2015 in Mesozoic Paleontology
To cap off the year, I recently did another paneled, less serious drawing, this time celebrating the new (and old, in one case) Mesozoic fauna described this year:
January: Nundasuchus, a Early Triassic archosaur from Tanzania (hence the safari sign).
February: Ichthyosaurus anningae, a new species of Ichthyosaurus. Uncovered by Mary Anning, but was long mistaken for a plaster cast.
March: Metoposaurus algarvensis, a new species of the amphibian Metoposaurus from Early Triassic Portugal.
April: Brontosaurus, a re-established genus long considered synonymous with Apatosaurus.
May: Yi, a bat-winged, feathered theropod from Late Jurassic China.
June: Regaliceratops, a chasmosaurine ceratopsian from Late Cretaceous Alberta.
July: Wendiceratops, a centrosaurine ceratopsian from Late Cretaceous Alberta.
August: Gueragama, a mid-Cretaceous lizard from Brazil closely related to modern iguanas.
September: Ugrunaaluk, a Late Cretaceous hadrosaur from Alaska. The northmost non-avian dinosaur ever discovered.
October: Spinolestes, an Early Cretaceous mammal from Spain preserved with quill-like hair imprints.
November: Dakotaraptor, a Late Cretaceous dromaeosaur from South Dakota. Lived alongside Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops.
December: Kunbarrasaurus, an Early Cretaceous ankylosaur from Australia (hence the aurora australis).
To cap off the year, I recently did another paneled, less serious drawing, this time celebrating the new (and old, in one case) Mesozoic fauna described this year:
February: Ichthyosaurus anningae, a new species of Ichthyosaurus. Uncovered by Mary Anning, but was long mistaken for a plaster cast.
March: Metoposaurus algarvensis, a new species of the amphibian Metoposaurus from Early Triassic Portugal.
April: Brontosaurus, a re-established genus long considered synonymous with Apatosaurus.
May: Yi, a bat-winged, feathered theropod from Late Jurassic China.
June: Regaliceratops, a chasmosaurine ceratopsian from Late Cretaceous Alberta.
July: Wendiceratops, a centrosaurine ceratopsian from Late Cretaceous Alberta.
August: Gueragama, a mid-Cretaceous lizard from Brazil closely related to modern iguanas.
September: Ugrunaaluk, a Late Cretaceous hadrosaur from Alaska. The northmost non-avian dinosaur ever discovered.
October: Spinolestes, an Early Cretaceous mammal from Spain preserved with quill-like hair imprints.
November: Dakotaraptor, a Late Cretaceous dromaeosaur from South Dakota. Lived alongside Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops.
December: Kunbarrasaurus, an Early Cretaceous ankylosaur from Australia (hence the aurora australis).
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