Showing posts with label Dinosaur Profiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dinosaur Profiles. Show all posts

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Dinosaur Profile: CERATONYKUS


From wikipedia

Ceratonykus (meaning 'horned claw') is a genus of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur that existed in the late Cretaceous period. The discovery of a fragmented skeleton in Mongolia in early 2009 has led scientists to question where alvarezsaurids fit taxonomically into Theropoda.




Thursday, May 24, 2012

Dinosaur Profile: SORDES


From wikipedia

Sordes was a small basal pterosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Svita of Kazakhstan.

The genus was named in 1971 by Aleksandr Grigorevich Sharov. The type species is Sordes pilosus. The genus name means "filth" or "scum" in Latin, a reference to evil spirits in local folklore. The specific name is Latin for "hairy"; despite sordes being feminine, it has not yet been emended to pilosa.