Extinct Animal of the Week

Living permanently in water, Palaeobatrachus was the kind of frog that people often think of when someone suggest that they imagine a frog ...

The typical lungs of your average frog are similar in general shape to the lungs of other terrestrial vertebrates in that they appear as lob...

The number of papers written about Palaeobatrachus is well more than enough for a book all on its own. There are papers from this year that...

Today there is only a single documentary/feature that shows Palaeobatrachus and discusses it. Dinosaur Train has an entire episode about ...

Palaeobatrachus appears in a number of links and on a number of websites that are helpful for children and other fossil enthusiasts of co...

©Nobu Tamura; released as Palaeobatrachus gigas Palaeobatrachus is a genus consisting of at least two named species, P. occidentalis an...

Megalibgwilia is known in parts of the world that are not Australia, but its popularity, in the form of common popular outlets such as book...

W. H. Wesley, Humerus of M. ramsayi Owen's original description of Echidna ramsayi , later synonymized as Megalibgwilia ramsayi , co...

There are not many papers hosted online featuring Megalibgwilia . Considering that these echidna ancestors have been known and described for...

Megalibgwilia is an unusual animal for a variety of reasons. Some of these reasons are detailed in the facts that are know about the animal...

In looking for  new animal this week we are going out of our normal range and into the time of the mammals. Becoming extinct approximately 5...

Conchoraptor has made a larger impact than many other dinosaurs. It is still not a widely known dinosaur, but it is known throughout the ...

At least one site mentions that Conchoraptor remains have been discovered with attached feathers. These feathers have been described sparin...

Brains and other soft tissues are of great interest to scientists in extant and fossil specimens. There are a variety of ways to study organ...

There have been, as we have gotten more and more into the lesser known dinosaurs, fewer and fewer resources available at any given time. T...

Known from the Nemegt Formation of Maastrichtian soils of Mongolia, specifically the Red Beds of Hermiin Tsav, the conch stealing oviraptori...

©Florida Museum of Natural History It has been determined, or rather hypothesized, that Enhydritherium had a mainly piscivorous, or fis...

Due to being found near a coast and looking like their extant descendants, Berta and Morgan's initial description of Enhydritherium wa...

Furry extant otters are often described as adorable, mischievous, and sometimes simply with the word "awwww." The newest discovery...

Fossil mammal make appearances here from time to time. This week is one such time when mammals will be featured exclusively. Known from site...