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At the beginning of the Jurassic period, many types of dinosaurs lived on every continent on the earth. Because these dinosaurs looked similar in different places, they were called the Ring-Tethys dinosaur fauna. Yunnan dragon Among the dinosaur fauna
There are no less than 6 individuals in the dinosaur fauna of Dashanpu, among which two relatively complete specimens are preserved in the burial hall. The holotype specimen of Airosaurus is an incomplete skeleton with a missing skull, which is collected at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleont
We say that Dicrosaurus was the overlord of the early Jurassic because they were large carnivorous dinosaurs active on various continents, intimidating other animals in every corner of the world at that time, even including Antarctica, which is now a world of ice and snow. However, in Antarct
The carnivorous theropod dinosaurs also survived the catastrophe at the end of the Triassic and further developed in the Jurassic. The Synanthosaurus discovered in Zimbabwe that lived 200 million years ago was a theropod carnivorous dinosaur that dominated the earth in the early Jurassic peri
In 1942, a larger theropod dinosaur was discovered in the early Jurassic strata of Arizona, USA. Because it had a pair of thin V-shaped bony crests on the top of its head, scientists named it Dicrosaurus. . Dicrosaurus Dicrosaurus has a stout body, a
About 208 million years ago, a global catastrophe wiped out many species of animals. This marks the end of the Triassic Period and the beginning of the Jurassic Period. What caused this catastrophe? Scientists have proposed several explanations. Maybe, because a huge aste
Turiasaurus lived in the late Jurassic period about 155-146 million years ago. The skeleton of this giant sauropod was discovered in Spain, making Turiasaurus the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe. Paleontologists found fragments of the dinosaur's skull and estimated its head to be 70 centim
The Cretaceous is a geological period that began 145 million years ago and ended 66 million years ago. This is the last period of the Mesozoic Era. It occurred after the Jurassic and before the Paleogene—the first period of the Cenozoic Era, which is our current era. It
The small tank-like dinosaur with hard armor on its body is called ankylosaurus. Various ankylosaurs combine to form a unique group in the dinosaur family, called ankylosaurs. Their taxonomic positions are Reptiles, Ornithischia, and Ankylosauria. Ankylosaurs are a relatively recent group in
Similar to the situation with sauropods, stegosaurs likely appeared in the early Jurassic. However, scientists' understanding of early stegosaurs actually began with Huayangosaurus unearthed from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan, my country. Huayang Dragon 1
1. Early ornithopod dinosaurs Compared with the numerous representatives of sauropod dinosaurs in the late Triassic, very few ornithischian dinosaurs were discovered at that time. They are really rare. Skull, mandible and teeth of Heterodontosaurus
Early paleontologists believed that dinosaurs were a class of reptiles of their own, so they were unified into the "order Dinosaurs". Later, as scientists learned more about these animals, they discovered that they actually included two different orders of reptiles, namelySaurischians (common
The authoritative British scientific journal "Nature" published on December 7, 2000 published a scientific paper published by young scientists Xu Xing, Zhou Zhonghe and Wang Youlin from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, describi
Recently, a new dinosaur fossil site was discovered in Chuanjie Township, Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, the famous dinosaur hometown in my country. Within the 400 square meters that have been excavated, preliminary statistics of the dinosaur fossils exposed include 1 carnivorous theropod di
The Jehol Group in western Liaoning is a famous Mesozoic continental stratum in China and has always occupied an important position in the history of paleobiostratigraphy research in China. However, although this formation has produced numerous plant fossils, invertebrate fossils and fish fos
The Dashanpu Fossil Site is located in the Dashanpu dinosaur fossil site in Zigong City, Sichuan Province, my country. It has attracted worldwide attention for its rich burial and complete preservation. Therefore, some scientists vividly call Dashanpu the "Dinosaur Cemetery". So, how did this
Ornithopods are an important branch of the dinosaur family. They consist of some diverse vegetarian dinosaurs and include four families: Dimetrodon, Hypsilodon, Iguanodon and Hadrosaurid. Although all ornithopod dinosaurs are vegetarian, due to their adaptation to different living environment
Since the earliest dinosaurs appeared in the Moon Valley in Argentina 228 million years ago, they have rapidly evolved, developed and spread to every corner of the earth because they were very adapted to the ecological environment at that time. In the early Jurassic Period, which lasted from