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Arthropods

Insects

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Epiborkhausenites[1] Gen et sp. nov valid Bartonian Baltic amber monotypic; An Oecophoridae moth

Archosauromorphs

Newly named birds

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Wyleyia[2] gen et sp nov valid Harrison & Walker early Cretaceous Weald Clay known from a single hunerous.

Newly named crurotarsins

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Lisboasaurus[3] valid Seiffert Middle Jurassic Guimarota lignite Crocodylomorph

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[4] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[5]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Alocodon[6] Gen et sp nov Valid Thulborn Middle Jurassic Guimarota lignite Ornithischian of uncertain placement
Efraasia[7] gen nov Valid Galton Middle Norian L wenstein Formation basal sauropodomorph
Kelmayisaurus[8] gen et sp nov Valid Zhiming Early Cretaceous Lianmugin Formation carcharodontosaurid
Phaedrolosaurus[8] gen et sp nov nomen dubium Zhiming Early Cretaceous Lianmugin Formation described from a single tooth
Phyllodon[6] Gen et sp nov Valid Thulborn Middle Jurassic Guimarota lignite possible Hypsilophodontid
Shantungosaurus[9] gen et sp nov Valid Hu Late Cretaceous largest known ornithischian
Trimucrodon[6] Gen et sp nov nomen dubium Thulborn Middle Jurassic Guimarota lignite Ornithischian of uncertain placement
Tugulusaurus[8] gen et sp nov Valid Zhiming Early Cretaceous Tugulu Group coelurosaurian
Wuerhosaurus[8] gen et sp nov Valid Zhiming Early Cretaceous Tugulu Group one of the last stegosaurians

Newly named pterosaurs

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Eudimorphodon gen et sp nov Valid Zambelli Norian Eudimorphodon ranzii
Noripterus[10] gen et sp nov Valid Yang (aka C.-C. Young) early Cretaceous Lianmuqin Formation Noripterus complicidens

References

  1. Seiffert, J. 1973. Upper Jurassic Lizards from Central Portugal. Contibuicao para o conhecimento da Fauna do Kimeridgiano da Mina de Lignito Guimarota (Leiria, Portugal). Servicox Geologicos de Portugal, Memoria 22 (new series): pp. 7-88.
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  3. a b c d Dong, Z.M. 1973. Dinosaurs from Wuerho. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II), Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memories of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropolgy, Academy of Science 11: pp. 45-52.
  4. Hu, C. 1973. A new hadrosaur from the Cretaceous of Chucheng. Shantung. Acta Geol. Sinica 2: pp. 179-202.






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