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Newly named dinosaurs
Data coutersy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.| Name | Status | Authors | Notes | Images | |
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| Omeisaurus Omeisaurus Omeisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period of what is now China. Its name comes from Mount Emei, where it was discovered in the lower Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province.Like other sauropods, Omeisaurus was herbivorous and large... |
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New taxa
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Belonochasma Belonochasma Belonochasma is a genus of gnathostome from the Mesozoic of Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It was once thought to be a pterosaur, but this was rejected by Oskar Kuhn in 1961, and upheld by Peter Wellnhofer in 1978.... |
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