Monika Sharma

The Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus is a dinosaur that lived in the eastern part of China. Their distinctive crest is the main reason why they are known as the Tsintaosaurus today.

Earlier they were just known as a synonym for a hadrosaur. The crest of these dinosaurs was earlier considered to be damaged and therefore it wasn't tested as real.

They lived during the late Cretaceous time and were uncovered by Young in 1958. It's very interesting how their unicorn-like crest is responsible for the entire identity and classification of this dinosaur.

Their name also tells a very different story; their name is a synonym for other crestless hadrosaurs such as the Tanius. The name Tanius is also given to some other specimens from the same family.

The credit for their reconstruction goes to Wagner. The correct identification of the dinosaur with a crest on its head became a prime element of the research only because of Wagner.

The Paleozoological Museum of China has this genus and the public can visit to experience the structure of this giant. It is also assumed that Hadrosauridae lived in herds.

From fossils to current-day animals, the effect of the Dinosauria period can be seen on animals of today's generation as well. To learn more about such creatures make sure to check out our articles on the ostrich and mockingbirds.

An American museum and the Royal Ontario Museum sing the glory of various dinosaurs who didn't live long enough to see the current world. The Barosaurus is one such dinosaur, which lived around 145 million years ago in North America and South Dakota.

Present day animals with long necks which we see are somewhat close in relation to these long-necked dinosaurs from the late Jurassic period. The Barosaurus is the Greek name for heavy lizard. This family of dinosaurs ate plants and were one of the most common sauropods.

They were found in the Carnegie quarry. Another dinosaur, the diplodocus, and the Barosaurus were very similar to each other, although there were slight differences in vertebrae of the specimens.

The skeleton of a mother Barosaurus can be seen in various museums in New York. Their hind legs were a sign of strength and were of good use when it came to protecting their young.

These specimens of plant-eating dinosaurs are so long that their skulls would be the height of around the fifth level of a building when their body skeleton is arranged correctly.

The family tree of this sauropod is very simple and starts from the early Diplodocidae, from there they come under Diplodocids.

As we have around nine specimens of this sauropod, it's relatively easy to get discrete information such as blood pressure and intricate details of the skull and forelimbs of this dino. To dive into the range of such interesting yet roar-ing animals, make sure to check out our other articles on howler monkeys and proboscis monkeys.

The Tenontosaurus lived during the early Cretaceous time. These dinosaurs are very close in relation to the Deinonychus, which is a carnivorous dinosaur.

This genus consists of two species: the Tenontosaurus tilletti and the Tenontosaurus dossi. The fossil and skeletons of this species were found in western North America and Montana.

Remains of the T. dossi are not known about much as only a handful of skeletons are present. The first skeleton now rests in the Museum of Natural History and that's of an adult Tenontosaurus.

They existed around 125 million years ago in the Cloverly formation during the lower Cretaceous time period. The meaning of their name is 'sinew lizard', which refers to a genus of medium to large dinosaurs.

The Tenontosaurus came from the early Cretaceous period and they are a genus of ornithopod dinosaurs. Both species under this genus have a lot of similarities with the Deinonychus, which is why it's difficult to differentiate between juveniles of this species and those of the Deinonychus.

1970 is the year when Ostrom assigned this group of herbivore dinosaurs a name. To learn more about other creatures from our natural history make sure to check out our articles on the duck-billed platypus and the crown of thrones starfish.

The seas and oceans during the Lower Cretaceous time were ruled by plenty of marine reptiles, which are not generally considered to be dinosaurs. This extinct genus is often considered to have been sea reptiles rather than dinosaurs.

One such marine reptile are the plesiosaurs from an extinct genus of sauropterygian sub-order. The exact temperature of water they lived in still needs to be researched.

When we jump further into the classification of this member from the polycotylid clade, there is a lot to learn from their fossil. There are plenty of sister species under the Plesiosauria clade, the Trinacromerum comes under the Sauropterygia family.

The basics of the Plesiosauria family are Leptocleidia, Polyctylidae, the Trinacromerum comes in the third subcategory. They are also closely related to Dolichorhynchops.

It has also been discovered that Trinacromerum euoplocephalus dinosaurs existed around 155 million years ago. Although a variety of specimens from Sauropterygia have contributed a lot towards the discovery of their behavioral traits, a lot about them can still be learnt by studying various replies around us today such as snakes and tortoises.

To learn more about such interesting creatures, make sure to check out our articles on Revueltosaurus and Ojoceratops.