Amargasaurus

Name: Amargasaurus ‭(‬Amarga lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: A-mar-gah-sore-us.
Named By: Leonardo Salgado‭ & ‬José Bonaparte‭ ‬-‭ ‬1991.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Diplodocoidea,‭ ‬Dicraeosauridae.
Species: A.‭ ‬cazaui‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: 10‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: Argentina,‭ ‬Neuquén province‭ ‬-‭ ‬La Amarga Formation.
Time period: Barremian to Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Quite well preserved individual that includes a partial skull,‭ ‬left fore and aft limb,‭ ‬left ilium,‭ ‬right shoulder,‭ ‬all cervical‭ (‬neck‭)‬,‭ ‬dorsal‭ (‬back‭)‬,‭ ‬sacral‭ (‬sacrum‭) ‬and some caudal‭ (‬tail‭) ‬vertebrae.

Suchomimus

Name: Suchomimus ‭(‬Crocodile mimic‭)‬.
Phonetic: Su-ko-mie-mus.
Named By: Paul Sereno et al.‭ ‬-‭ ‬1998.
Synonyms: Baryonyx tenerensis.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Spinosauridae,‭ ‬Baryonychinae.
Species: S.‭ ‬tenerensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore.
Size: About 10 meters long for the holotype, though fully grown adults were likely larger.
Known locations: Niger‭ ‬-‭ ‬Elhraz Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial skeleton of what is thought to be a subadult.

Beipiaosaurus

Name: Beipiaosaurus ‭(‬Beipiao lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Bat-pee-oh-sire-us.
Named By: Xu,‭ ‬tang,‭ ‬Wang‭ ‬-‭ ‬1999.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropda,‭ ‬Therizinosauroidea.
Species: B.‭ ‬inexpectus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Type: Herbivore.
Size: 2.2‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: China,‭ ‬liaoning province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Yixian Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation: 2‭ ‬individuals,‭ ‬one which includes feathers.

Iguanodon

Iguanodon (pronounced 'Ig-wan-oh-don') was one of the first dinosaurs to be discovered.  The name is derived from 'Iguana' - a type of modern reptile, and 'don' meaning tooth.

Iguanodon is the name of a small group of dinosaurs within the much larger group called Iguanodontids; they were large herbivores, with a long tail for balance, and hind legs that were longer than their fore limbs.  There were three large hooved toes on each foot, and four fingers and a thumb spike on each hand.  The mouth had a battery of chewing teeth, and a boney beak in place of front teeth.  Since its initial discovery in the early nineteenth century, and more detailed reconstructions after complete skeletons were found in a Belgian mine in 1878, we have been forced to re-evaluate its posture, shape and movement; and to look again at how it fits in with other members of the Iguanodontids. Fossil remains from the group show they existed from the late Jurassic through to the late Cretaceous.

Here on the Isle of Wight it was once thought there were two basic species of Iguanodon; a larger form called Iguanodon bernissartensis, and a more graceful species called Iguanodon atherfieldensis.  The first was named after the Belgian town where complete skeletons were found (Bernissart) and the latter from Atherfield on the south west coast of the Isle of Wight.  However more recently palaeontologist Gregory Paul has moved our smaller variety to a new genera, leaving us with only one Iguanodon but a new genera of Iguanodontid called Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis (named after Gideon Mantell) in its place. It was initially very difficult to identify, name and group these animals from the fragmentary information that was first available in the Victorian era. As a result a number of species names have now been discarded.

Hylaeosaurus

Name:

Hylaeosaurus (Greek for "forest lizard"); pronounced HIGH-lay-oh-SORE-us

Habitat:

Woodlands of western Europe

Historical Period:

Early Cretaceous (135 million years ago)

Size and Weight:

About 20 feet long and 1,000-2,000 pounds

Hypsilophodon

Animals similar to Hypsilophodon appeared early in the history of dinosaurs and persisted until the last dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago. They were small, fast-running herbivorous dinosaurs, related to the larger hadrosaurs and Iguanodonts. Hypsilophodon lived in Europe, but fossils of similar animals are known from every continent, including Antarctica and Australia


LENGTH : 1-2 metres