2012 in paleontology - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Newly named lissamphibians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bakonybatrachus Bakonybatrachus Bakonybatrachus is an extinct genus of discoglossine discoglossid frog known from northwestern Hungary.-Description:Bakonybatrachus is known from the holotype MTM V 2010.283.1, a well preserved right ilium and from some referred isolated bones, including MTM V 2009.34.1, right...	Gen. et sp.	In press	Szentesi Venczel	Santonian	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:...		A discoglossine discoglossid.

Newly named sauropterygians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Dolichorhynchops tropicensis	Species	In press	McKean	Early Turonian	Tropic Shale		Third species of Dolichorhynchops.

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Yueosaurus Yueosaurus Yueosaurus is an extinct genus of basal ornithopod dinosaur known from Zhejiang Province, China.-Description:Yueosaurus is known only from the holotype ZMNH M8620, an articulated, partial but well preserved postcranial skeleton which includes cervical, dorsal and caudal vertebra, scapular,...	Gen. et sp.	In press	Zheng Jin et al.	Aptian-Cenomanian	Liangtoutang Formation		A basal Basal (phylogenetics) In phylogenetics, a basal clade is the earliest clade to branch in a larger clade; it appears at the base of a cladogram.A basal group forms an outgroup to the rest of the clade, such as in the following example:... ornithopod Ornithopod Ornithopods or members of the clade Ornithopoda are a group of ornithischian dinosaurs that started out as small, bipedal running grazers, and grew in size and numbers until they became one of the most successful groups of herbivores in the Cretaceous world, and dominated the North American... .

Newly named pterosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Notes
Gladocephaloideus Gladocephaloideus Gladocephaloideus is a genus of gallodactylid ctenochasmatoid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Gladocephaloideus is known from a complete skull and partial postcranial skeleton. It was collected from the Jingangshan Bed of the Yixian Formation, dating to the Barremian...	Gen. et sp.	In press	Lü Ji et al.	Barremian	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...	A gallodactylid Gallodactylidae Gallodactylidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.... ctenochasmatoid Ctenochasmatoidea Ctenochasmatoidea is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.-Classification:Cladogram after Unwin .... .
Jianchangnathus Jianchangnathus Jianchangnathus is an extinct genus of basal pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of northeastern China.-Naming:Jianchangnathus was first described and named by Cheng Xin, Wang Xiaolin, Jiang Shunxing and Alexander W.A. Kellner in 2012 and the type species is Jianchangnathus...	Gen. et sp.	In press	Cheng Wang et al.	Middle Jurassic	Tiaojishan Formation Tiaojishan Formation The Tiaojishan Formation is a geological formation in Hebei and Liaoning, People's Republic of China, dating to the middle-late Jurassic period . It is known for its fossil plants, and is made up mainly of pyroclastic rock interspersed with basic volcanic and sedimentary rocks...	A scaphognathid.

Newly named non-mammalian synapsids

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Purbeckodon Purbeckodon Purbeckodon is an extinct genus of morganucodontan from Early Cretaceous deposits of southeastern Dorset, United Kingdom. It was collected in the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset. It was first named by P. M. Butler, D. Sigogneau-Russell and P. C. Ensom in 2011 and the type species is Purbeckodon...	Gen. et sp.	In press	Butler Sigogneau-Russell Ensom	Early Cretaceous	Purbeck Limestone Group Purbeck Marble Purbeck Marble is a fossiliferous limestone quarried in the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in south-east Dorset, England.It is one of many kinds of Purbeck Limestone, deposited in the late Jurassic or early Cretaceous periods....		A morganucodonta Morganucodonta The morganucodonts are an extinct group of important animals that seem to represent the earliest of mammals. These were shrew-sized, likely warm-blooded and possibly possessed mammary glands.... n.

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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