Pannoniasaurus inexpectatus: World’s first freshwater mosasaur
December 19th, 2012 |
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Fossilised bones of a new species of mosasaur have been unearthed in Hungary, providing the first evidence that these giant, aquatic lizards lived in both freshwater and marine environments. Since the first mosasaur was discovered in 1764, thousands of specimens have been discovered all over the world. But because there was no evidence that they [...]
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Awesome sea-going crocodyliforms of the Mesozoic
October 9th, 2012 |
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The Mesozoic was not a ‘dinosaurs-only theme park’. Numerous other tetrapod lineages were around as well, and there was enough ‘ecospace’ for members of at least some of these groups to evolve giant size and macropredatory lifestyles, and even to dominate certain sections of the Mesozoic world. It’s well known in particular that this was [...]
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In pursuit of Early Cretaceous crocodyliforms in southern England: ode to Goniopholididae
September 24th, 2012 |
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Regular readers of Tet Zoo might know that much of my specialised technical research centers around the dinosaurs, pterosaurs and other fossil reptiles of the Wealden Supergroup. What is the Wealden Supergroup? It’s the name given to a series of mudstones, siltstones and sandstones, deposited across the floodplains, lagoons and estuaries of south-eastern England during [...]
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