Molluscs

Bivalves

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Fordillidae[1]	fam nov	Valid	Pojeta	Lower Devonian	worldwide	New family for Fordilla and Pojetaia	Fordilla

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list^[2] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.^[3]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Abrictosaurus[4]	gen nov	Valid	Hopson	Early Jurassic	Upper Elliot Formation		Abrictosaurus
Bagaceratops[5]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Marya ska & Osm lska	Late Cretaceous		Bagaceratops
Barapasaurus[6]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Jain, Kutty, Roy-Chowdhury, & Chatterjee	Lower Jurassic	Kota Formation		Barapasaurus
Bradycneme[7]	Fam, gen, et sp nov	Nomen dubium	Harrison & C. A. Walker	Maastrichtian	S npetru Formation		Possibly synonymous with Elopteryx.
Heptasteornis[7]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Harrison & C. A. Walker	Maastrichtian	S npetru Formation		alvarezsaurid, originally described as an owl
Lanasaurus[8]	Gen nov	Valid	Gow	Hettangian to Sinemurian	Elliot Formation
"Yubasaurus"	Nomen nudum.	He	informal name for Yandusaurus.

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Incertae sedis

New taxa

References

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4. ↑ Hopson, J.A. 1975. On the generic separation of the ornithischian dinosaurs Lycorhinus and Heterodontosaurus from the Stormberg Group (Upper Triassic) of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 71: pp. 302 305.
5. ↑ Maryanska, T. and H. Osm lska, H. 1975. Protoceratopsidae (Dinosauria) of Asia. Palaeontol. Polonica 33: pp. 133-182.
6. ↑ Jain, S.L., T.S. Kutty, T. Roychowdhury, S. Chatterjee. 1975. The sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Proc. R. Soc. London 2 A 188: pp. 221-228.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Harrison, C.J.O., C.A. Walker. 1975. The Bradycnemidae, a new family of owls from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania. Palaeontology 18: pp. 563-570.
8. ↑ Gow, C.E. 1975. A new heterodontosaurid from the Red Beds of South Africa showing evidence of tooth replacement. Zool. Linnaean Soc. London 57: pp. 335-339.
9. ↑ Lawson, Douglas A. 1975. "Pterosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of West Texas: Discovery of the Largest Flying Creature." Science, 187: 947-948.
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