Liliensternus liliensterni is the specific name and the genus name derived from the surname Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern. The man founded a paleontological museum in his castle in Bedheim (Germany) in 1934, where he also exhibited the previously discovered specimens of Liliensternus. Liliensternus lived almost 210 million years ago. The two-legged animal was medium sized...
Europasaurus the dwarf sauropod Europasaurus was a small dinosaur from the sauropod family that lived in northern Germany during the Late Jurassic (Middle Kimmeridgian, about 154 million years ago). It was seen as an example of insular dwarfism that resulted from the isolation of a sauropod population on an island in the Lower Saxony Basin. In fact he was a…
Compy – “The Dainty Jaw” Compsognathus looks like a typical representative of theropods. It walked on two legs, had relatively short arms with three strong fingers each and a relatively long but thin skull. Its teeth were long and sharp and well adapted to its prey. This consisted of insects, small vertebrates and lizards. …
Swabian Lindwurm Plateosaurus was among the first dinosaurs to grow relatively large. Some specimens were up to 10 meters long. He was a massive dinosaur with stocky and thick bones. Its hind legs were more powerfully developed than its front legs, which were also strong. Plateosaurus could stand up on its hind legs, for example to eat higher hanging food...
The large lizard Megalosaurus means something like big lizard in German. But he could also have the name “the first”. It was the first dinosaur fossil ever discovered. It was also the first dinosaur genus ever to be scientifically named. And in February 2020, Britain's Royal Mint released the first of three 50p coins,…
Lion of the Jurassic Allosaurus is called the “Lion of the Jurassic” because, similar to the lion of the African savannah, it was a feared predator at the top of the food chain in the Jurassic. It was one of the largest and most dangerous predators of its time, hunting a wide variety of prey. Allosaurus had strong jaws and sharp teeth that...