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Newly named dinosaurs
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Macroscelosaurus |
Misidentification. |
Muenster vide von Meyer |
An unpublished Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... name for a misidentified prolacertiform reptile that was probably the same as Tanystropheus Tanystropheus Tanystropheus , was a 6 metre long reptile that dated from the Middle Triassic period. It is recognisable by its extremely elongated neck, which measured 3 metres long - longer than its body and tail combined. Despite this length, it had only ten neck vertebrae, each quite long... . |
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Sphenosaurus Sphenosaurus Sphenosaurus is a poorly known genus of procolophonid, a type of prehistoric reptile from the Permian. Originally assigned the name Palaeosaurus sternbergii, by... |
Misidentification. |
von Meyer |
A misidentified procolophonid. |
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Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Dinosaurus |
Valid |
Fischer |
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