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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
"Cylindricodon"	Same as Hylaeosaurus Hylaeosaurus Hylaeosaurus is the most obscure of the three animals used by Sir Richard Owen to first define the new group Dinosauria, in 1842. The original specimen, recovered by Gideon Mantell from the Tilgate Forest in the south of England in 1832, now resides in the Natural History Museum of London, where...	Sir Richard Owen vide: Ingles	Sawyer	Preoccupied by Jaeger 1828.
Dravidosaurus Dravidosaurus Dravidosaurus is a genus of prehistoric reptile which was once thought to be the last surviving stegosaur, the group of "plated" dinosaurs. With an estimated length of 3 metres , it would have also been the smallest member of the group...	Valid taxon	Yadagiri	Ayyasami
"Gadolosaurus Gadolosaurus "Gadolosaurus" is the informal name given to a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from late Cretaceous-age rocks in Mongolia. Though the name was made public in 1979, it has never been formally described, and the name is considered a nomen nudum. The name "Gadolosaurus" first appeared in a book by... "	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Saito
Gilmoreosaurus Gilmoreosaurus Gilmoreosaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Asia. The type species is Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis. It is believed to be a hadrosaur or iguanodont from the Iren Dabasu Formation of Mongolia, dating to 70 Ma ago. Additional specimens have been described as distinct...	Valid taxon	Michael K. Brett-Surman
Gravitholus Gravitholus Gravitholus was a genus of dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period . It was a pachycephalosaur, a type of dinosaur with a thick skull made of hardened bone. It lived in what is now Alberta, Canada, and was described in 1979 by W. P. Wall and Peter Galton.The type species is Gravitholus albertae...	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... . Possible junior synonym of Stegoceras Stegoceras Stegoceras is a genus of plant-eating pachycephalosaurid dinosaur that lived in what is now North America during the Late Cretaceous period.... .	Wall	Peter Galton Peter Galton Peter M. Galton is a British vertebrate paleontologist working in America, who has to date written or co-written about a hundred papers in scientific journals or chapters in paleontology textbooks, especially on ornithischian and prosauropod dinosaurs.With Robert Bakker in a joint article...
"Koreanosaurus"	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...	Kim H. M.
Maiasaura Maiasaura Maiasaura is a large duck-billed dinosaur genus that lived in the area currently covered by the state of Montana in the Upper Cretaceous Period , about 74 million years ago....	Valid taxon	Jack Horner Jack Horner (paleontologist) John "Jack" R. Horner is an American paleontologist who discovered and named Maiasaura, providing the first clear evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their young. He is one of the best-known paleontologists in the United States...	Makela	The announcement of Maiasaura attracted renewed scientific interest to the Two Medicine Formation Two Medicine Formation The Two Medicine Formation is a geologic formation, or rock body, that was deposited between 83.5 ± 0.7 Ma to 70.6 ± 0.6 Ma , during Campanian time, and is located in northwestern Montana... and many new kinds of dinosaurs have been discovered as a result of the increased research.
Majungatholus	Junior synonym of Majungasaurus Majungasaurus Majungasaurus is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in Madagascar from 70 to 65.5 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Only one species has been identified... .	Hans-Dieter Sues Hans-Dieter Sues Hans-Dieter Sues is a German-born paleontologist who is Senior Scientist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. He received his education at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz , University of Alberta, and...	Philippe Taquet Philippe Taquet Philippe Taquet is a French paleontologist who specializes in dinosaur systematics of finds primarily in northern Africa.He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences since November 30, 2004...
Microhadrosaurus Microhadrosaurus Microhadrosaurus is a genus of duckbill dinosaur from the Campanian or Maastrichtian-age Upper Cretaceous Yuanpu Formation of Guangdong, China...	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application... .	Dong Zhiming Dong Zhiming Dong Zhiming , from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, is one of China's leading paleontologists. He began working at the IVPP in 1962, learning from Yang Zhongjian who was director at the time...
