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Newly named dinosaurs
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Claorhynchus Claorhynchus Claorhynchus is a dubious genus of ornithischian dinosaur with a confusing history behind it... |
Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... |
Edward Drinker Cope Edward Drinker Cope Edward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen... |
Possible subjective synonym of Triceratops Triceratops Triceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Paleogene... . |
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Manospondylus |
Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... |
Edward Drinker Cope Edward Drinker Cope Edward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen... |
Possible subjective synonym of Tyrannosaurus Tyrannosaurus Tyrannosaurus meaning "tyrant," and sauros meaning "lizard") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex , commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other... . |
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New taxa
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Cryptocleidus |
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Non-mammalian
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Delphinognathus Delphinognathus Delphinognathus is an extinct genus of Tapinocephalidae. Its fossils have been found in the Karoo Beds in Cape Colony, South Africa. It was first named by Professor Harry G. Seeley in 1892, and contains one species, D. conocephalus. Seeley described the animal on account of a skull specimen, which... |
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Diopaeus |
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Geikia Geikia Geikia is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*... |
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