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Newly named dinosaurs

Data coutersy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.

Name	Status	Authors		Notes	Images
"Anatosaurus"	Junior synonym of Edmontosaurus Edmontosaurus Edmontosaurus is a genus of crestless hadrosaurid dinosaur. It contains two species: Edmontosaurus regalis and Edmontosaurus annectens. Fossils of E. regalis have been found in rocks of western North America that date from the late Campanian stage of the Cretaceous Period 73 million years ago,... .	Richard Swann Lull	Wright
"Chienkosaurus"	Junior synonym of Szechuanosaurus.	Yang Z. J. (as Young C. C.)
Sinocoelurus Sinocoelurus Sinocoelurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the ?Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Kyangyan Series of Sichuan, China. It is an obscure tooth taxon.-History:Famous Chinese paleontologist Yang Zhongjian Sinocoelurus (meaning "Chinese hollow tail", in reference to location and to relate the new...	Valid taxon	Yang Z. J. (as Young C. C.)
"Spondylosoma Spondylosoma Spondylosoma is a genus of archosaur of uncertain affinities from the late Ladinian-age Middle Triassic Lower Santa Maria Formation in Geopark of Paleorrota, Brazil. Recent studies have gone back and forth on its identity, suggesting rauisuchian or basal saurischian dinosaur... "	Non-dinosaurian archosaur Archosaur Archosaurs are a group of diapsid amniotes whose living representatives consist of modern birds and crocodilians. This group also includes all extinct non-avian dinosaurs, many extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs. Archosauria, the archosaur clade, is a crown group that includes the most... .	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:...
Szechuanosaurus Szechuanosaurus Szechuanosaurus is a dubious genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. This dinosaur lived in the Asia in the Oxfordian and early Kimmeridgian . It is based on four undiagnostic teeth from the Shangshaximiao Formation.-Discovery and species:Three species have been assigned to this genus...	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...	Yang Z. J. (as Young C. C.)
Yunnanosaurus Yunnanosaurus Yunnanosaurus is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the Early to Middle Jurassic Period, a position in time that makes it one of the last prosauropods. It is closely related to Lufengosaurus...	Valid taxon	Yang Z. J. (as Young C. C.)

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Broomosuchus Broomosuchus Broomosuchus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid
Rubidgina	Valid

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