New taxa

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Trypanosoma antiquus Trypanosoma antiquus Trypanosoma antiquus is an extinct species of kinetoplastid , a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa....	Valid	Poinar	Burdigalian Burdigalian The Burdigalian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or stage in the early Miocene. It spans the time between 20.43 ± 0.05 Ma and 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma...	Dominican amber Dominican amber Dominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic. Resin from the extinct species Hymenaea protera is the source of Dominican amber and probably of most amber found in the tropics.... , Hispaniola	Dominican Republic	Oldest record of the vector association between Triatoma Triatoma Triatoma is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae The members of Triatoma are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease.... and Trypanosoma Trypanosoma Trypanosoma is a genus of kinetoplastids , a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa. The name is derived from the Greek trypano and soma because of their corkscrew-like motion. All trypanosomes are heteroxenous and are transmitted via a vector...

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Dinokanaga Dinokanaga Dinokanaga is a small genus of scorpionfly belonging to the extinct family Dinopanorpidae. The six species D. andersoni, D. dowsonae, D. hillsi, D. sternbergi, D. webbi, and D...	Valid	Archibald	Ypresian Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between and , is preceded by the Thanetian age and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian age....	"Tranquille Shale", British Columbia	Canada	Six species named D. andersoni, D. dowsonae, D. hillsi, D. sternbergi, D. webbi, D. wilsoni
Triatoma dominicana Triatoma dominicana Triatoma dominicana is an extinct species of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae, the kissing bugs known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.....	Valid	Poinar	Burdigalian Burdigalian The Burdigalian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or stage in the early Miocene. It spans the time between 20.43 ± 0.05 Ma and 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma...	Dominican amber Dominican amber Dominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic. Resin from the extinct species Hymenaea protera is the source of Dominican amber and probably of most amber found in the tropics.... , Hispaniola	Dominican Republic	Oldest record of the vector association between Triatoma Triatoma Triatoma is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae The members of Triatoma are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease.... and Trypanosoma Trypanosoma Trypanosoma is a genus of kinetoplastids , a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa. The name is derived from the Greek trypano and soma because of their corkscrew-like motion. All trypanosomes are heteroxenous and are transmitted via a vector...

Xiphosurans

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New taxa

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Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Eromangasaurus Eromangasaurus Eromangasaurus is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid known from northern Queensland of Australia.-Description:Eromangasaurus is known from the holotype QM F11050, a nearly complete but badly crushed skull and mandible...	Valid	Kear

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Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky

