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Newly named dinosaurs

George Olshevsky

George Olshevsky is a freelance editor, writer, publisher, amateur paleontologist, and mathematician living in San Diego, California.Olshevsky maintains the comprehensive online Dinosaur Genera List...

's dinosaur genera list and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.

Name	Status	Authors	Notes
Aetonyx	Junior synonym.	Broom	Junior synonym of Massospondylus Massospondylus Massospondylus and ) is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the early Jurassic Period . It was described by Sir Richard Owen in 1854 from remains found in South Africa, and is thus one of the first dinosaurs to have been named... .
Geranosaurus Geranosaurus Geranosaurus is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. It is known only from a jaw bone and limb elements discovered in South Africa. Because of the limited remains, it is considered a nomen dubium...	Valid taxon	Broom
Gryponyx Gryponyx Gryponyx is an extinct genus of massopod sauropodomorph known from southern Free State, central South Africa.-Description:...	Valid taxon	Broom
Gyposaurus Gyposaurus Gyposaurus is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the early Jurassic of South Africa and China...	Junior synonym.	Broom	Junior synonym of Massospondylus Massospondylus Massospondylus and ) is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the early Jurassic Period . It was described by Sir Richard Owen in 1854 from remains found in South Africa, and is thus one of the first dinosaurs to have been named... .
Podokesaurus Podokesaurus Podokesaurus was a small carnivorous dinosaur of the Early Jurassic Period , and as such is one of the earliest known dinosaurs to inhabit the eastern United States . The small, bipedal carnivore was about 90 cm long and 0.3 m tall...	Disputed.	Talbot	Possible Junior synonym of Coelophysis Coelophysis Coelophysis , meaning "hollow form" in reference to its hollow bones , is one of the earliest known genera of dinosaur... .
Tornieria Tornieria Tornieria is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur from Late Jurassic of Tanzania. It has a convoluted taxonomic history.-Discovery and naming:...	Valid taxon	Sternfeld

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors
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Microcleidus Microcleidus Microcleidus is an extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile belonging to the plesiosaur suborder. It was about the size of a whale.Species include: Microcleidus homalospondylus and Microcleidus macropterus . The species has 40 neck vertebrae and a short tail of 28 vertebrae.-External links:*...	Valid	Watson
Sthenarosaurus Sthenarosaurus Sthenarosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur....	Valid	Watson

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Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Arctognathus Arctognathus Arctognathus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsid that thrived during the Late Permian.A carnivore, like all gorgonopsid, Arctognathus was given its name in reference to its short and rounded snout. There are two recognized species: A. curvimola and A. breviceps; and two unrecognized species: A....	Valid
Arctosuchus Arctosuchus Arctosuchus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid
Diaelurodon Diaelurodon Diaelurodon is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid
Eriphostoma Eriphostoma Eriphostoma is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid
Ictidognathus Ictidognathus Ictidognathus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid
Moschops Moschops Moschops is an extinct genus of therapsid that lived in the Late Permian, around 255 million years ago. Therapsids were proto-mammals , which were the dominant land animals. Five metres long, Moschops was the largest land animal of its time, a herbivore preyed on by other therapsids...	Valid
Taognathus Taognathus Taognathus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid

Other vertebrates

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Limnoscelis Limnoscelis Limnoscelis is a genus of large, very reptile-like diadectomorph from the Early Permian of North America. Contrary to other diadectomorphans, Limnoscelis appear to have been a carnivore...	Valid	S.W. Williston	1911	Permian Permian The PermianThe term "Permian" was introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Sir R. I. Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London, who identified typical strata in extensive Russian explorations undertaken with Edouard de Verneuil; Murchison asserted in 1841 that he named his "Permian...		New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...	Nominal genus for the family Limnoscelidae Limnoscelidae Limnoscelidae is a family of carnivorous Diadectomorphans. They would have been the largest terrestrial carnivores of their day, the other large carnivores being aquatic or semi aquatic labyrinthodont amphibians...

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