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Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George OlshevskyGeorge 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.
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| Coelurosauravus Coelurosauravus Coelurosauravus is a genus of basal diapsid reptile, with specialized wing-like structures allowing it to glide. These were rod like structures with skin stretched over them; this feature is unique to the genus.... |
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Was actually a gliding prolacertiform reptile. |
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| Proceratosaurus Proceratosaurus Proceratosaurus is a genus of small-sized carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England. It was originally thought to be an ancestor of Ceratosaurus, due to the similar small crest on its snout... |
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| "Rhoetosaurus Rhoetosaurus Rhoetosaurus , named after Rhoetus, a titan in Greek Mythology, is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic of what is now eastern Australia. Rhoetosaurus is estimated to have been about 12–15 metres long... |
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Non-mammalian
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Chiwetasaurus Chiwetasaurus Chiwetasaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*... |
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Dixeya Dixeya Dixeya is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*... |
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