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	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Appalachiosaurus Appalachiosaurus Appalachiosaurus is a genus of tyrannosauroid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of eastern North America. Like almost all theropods, it was a bipedal predator. Only a juvenile skeleton has been found, representing an animal over 7 meters long and weighing over...	Valid taxon	Carr Williamson Schwimmer
Archaeodontosaurus Archaeodontosaurus Archaeodontosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. Its fossils were found in Madagascar. The type species, Archaeodontosaurus descouensi, was described in September 2005. The specific name honours the collector, Didier Descouens...	Valid taxon	Eric Buffetaut
Auroraceratops Auroraceratops Auroraceratops, meaning "dawn horned face", is a genus of basal neoceratopsian dinosaur, from the Early Cretaceous of north central China...	Valid taxon	You Li D. et al.
"Bakesaurus Bakesaurus "Bakesaurus" was an ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China. It is mentioned and pictured in the Chinese book The Dinosaur Egg Fossils in Nanyang, China by Zhou S. . There is still uncertainty in the scientific community as to whether or not "Bakesaurus" exists as a valid scientific... "	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...	Zhou S.
Baurutitan Baurutitan Baurutitan was a genus of sauropod dinosaur that appeared in the Late Cretaceous Period. This plant eater grew up to 79 feet long. It was a titanosaur which lived in what is now present-day Brazil....	Valid taxon	Kellner Campos Trotta
Brachytrachelopan Brachytrachelopan Brachytrachelopan is an unusual short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the latest Jurassic Period of Argentina. The holotype and only known specimen was collected from an erosional exposure of fluvial sandstone within the Cañadón Cálcero Formation on a hill approximately 25 km north-northeast...	Valid taxon	Rauhut Remes et al.
Buitreraptor Buitreraptor Buitreraptor is a predatory dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Argentina.Buitreraptor was described in 2005. The type species is Buitreraptor gonzalezorum...	Valid taxon	Makovicky Apesteguía Agnolín
Cathartesaura Cathartesaura Cathartesaura is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur hailing from the Late Cretaceous strata of the Huincul Formation located in the "La Buitrera" locality, Río Negro Province, Argentina. The fossil remains, described by Gallina and Apesteguía in 2005, consist of a partial skeleton...	Valid taxon	Gallina Apesteguía
Changchunsaurus Changchunsaurus Changchunsaurus is an extinct genus of small herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur from Early Cretaceous deposits of Gongzhuling, Jilin, China. It is the first named dinosaur genus from Jilin.-Description:...	Valid taxon	Zan Chen J. et al.
Chebsaurus Chebsaurus Chebsaurus is a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous, cetiosaurid sauropod dinosaur, specifically a eusauropod. It lived in present day Algeria, in the Middle Jurassic Period. The type species, C. algeriensis, was named in 2005 by Farida Mahammed and is the most complete Algerian sauropod known...	Valid taxon	Mahammed Läng et al.
Condorraptor Condorraptor Condorraptor is a genus of megalosauroid theropod dinosaur. It lived during the Middle Jurassic in what is now Argentina, Canadon Asfalto Formation. The type species, described in 2005, is Condorraptor currumili. It is based on a tibia, with an associated partial skeleton that may belong to the...	Valid taxon	Rauhut
Daanosaurus Daanosaurus Daanosaurus was a genus of dinosaur. It was a brachiosaurid sauropod which lived during the Late Jurassic. It lived in what is now China, and was similar to Bellusaurus.The type species, described in 2005, is Daanosaurus zhangi.-References:...	Valid taxon	Ye Gao Y. Jiang
