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Newly named dinosaurs

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
Aegyptosaurus Aegyptosaurus Aegyptosaurus meaning 'Egypt’s lizard', for the country in which it was discovered is a genus of sauropod dinosaur believed to have lived in what is now Africa, around 95 million years ago, during the mid- and late-Cretaceous Period . Like most sauropods, it had a long neck and a small skull...	Valid taxon	Stromer
Avipes Avipes Avipes may have been a theropod dinosaur, which lived during the Middle Triassic. Its fossils were found in Bedheim, Südthüringen, Germany, in Lettenkohlensandstein deposits and it was named in 1932 by von Huene...	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... .	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:...
"Basutodon Basutodon Basutodon was a genus of rauisuchian archosaur from the late Carnian-early Norian-age Upper Triassic Lower Elliot Formation of Lesotho. It is based on teeth that were once confused with prosauropod remains, as with Teratosaurus. Because of this, it is sometimes listed in older dinosaur books as an... "	Misidentification.	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:...	Dubious misidentified archosaur.
Betasuchus Betasuchus Betasuchus was a theropod dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous Period.Its fossil, holotype BMNH 42997 , a part of a right femur, 312 mm long, was found in The Netherlands near Maastricht, and originally described as a new species of Megalosaurus in 1883 by Harry Seeley: M...	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... .	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:...
"Caudocoelus"		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:...	Junior objective synonym of Teinurosaurus.
Dolichosuchus Dolichosuchus Dolichosuchus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Triassic. It was originally classified in the disused family Hallopodidae, but has been reclassified as a coelophysoid. A single fossil was found in Germany. Since only one bone was discovered, the genus is 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... .	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:...
Fulgurotherium Fulgurotherium Fulgurotherium is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous . It lived in what is now Australia.The type species, Fulgurotherium australe, was named by Friedrich von Huene in 1932...	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:...
Iliosuchus Iliosuchus Iliosuchus is a genus of theropod dinosaur known from Bathonian–age rocks of England. It was perhaps long....	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:...
"Macrophalangia"		C. M. Sternberg	Junior subjective synonym of Chirostenotes.
Magnosaurus Magnosaurus Magnosaurus was a genus of basal tetanuran theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England. It is based on fragmentary remains and has often been confused with or included in Megalosaurus.-History and taxonomy:...	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:...
Magyarosaurus Magyarosaurus Magyarosaurus is a genus of dwarf sauropod dinosaur from late Cretaceous Period in what is now Romania. It is one of the smallest-known adult sauropods, measuring only six meters in length. The type species is Magyarosaurus dacus...	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:...
"Plateosauravus Plateosauravus Plateosauravus is a basal sauropodomorph of uncertain affinities from the late Triassic of South Africa.... "		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:...	Junior subjective synonym of Euskelosaurus.
"Polyodontosaurus"		Gilmore	Junior subjective synonym of Troodon.
Rapator Rapator Rapator is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period Griman Creek Formation of New South Wales, Australia....	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... .	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:...
"Spinosuchus Spinosuchus Spinosuchus is a genus of extinct reptile of uncertain affinities, from the late Triassic of Texas. It has been assigned to a variety of groups over its history, from coelophysid dinosaur to pseudosuchian to uncertain theropod dinosaur to proterosuchid to possible trilophosaur... "		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:...	Misidentified non-dinosaurian reptile.
"Stenonychosaurus"		C. M. Sternberg	Junior subjective synonym of Troodon.
Velocipes Velocipes Velocipes is a possible theropod dinosaur genus from the Late Triassic. Its fossils were found in Poland. It is not well known: in fact, the fossils are so poorly preserved that identification remains unclear. The type species, V. guerichi, was first described by von Huene in 1932...	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... .	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:...
Walgettosuchus Walgettosuchus Walgettosuchus is a dubious genus of theropod dinosaur.In 1905 an opalised vertebra of a theropod dinosaur was found near Wollaston, at Lightning Ridge in New South Wales...	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... .	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:...
"Yaleosaurus"		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:...	Junior subjective synonym of Anchisaurus.

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Delphaciognathus Delphaciognathus Delphaciognathus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid
Endogomphodon Endogomphodon Endogomphodon is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid
Pachytegos Pachytegos Pachytegos is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid
Platycyclops	Valid
Triachodontoides	Valid

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