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Newly named dinosaurs
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| "Caenagnathus Caenagnathus Caenagnathus is a genus of oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous . It is known from a single lower jaw, found in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada.-Taxonomic history:... " |
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Seeleyosaurus Seeleyosaurus Seeleyosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur. It is known from a large almost complete skeleton from the Upper Lias of Württemberg. There seems to be the impression of a rhomboidal flap of skin in a vertical plane; if so, many plesiosaurs may have been equipped in this way.... |
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Non-mammalian
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Aelurosauroides Aelurosauroides Aelurosauroides is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*... |
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Aelurosauropsis Aelurosauropsis Aelurosauropsis is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*... |
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Bienotherium Bienotherium Bienotherium was a therapsid from the Early Jurassic of China. Despite its size, it is closely related to Lufengia, and is the largest tritylodont from the Lufeng Formation in China.... |
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Dicynodontoides Dicynodontoides Dicynodontoides is a genus of dicynodont from Upper Permian of South Africa, Tanzania and India. Kingoria, a junior synonym, has been used more widely in the literature, especially recently, than the more obscure Dicynodontoides and is less likely to be confused with the similar sounding, but... |
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Leontocephalus Leontocephalus Leontocephalus is an extinct genus of Gorgonopsia. It was first named by Broom in 1940, and contains four species, L. cadlei, L. haughtoni, L. intactus, and L. rubidgi... |
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Prorubidgea Prorubidgea Prorubidgea is an extinct genus of Gorgonopsia. It was first named by Broom in 1940, and contains six species, P. alticeps, P. brinki, P. brodiei, P. maccabei, P. pugnax, and P. robusta. Its fossils have been found in South Africa. Prorubidgeas skull measured about 25.5 cm in length.-External... |
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