Dalianraptor Dalianraptor Dalianraptor is a genus of prehistoric bird that lived in China about 120 million years ago, during the early Cretaceous Period. It is very similar to the contemporary avialian Jeholornis, though it has a longer digit I and shorter forelimbs, which suggests it may have been flightless...	Valid taxon	Gao C. Liu J.					Possibly a misidentified bird.
Dashanpusaurus Dashanpusaurus Dashanpusaurus is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the middle of the Jurassic period. The dinosaur was described in 2005 by a group of Chinese paleontologists. The dinosaur's binomial name, Dashanpusaurus dongi, was named after a prolific dinosaur expert of the Dashanpu...	Valid taxon	Peng G. Ye et al.
Dubreuillosaurus Dubreuillosaurus Dubreuillosaurus is a genus of carnivorous dinosaur from the middle Jurassic Period. It was a megalosaurid theropod. Its fossils were found in France....	Valid taxon	Allain
Falcarius Falcarius Falcarius is a genus of therizinosaurian dinosaur found in east-central Utah, United States. Its name is derived from the word sickle , which scientists have used to describe its unwieldy clawed hands...	Valid taxon	James Kirkland Zanno et al.
Ferganocephale Ferganocephale Ferganocephale was possibly an early pachycephalosaurian dinosaur. It was from the Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan.The type species, Ferganocephale adenticulatum, was first described by Averianov, Martin, and Bakirov in 2005, and is based solely on teeth from the Callovian. The holotype is ZIN PH...	Valid taxon	Averianov T. Martin Bakirov
Galveosaurus Galveosaurus Galveosaurus is an extinct genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous periods. Its fossils were found in Galve, Spain, hence its generic name, "Galve lizard". The specific name honours the discoverer, José María Herrero....	Valid taxon	Sánchez-Hernández
"Galvesaurus"	Junior synonym.	Barco Canudo et al.					Junior synonym of Galveosaurus Galveosaurus Galveosaurus is an extinct genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous periods. Its fossils were found in Galve, Spain, hence its generic name, "Galve lizard". The specific name honours the discoverer, José María Herrero.... .
Hagryphus Hagryphus Hagryphus is an oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period of what is now Utah. To date, only a single species is known, H. giganteus...	Valid taxon	Zanno Sampson
Hexinlusaurus Hexinlusaurus Hexinlusaurus is a genus of basal ornithischian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of China. The holotype , consists of an almost complete, articulated skull and some postcranial material, collected from a terrestrial sandstone within the Lower Shaximiao Formation at the famous dinosaur-bearing...	Valid taxon	Barrett Butler Knoll
Hungarosaurus Hungarosaurus Hungarosaurus tormai is a nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Csehbánya Formation of the Bakony Mountains of western Hungary. It is presently the most completely known ankylosaur from the Cretaceous of Europe...	Valid taxon	Ösi
Jinfengopteryx Jinfengopteryx Jinfengopteryx is a genus of maniraptoran dinosaur. It was found in the Qiaotou member of the Huajiying Formation of Hebei Province, China, and is therefore of uncertain age...	Valid taxon	Ji Q. Ji S. et al.
Karongasaurus Karongasaurus Karongasaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was a titanosaurid sauropod. Its fossils, consisting solely of part of a lower mandible and a few teeth, were found in Malawi...	Valid taxon	Gomani
Lanzhousaurus Lanzhousaurus Lanzhousaurus is a genus of dinosaur. Lanzhousaurus lived in the Gansu region of what is now China during the Early Cretaceous. A partial skeleton has been recovered...	Valid taxon	You Ji Q. Li D.
"Krzyzanowskisaurus Krzyzanowskisaurus Krzyzanowskisaurus is the name given to a genus of archosaur from the Late Triassic. The generic name honours Stan Krzyżanowski. It is a tooth taxon, based on fossils only of teeth. These teeth have been found in the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico... "	Misidentification.	Heckert					Valid non-dinosaurian taxon. Possibly a junior synonym of Revueltosaurus Revueltosaurus Revueltosaurus is a genus of prehistoric crurotarsan from Late Triassic New Mexico and Arizona.According to William Parker, who discovered the partial skeleton, "we have pretty much erased the record of Triassic ornithischian dinosaurs from North America, Europe and worldwide, except for South... .
