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Chips the Gecko in Obscure Dinosaur of the Day

Jan 15, 2017

Drinker nisti

Drinker nisti might sound as though it was named after some inferred behavioural tendency, but the reality is that there is no…

Chips the Gecko in Obscure Dinosaur of the Day

Jan 6, 2017

Futalognkosaurus dukei

Futalognkosaurus dukei has a suitably long name for such an enormous animal. Originally estimated to measure in at 34…

Chips the Gecko in Obscure Dinosaur of the Day

Jan 16, 2017

Shanag ashile

This toothy little creature is named after the traditional dancers who perform during the Buddhist Tsam dance ritual. It was…

Chips the Gecko in Obscure Dinosaur of the Day

Jan 7, 2017

Nyctosaurus

Dinosaur purists, look away now — today’s obscure prehistoric reptile is a late-Cretaceous pterosaur, Nyctosaurus. And what has it got on…

Chips the Gecko in Obscure Dinosaur of the Day

Jan 12, 2017

Daemonosaurus chauliodus

Daemonosaurus chauliodus’ name literally means “big toothy demon-lizard”, and a quick glance at its skull shows how…

Chips the Gecko in Obscure Dinosaur of the Day

Jan 13, 2017

Fukuisaurus tetoriensis

Named after the Japanese Prefecture of Fukui in which it was discovered, Fukuisaurus is an ornithopod from the Early…

Chips the Gecko in Obscure Dinosaur of the Day

Jan 14, 2017

Erketu ellisoni

Mongolia is one of the world’s top locations for discovering Cretaceous dinosaurs — famous finds include Velociraptor, Oviraptor…

Chips the Gecko in Obscure Dinosaur of the Day

Jan 17, 2017

Mapusaurus roseae

Cretaceous South America was home to some of the largest dinosaurus known to science, and among them was Mapusaurus, a theropod…

Chips the Gecko in Obscure Dinosaur of the Day

Jan 9, 2017

Concavenator corcovatus

You know a dinosaur discovery is unusual when a leading scientific journal publishes its description with the word…

Chips the Gecko in Obscure Dinosaur of the Day

Jan 4, 2017

Gigantoraptor erlianensis

Although the name Gigantoraptor, literally meaning “GIANT RAPTOR!”, sounds like the title of a low budget horror…

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