“Hadrosaurids or duck-billed dinosaurs are members of the family Hadrosauridae, and includeornithopods such as Edmontosaurus and Parasaurolophus. They were common herbivores in the Upper Cretaceous Period of what are now Asia, Europe and North America. They are descendants of the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaurs and had similar body layout. They were ornithischians.

Hadrosaurids are divided into two principal subfamilies. The lambeosaurines (Lambeosaurinae) had hollow cranial crests or tubes, and were generally less bulky. The saurolophines, identified as hadrosaurines in most pre-2010 works (Saurolophinae or Hadrosaurinae), lacked hollow cranial crests (solid crests were present in some forms) and were generally larger.”

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“Rhamphorhynchus (pronounced /ˌræmfəˈrɪŋkəs/), “beak snout”, is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs in the Jurassic period. Less specialized than contemporary, short-tailed pterodactyloid pterosaurs such as Pterodactylus, it had a long tail, stiffened with ligaments, which ended in a characteristic diamond-shaped vane. The jaws of Rhamphorhynchus housed needle-like teeth, which were angled forward, with a curved, sharp, beak-like tip lacking teeth, indicating a diet mainly of fish and insects.

Although fragmentary fossil remains possibly belonging to Rhamphorhynchus have been found in England, Tanzania, and Spain, the best preserved specimens come from the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, Germany. Many of these fossils preserve not only the bones but impressions of soft tissues such as wing membranes. Scattered teeth believed to belong to Rhamphorhynchus have been found in Portugal as well.^[1]”

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“Tylosaurus was the deadliest hunter of the ancient seas, ready to seize and kill just about any smaller creature that crossed its path with true jaws of death—lined on each side with two rows of pointy, cone-shaped teeth. Tylosaurus used its snout to locate prey, which, once inside the mosasaur’s menacing jaws, was swallowed whole. When the sea monster opened wide for the final gulp, two extra rows of teeth on the roof of its mouth allowed crippled captives no escape.

Tylosaurus grew more than 45 feet (14 meters) long, making it the largest of the marine reptiles called mosasaurs. Like all mosasaurs, a long and muscular, vertically flattened tail powered Tylosaurus through the water, allowing it to ambush its prey with rapid bursts of acceleration. Paddle-like limbs helped steer the slim body covered in lizard-like scales through the water.

Preserved stomach contents indicate a diet heavy on fish, but seabirds, sharks, plesiosaurs, and other mosasaurs also failed to escape Tylosaurus’s lethal grip. Though not a dinosaur, Tylosaurus lived alongside them and went extinct at around the same time. Many Tylosaurus remains have been found in Kansas, which was once covered by a large ocean called the Western Interior Seaway.”

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As I tend to Google dinosaurs in my spare time after having had far too much coffee, I managed to stumble upon this delightful list. Here are the top 10 most badass dinosaurs:

• 10: Anklyosaurus: Early Abrams Battle Tank
• 9: Therizinosaurus: Eat your heart out ‘Rocket Chef’
• 8: Pterodactylus: Early Stealth Aircraft
• 7: Dimetrodon: Ownage
• 6: Stegosaurus: Suped-Up porkupine
• 5: Allosaurus: Strange Lizard?
• 4: Triceratops: Early Battering Ram
• 3: Velociraptor: This one could beat you at chess
• 2: Tylosaurus: Early Submarine
• 1: Spinosaurus: WMD

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“Bakonydraco is a species belonging to the category of azhdarchid pterosaur. This was known to have lived during the upper cretaceous era in the Bakony Mountains situated at Western Hungary .

The genus got its name from Jiany Coralia, Atilla Ossi and David Wieshampel in the year 2005. The category of the species is Bakonydraco galaczi. The particular name galaczi was given to this genus to honor Professor Andras Galacz. His name was given because he helped the researchers to find the fossils of Bakonydraco, which remained in a bauxite mine of Hungary along with the fossils of other pterosaurs.

From the fossils it was found that the lower jaw of Bakonydraco was toothless and half of the mandible was fused of its total length, which formed a pointed section expanded vertically and also compresses side-to-side, it was also long, so it would have looked somewhat arrowhead or spearhead shape from the side view. This expansion is known to have occurred both on the top surface and on the lower edge, where the most acute point match up with a transverse ridge, which divides the straight back half.

The jaws of Bakonydraco were known to have been 11.4 inches (i.e.) 29cms long and its wingspan is estimated to be around 11.5 to 13.1 feet (i.e.) 3.5 to 4 meters, which is the normal size of a pterosaur. Since the jaws of Bakonydraco were comparatively taller than other azhdarchid pterosaurs, researchers feel that it would have fed in a different way from other azhdarchid pterosaurs.

According to the researchers Bakonydraco, would have been frugivore or piscivor. Piscivor is nothing, but creatures feeding on small fish. They also found that it would have been a dominant variety in the family of pterosaurs.”

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“Dallasaurus belonged to a family of Mosasaurs which were serpentine lizards. Dallasaurus were found in Dallas County which is located in Northern Texas . The meaning of this name Dallasaurus is lizard of Dallas .

Their partial remains do not tell us much about them. However paleontologists have tried and are still trying to find more information on them. They are found in two parts. The first part that was found had skull but some body parts were missing. The second part had some body parts but had no skull. Studies then have revealed that these are the oldest mosasauroid along with Russellosaurus to be found in North America .

Van Turner discovered this fossil some 16 years ago in Dallas . It took him many years to discover the mystery behind this mosasaur. In addition to this, the fossils were accidentally excavated at a construction site. They were sort of amphibians as they could live on land as well on lands.

It is believed that they lived 92 million years ago. Interestingly Dallas was mostly under water then. These creatures were three feet long and lived in shallow waters of the sea as well as the shores. After a lot of research, paleontologists have proven that they had well developed limbs. These limbs enabled them to walk on land and water properly.”

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“Troodon (or Troödon in older sources) is a genus of relatively small, bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (75-65 mya). Discovered in 1855, it was among the first dinosaurs found in North America. Its species ranged widely, with fossil remains recovered from as far north as Alaska and as far south as Wyoming and even possibly Texas and New Mexico.

Its name (pronounced /ˈtroʊ.ədɒn/ TROH-ə-don) is Greek for “wounding tooth”, referring to the dinosaur’s teeth, which are different from those of most other theropods. The teeth bear prominent, apically oriented serrations. These “wounding” serrations, however, aremorphometrically more similar to those of herbivorous reptiles, and suggest a possibly omnivorous diet.^[1]”

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“Stygimoloch (meaning “horned devil from the Styx (river of death)”) is a putative genus ofpachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the end of the Cretaceous period, roughly 65 million years ago. It is currently known from the Hell Creek Formation, Ferris Formation, and Lance Formation of the Western Interior (United States), where it lived alongside Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. It may represent a sub-adult form of Pachycephalosaurus.

The type species, S. spinifer, was described by British vertebrate paleontologist Peter Galton and German paleontologist Hans-Dieter Sues of the National Museum of Natural History in 1983.”

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