Nemegtomaia Nemegtomaia Nemegtomaia is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia. The type species, Nemegtomaia barsboldi, was described by Lü, Tomida, Azuma, Dong, and Lee in 2004...	Valid taxon	Lü Tomida et al.
Neuquenraptor Neuquenraptor Neuquenraptor is a dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous of Argentina, one of the first dromaeosaurids found in the Southern Hemisphere....	Valid taxon	Novas Pol					May be a subjective junior synonym of Unenlagia Unenlagia Unenlagia is a genus of, possibly dromaeosaurid, theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.... .
Pedopenna Pedopenna Pedopenna is a genus of small, feathered, maniraptoran dinosaur from the Daohugou Beds in China. It is possibly older than Archaeopteryx, though the age of the Daohugou Beds where it was found is debated...	Valid taxon	Xu X. Zhang F.
Penelopognathus Penelopognathus Penelopognathus is a genus of dinosaur which lived during the Early Cretaceous. It was an iguanodont ancestral to hadrosaurids. Fossils have been found in the Bayin-Gobi Formation in what is now Mongolia...	Valid taxon	Godefroit Li H. Shang
Puertasaurus Puertasaurus Puertasaurus is a genus of titanosaurid sauropod that appeared during the Late Cretaceous. It lived in what is now Patagonia. The type species, Puertasaurus reuili, is named in honor of Pablo Puerta and Santiago Reuil, the co-discoverers in January 2001 of the specimen...	Valid taxon	Novas Salgado et al.
Shixinggia Shixinggia Shixinggia is a genus of oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of Shixing County, Guangdong, China. While no skull was recovered, the specimen is known from a fair amount of post-cranial material that shows it was a fairly derived oviraptorosaur , of superfamily Caenagnathoidea...	Valid taxon	Lü Zhang B.
Stormbergia Stormbergia Stormbergia is a genus of early ornithischian dinosaur known from the upper Elliot Formation of South Africa and Lesotho, named by Richard Butler in 2005...	Valid taxon	Butler
Tanycolagreus Tanycolagreus Tanycolagreus is a genus of coelurid theropod from the Late Jurassic of North America. The holotype is a partial skeleton recovered from the Bone Cabin Quarry West locality, Albany County, Wyoming, from the Morrison Formation...	Valid taxon	Carpenter Miles Cloward
Trigonosaurus Trigonosaurus Trigonosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Brazil. The type species, Trigonosaurus pricei, was first described by Campos, Kellner, Bertini, and Santucci in 2005. It is based on two specimens, both consisting mainly of vertebrae...	Valid taxon	Campos Kellner et al.
Tyrannotitan Tyrannotitan Tyrannotitan is a genus of huge bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the carcharodontosaurid family from the Aptian stage of the early Cretaceous period, discovered in Argentina. It is closely related to other giant predators like Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus...	Valid taxon	Novas de Valais et al.
Xinjiangovenator Xinjiangovenator Xinjiangovenator is a genus of coelurosaurian dinosaur of the Valanginian to Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous period. Its remains were found in the Lianmuqin Formation of Wuerho, Xinjiang, China, and were first described by Dong Zhiming...	Valid taxon	Rauhut Xu X.
"Yunxiansaurus Yunxiansaurus "Yunxiansaurus" is the informal name given to an as-yet undescribed genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a sauropod which lived in what is now China. The suggested "type species", "Yunxiansaurus hubei", was coined by Chinese paleontologist Zhou in 2005. The fossils of "Yunxiansaurus"... "	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...	Zhou S.

