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"Lizard-hipped" Dinosaurs

Species Profiles

Baryonyx

The anatomy of Baryonyx reveals an extraordinary adaptation to aquatic hunting. It drastically…

Suchomimus tenerensis

The False Crocodile: A Snout Out of Place Picture a skull stretching 1.2 meters — straight,…

Giganotosaurus carolinii

Giganotosaurus was a surgical assassin. It stretched as long as a standard city bus and weighed as…

Microraptor

The Feathered Biplane of the Mesozoic Era Picture four wings, rather than two, silhouetted against…

Afrovenator

The Aerodynamic Shadow of the Jurassic The sands of Niger yielded a fossil miracle. The almost…

Allosaurus

The Predator's Frame: Skull and Crests The anatomy of Allosaurus was a biological masterpiece,…

Compsognathus

Forget the earth-shaking giants. The true terror of the Jurassic undergrowth weighed as much as a…

Gasosaurus

The Anatomy of an Ambush The skeleton of Gasosaurus points to a hunter built for explosive speed…

Ornithomimus

The Cretaceous dragster: legs and locomotion The Ornithomimus was engineered to vanish. The hind…

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

This animal stands as perhaps the most extraordinary carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered, sparking…

Tyrannosaurus rex

The anatomy of the Tyrannosaurus describes a biological machine calibrated for lethal trauma. A…

Velociraptor

The anatomy of Velociraptor outlines a predator with a skeletal framework and plumage entirely…