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Newly named crustacean taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Notes	Images
Cycloprosopon		Lorenthey	Beurlen

Newly named insect taxa

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Permotipula	Valid	Tillyard	Late Permian	Newcastle Coal Measures, between Belmont Belmont, New South Wales Belmont is a suburb in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located 20 kilometres from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie and is part of the City of Lake Macquarie.... and Warners Bay Warners Bay, New South Wales Warners Bay is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, and is located from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It was named after Jonathan Warner, who settled the area.... , New South Wales	Australia	Possibly the oldest known dipteran

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	Notes
"Anodontosaurus"	Junior synonym	Charles M. Sternberg	Junior synonym of Dyoplosaurus Dyoplosaurus Dyoplosaurus is the name given to a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur. It lived during the Late Cretaceous near what is now the Red Deer River in Alberta, Canada and was named by William Parks in 1924, based on holotype ROM 784, a partial skeleton including parts of the skull and lower jaws.The type... .
Antarctosaurus Antarctosaurus Antarctosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. The type species, A. wichmannianus, was described by prolific German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene in 1929, who also described a second species in 1929. Three additional...	Valid taxon	Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene was a German paleontologist who named more dinosaurs in the early 20th century than anyone else in Europe.-Biography:...
Campylodon	Preoccupied.	Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene was a German paleontologist who named more dinosaurs in the early 20th century than anyone else in Europe.-Biography:...	Preoccupied by Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832. Renamed Campylodoniscus Campylodoniscus Campylodoniscus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Argentina.The type species was first named and described by Friedrich von Huene in 1929 as Campylodon ameghinoi, the genus name meaning 'bent tooth', from Greek καμπυλος, 'bent' or 'curved' and ὀδών... .
"Carnosaurus"	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene was a German paleontologist who named more dinosaurs in the early 20th century than anyone else in Europe.-Biography:...
"Coelurosaurus"	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene was a German paleontologist who named more dinosaurs in the early 20th century than anyone else in Europe.-Biography:...
"Helopus Helopus Helopus from the Ancient Greek meaning "marsh foot" can refer to three types of living organism:* A sauropod dinosaur, now known as Euhelopus* Helopus, a genus of bird* Helopus, a genus of grass... "	Preoccupied.	Wiman	Preoccupied by Wagler, renamed Euhelopus Euhelopus Euhelopus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous, between 130 and 112 million years ago . It lived in what is now Shandong Province in China. A large herbivore, it weighed approximately 15-20 tons and attained an adult length of 15m... .
Laplatasaurus Laplatasaurus Laplatasaurus is a genus of titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in South America....	Valid taxon	Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene was a German paleontologist who named more dinosaurs in the early 20th century than anyone else in Europe.-Biography:...
"Loricosaurus"	Valid taxon	Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene was a German paleontologist who named more dinosaurs in the early 20th century than anyone else in Europe.-Biography:...
Paranthodon Paranthodon Paranthodon was a dinosaur from the early Cretaceous. It lived in what is now South Africa. It is classified as a stegosaur. It has a long and confusing history. The type species, Paranthodon africanus, comes from a partial skull first described as Palaeoscincus africanus in 1912...	Valid taxon	Franz Nopcsa
"Rhodanosaurus"	Junior synonym	Nopcsa	Junior subjective synonym of Struthiosaurus Struthiosaurus Struthiosaurus is one of the smallest known and most basal genera of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period of Austria, Romania and France in Europe. It was protected by body armour... .
Tanius Tanius Tanius is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur. It lived in the Late Cretaceous of the People's Republic of China.The type species, named and described in 1929 by Carl Wiman, is Tanius sinensis. The generic name honours the Chinese paleontologist Tan Xichou...	Valid taxon	Wiman
Teinurosaurus Teinurosaurus Teinurosaurus is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur. Teinurosaurus lived during the Late Jurassic in what is now Portugal. Only a single caudal vertebra has ever been discovered, and the genus is usually considered a nomen dubium...	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... .	Nopcsa, 1928 vide Nopcsa
"Tyreophorus"	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene Friedrich von Huene was a German paleontologist who named more dinosaurs in the early 20th century than anyone else in Europe.-Biography:...

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Eoarctops Eoarctops Eoarctops is an extinct genus of Gorgonopsia. It was first named by Haughton in 1929, and contains one species, E. vanderbyli. The jaw of an Eoarctops shows four or five upper incisors, a canine, and three molars in the same margin.-Sources:**...	Valid
Hipposaurus Hipposaurus Hipposaurus is an extinct genus of therapsid.-References:*...	Valid
Lycaenodontoides Lycaenodontoides Lycaenodontoides is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid
Scullya Scullya Scullya is an extinct genus of a non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid
Styracocephalus Styracocephalus Styracocephalus is an extinct genus of Tapinocephalia.-References:* The Origin and Evolution of Mammals by T. S. Kemp*...	Valid

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