Mussaurus Mussaurus Mussaurus was a genus of herbivorous prosauropod dinosaur that lived in southern Argentina during the Late Triassic Period, about 215 million years ago...	Valid taxon	Jose Bonaparte José Bonaparte José Fernando Bonaparte, Ph.D. , is an Argentine paleontologist who discovered a plethora of South American dinosaurs and mentored a new generation of Argentine paleontologists like Rodolfo Coria...	Vince
Nanshiungosaurus Nanshiungosaurus Nanshiungosaurus is a genus of therizinosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of China.Two species have been named in the genus: the type species Nanshiungosaurus brevispinus and Nanshiungosaurus bohlini.-Discovery and naming:...	Valid taxon	Dong Zhiming Dong Zhiming Dong Zhiming , from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, is one of China's leading paleontologists. He began working at the IVPP in 1962, learning from Yang Zhongjian who was director at the time...
Patagosaurus Patagosaurus Patagosaurus was a large herbivorous dinosaur from the long-necked group Sauropoda. It reached a length of 18 meters. Similar to other primitive eusauropods, it was rather heavily built and similar to Cetiosaurus in general appearance. It is known from a dozen individuals, though some referred...	Valid taxon	Jose Bonaparte José Bonaparte José Fernando Bonaparte, Ph.D. , is an Argentine paleontologist who discovered a plethora of South American dinosaurs and mentored a new generation of Argentine paleontologists like Rodolfo Coria...
Piatnitzkysaurus Piatnitzkysaurus Piatnitzkysaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur. It is known from the Canadon Asfalto Formation, Middle Jurassic of what is now Argentina. Once thought to be a basal carnosaur, it may instead be a megalosauroid...	Valid taxon	Jose Bonaparte José Bonaparte José Fernando Bonaparte, Ph.D. , is an Argentine paleontologist who discovered a plethora of South American dinosaurs and mentored a new generation of Argentine paleontologists like Rodolfo Coria...
Secernosaurus Secernosaurus Secernosaurus is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur. Secernosaurus was a hadrosaur, a "duck-billed" dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Argentina....	Valid taxon	Michael K. Brett-Surman
Segnosaurus Segnosaurus Segnosaurus is a genus of herbivorous theropod dinosaur belonging to the Therizinosauridae from the Cretaceous of Mongolia.-Discovery and naming:...	Valid taxon	Altangerel Perle Altangerel Perle Altangerel Perle is a Mongolian palaeontologist.He is employed at the National University of Mongolia. He has described species such as Goyocephale lattimorei, Achillobator giganticus and Erlikosaurus andrewsi. He has been honored by Polish palaeontologist Halszka Osmólska, who named the species...
Torvosaurus Torvosaurus Torvosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period...	Valid taxon	Peter Galton Peter Galton Peter M. Galton is a British vertebrate paleontologist working in America, who has to date written or co-written about a hundred papers in scientific journals or chapters in paleontology textbooks, especially on ornithischian and prosauropod dinosaurs.With Robert Bakker in a joint article...	Jim Jenson
Unquillosaurus Unquillosaurus Unquillosaurus is a genus of maniraptoran dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period, discovered in Argentina. Known only from a single fossilized pubis , its total body length may have reached 2-3 meters .The type species Unquillosaurus ceibalii was described by Jaime Eduardo Powell in 1979...	Valid taxon	Jaime Eduardo Powell
Volkheimeria Volkheimeria Volkheimeria was a brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur. It lived during the Middle Jurassic, approximately 160 million years ago. Fossils of Volkheimeria have been found in Argentina. The type species, V. chubutensis, was described by José Bonaparte in 1979.-References:* at Dino Russ's Lair....	Valid taxon	Jose Bonaparte José Bonaparte José Fernando Bonaparte, Ph.D. , is an Argentine paleontologist who discovered a plethora of South American dinosaurs and mentored a new generation of Argentine paleontologists like Rodolfo Coria...
Yandusaurus Yandusaurus Yandusaurus is a genus of herbivorous basal euornithopod dinosaur from the Bathonian age of China.-Discovery and naming:...	Valid taxon	He

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