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Newly named dinosaurs

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Name Status Authors Notes

Macroscelosaurus

Misidentification.

Muenster vide von Meyer

An unpublished
Nomen nudum
The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...

 name for a misidentified prolacertiform reptile that was probably the same as Tanystropheus
Tanystropheus
Tanystropheus , was a 6 metre long reptile that dated from the Middle Triassic period. It is recognisable by its extremely elongated neck, which measured 3 metres long - longer than its body and tail combined. Despite this length, it had only ten neck vertebrae, each quite long...

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Sphenosaurus
Sphenosaurus
Sphenosaurus is a poorly known genus of procolophonid, a type of prehistoric reptile from the Permian. Originally assigned the name Palaeosaurus sternbergii, by...


Misidentification.

von Meyer

A misidentified procolophonid.
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Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes Images

Dinosaurus

Valid

Fischer
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