshadros – Dino Encyclopedia Tethyshadros Tethyshadros (TEE-this-HAD-ross; “Tethys hadrosaur”) is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 72 to 70 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in what is now northeastern Italy, which at the time was an island in the Tethys Ocean. The name Tethyshadros reflects […]
“`html Texacephale Texacephale (TEX-uh-SEF-uh-lee; “Texas head”) is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, specifically the late Campanian stage, about 75 to 72 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Aguja Formation in Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA. Texacephale was named and described by paleontologists Nicholas R.
Texasetes Texasetes (TEX-a-SEE-teez; “Texas inhabitant”) Texasetes is a genus of nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 112 to 108 million years ago (from the late Aptian to early Albian stages). Its fossils were discovered in what is now Texas, United States. The name Texasetes, meaning “Texas inhabitant,” was given to
Teyuwasu: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Teyuwasu Teyuwasu (TEH-yoo-WAH-soo; “Big Lizard”) is a genus of archosaur reptile that lived during the Late Triassic period, about 237 to 228 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in what is now southern Brazil, in rocks belonging to the Santa Maria Formation. The name Teyuwasu comes from the
“`html Thanatosdrakon: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Thanatosdrakon Thanatosdrakon (tha-NAH-toes-DRAH-kon; “Death Dragon”) is a genus of giant azhdarchid pterosaur, a type of flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs. It soared through the skies during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 86 million years ago, in what is now Argentina, South America. The name Thanatosdrakon combines the
“`html Thanatotheristes: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Thanatotheristes Thanatotheristes (Tha-NA-toh-the-RIS-teez; “Reaper of Death”) is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that roamed what is now Alberta, Canada, during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 79.5 million years ago. Its name comes from the Greek words “Thanatos,” meaning death, and “theristes,” meaning reaper or harvester, referring to
Thecocoelurus: Profile of an Enigmatic Early Cretaceous Theropod Thecocoelurus Thecocoelurus (THEK-oh-ko-LOOR-us; “Sheathed hollow tail”) is a genus of small theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous period, specifically the Barremian stage, about 130 to 125 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Wessex Formation on the Isle of Wight, England. The name Thecocoelurus
“`html Thecodontosaurus: Profile of a Pioneering Sauropodomorph Thecodontosaurus Thecodontosaurus (THEEK-oh-dont-oh-SAWR-us; “socket-toothed lizard”) is a genus of early sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, specifically the Rhaetian stage, around 205 to 201 million years ago. Its fossils have been discovered in what is now Great Britain, particularly in the area around Bristol. First
Thecospondylus Thecospondylus (THEE-ko-spon-DILL-us; “Sheath vertebra”) is a genus of dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 140 to 130 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in what is now England. The name was given by the British paleontologist Harry Govier Seeley in 1882, based on a very incomplete fossil. Because the remains
Theiophytalia Theiophytalia (THEE-oh-fy-TAL-ee-ah; “Garden of the Gods”) is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, specifically the Aptian stage, approximately 125 to 113 million years ago, in what is now Colorado, USA. The name refers to the Garden of the Gods park where its first and only known fossil,