Newly named birds

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Dalianraptor Dalianraptor Dalianraptor is a genus of prehistoric bird that lived in China about 120 million years ago, during the early Cretaceous Period. It is very similar to the contemporary avialian Jeholornis, though it has a longer digit I and shorter forelimbs, which suggests it may have been flightless...	Valid	Gao Liu	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation Jiufotang Formation The Jiufotang Formation is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms. . It is a member of the Jehol group. The exact age of the Jiufotang has been debated for years, with...	Mainland China	The type species is Dalianraptor cuhe.
Hongshanornis Hongshanornis Hongshanornis is a genus of ornithurine bird known from the early Cretaceous lake deposits of the Yixian Formation, Inner Mongolia, China. The only known specimen was recovered in 2005. It was likely a strong flier and due to its long legs, Hongshanornis appears to have been a wader, feeding in...	Valid	Zhou Zhang	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans 11 million years during the early Cretaceous period...	Mainland China	The type species is Hongshanornis longicresta.
Vegavis Vegavis Vegavis is a genus of extinct bird that lived during the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica, some 65 mya. It belonged to the clade Anseriformes...	Valid	Clarke Tambussi Noriega Erickson Ketcham	Upper Cretaceous		Antarctica	The type species is Vegavis iaai.

Newly named pterosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bakonydraco Bakonydraco Bakonydraco is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur of the Santonian-age Upper Cretaceous Csehbánya Formation of the Bakony Mountains, Iharkút, Veszprém, western Hungary....	Valid	Weishampel Jianu	Upper Cretaceous	Csehbánya Formation Csehbánya Formation The Csehbánya Formation is a geological formation in Hungary whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.-Vertebrate paleofauna:...	Hungary	The type species is Bakonydraco galaczi.
Boreopterus Boreopterus Boreopterus is a genus of ornithocheirid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Dalian, Liaoning, China....	Valid	Lü Ji	Lower Cretaceous	Yixian Formation Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans 11 million years during the early Cretaceous period...	Mainland China	The type species is Boreopterus cuiae.
Caulkicephalus Caulkicephalus Caulkicephalus is a genus of pterosaur, belonging to the Pterodactyloidea, from the Isle of Wight off the coast of England.Between 1995 and 2003 bone fragments of an unknown pterosaur were found at the Yaverland locality near Sandown...	Valid	Steel Martill Unwin Winch	Early Cretaceous	Wessex Formation Wessex Formation The Wessex Formation is an English fossil site and geological formation that dates to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous. It is part of the Wealden Group and underlies the younger Vectis Formation.-Invertebrates:...	Kingdom of England	The type species is Caulkicephalus trimicrodon.
Eoazhdarcho Eoazhdarcho Eoazhdarcho is a genus of azhdarchoid pterodactyloid pterosaur named in 2005 by Chinese paleontologists Lü Junchang and Ji Qiang. The type species is Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis. The genus name combines a Greek eos, "dawn" with the name of the genus Azhdarcho, with the implication it was an early...	Valid	Lü Ji	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation Jiufotang Formation The Jiufotang Formation is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms. . It is a member of the Jehol group. The exact age of the Jiufotang has been debated for years, with...	Mainland China	The type species is Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis.
Eopteranodon Eopteranodon Eopteranodon is a genus of azhdarchoid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipaio City, Liaoning, China....	Valid	Lü Zhang	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans 11 million years during the early Cretaceous period...	Mainland China	The type species is Eopteranodon lii.
Feilongus Feilongus Feilongus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatoid or ornithocheiroid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao, Liaoning, China....	Valid	Wang Kellner Zhou Campos	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans 11 million years during the early Cretaceous period...	Mainland China	The type species is Feilongus youngi.
Huaxiapterus Huaxiapterus "Huaxiapterus" is a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. It is the second genus of tapejarid from this formation, after Sinopterus, and may be more derived. Two species are known.The type species of...	Synonym	Lü Yuan	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation Jiufotang Formation The Jiufotang Formation is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms. . It is a member of the Jehol group. The exact age of the Jiufotang has been debated for years, with...	Mainland China	The type species is Huaxiapterus jii. Huaxiapterus is a junior synonym of Sinopterus Sinopterus Sinopterus was a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. Three species have been classified in this genus, though only two are generally considered to be valid...
Liaoxipterus Liaoxipterus Liaoxipterus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China....	Valid	Dong Lü	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation Jiufotang Formation The Jiufotang Formation is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms. . It is a member of the Jehol group. The exact age of the Jiufotang has been debated for years, with...	Mainland China	The type species is Liaoxipterus brachyognathus.
Nurhachius Nurhachius Nurhachius was a genus of istiodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China....	Valid	Wang Kellner Zhou Campos	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation Jiufotang Formation The Jiufotang Formation is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms. . It is a member of the Jehol group. The exact age of the Jiufotang has been debated for years, with...	Mainland China	The type species is Nurhachius ignaciobritoi.
Paranurognathus	Synonym	Peters				The type species is Paranurognathus tischlingeri. Paranurognathus is a junior synonym of Anurognathus.

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Irajatherium Irajatherium Irajatherium is a genus known only by the species Irajatherium hernadezi. . It's named in honor of Irajá Damiani Pinto.-Specie:...	Valid	Martinelli Bonaparte Schultz Rubert	Upper Triassic	Caturrita Formation Caturrita Formation The Caturrita Formation is a rock formation found in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its sediments were deposited in the Paraná Basin. The formation has a late Carnian to early Norian age and forms part of the Santa Maria Supersequence in the upper section of the Rosário do Sul Group.-Etymology:The...	Brazil	The type species is Irajatherium hernadezi.
Madysaurus Madysaurus Madysaurus is an extinct genus of cynodont which existed in Kyrgyzstan. It was first named by Leonid Petrovich Tatarinov in 2005. Madysaurus is known from the Madygen Formation, a Triassic Lagerstätte that also includes well-preserved remains of insects and small reptiles like Sharovipteryx and...	Valid	Tatarinov	Triassic	Magygen Formation	Kyrgyzstan	The type species is Madysaurus sharovi.
Putillosaurus Putillosaurus Putillosaurus sennikovi was described as a genus and species of synapsid which existed in Russia during the Lower Triassic, but the description was based solely on a premaxilla, and is considered a nomen dubium....	Valid	Surkov	Lower Triassic		Russia	The type specie is Putillosaurus sennikovi.

Newly named plants

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Archaeamphora	Valid	Li H.	Early Cretaceous	Jianshangou Formation	Mainland China	The type species is Archaeamphora longicervia

Complete author list

As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors.

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