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- The only known fossils of PoekilopleuronPoekilopleuronPoekilopleuron is an extinct genus of large basal tetanuran theropod dinosaur, perhaps belonging to the clade Allosauroidea. It measured 9 metres long and 1 ton in mass...
are destroyed during the Allied liberation of Normandy.
Newly named dinosaurs
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Sanpasaurus Sanpasaurus Sanpasaurus is the name given to the mixed-up fossils of sauropod and iguanodontian dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan, China. The type species, S. yaoi, was described by Chung Chien Young, in 1944, who recognized that the remains arrived to the lab in a jumbled state, so that their... |
Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... . |
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Sinopliosaurus Sinopliosaurus Sinopliosaurus is a genus of pliosauroid plesiosaur, a type of short-necked marine reptile, from the Early Cretaceous of People's Republic of China. One species, "S." fusuiensis, was later shown to be based on teeth from a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur.... |
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