Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky

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
Agnosphitys Agnosphitys Agnosphitys is a disputed genus of dinosaur. It contains only one species, the type species A. cromhallensis. Its remains include an ilium, maxilla, astragalus and humerus, which date variously from the Norian and Rhaetian stages of the Late Triassic...	Valid taxon	Fraser Kevin Padian Kevin Padian Kevin Padian is a Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, Curator of Paleontology, University of California Museum of Paleontology and President of the National Center for Science Education. Padian's area of interest is in vertebrate evolution, especially the... Walkden Davis
Anabisetia Anabisetia Anabisetia is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of Patagonia, South America. It was a small bipedal herbivore, almost seven feet long....	Valid taxon	Rodolfo Coria Rodolfo Coria Dr. Rodolfo Coria is an Argentine paleontologist.He is best known for having directed the field study and co-naming of the Argentinosaurus in 1993, and the Giganotosaurus , in 1996 among other landmark South American dinosaurs... Calvo
"Archaeovolans"	Valid non-dinosaurian Bird Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...  taxon; possible junior synonym of Yanornis Yanornis Yanornis is an extinct genus of omnivorous Early Cretaceous birds, thought to be closely related to the common ancestor of all modern birds. One species, Yanornis martini,...	Stephen Czerkas Xu Xing
Aucasaurus Aucasaurus Aucasaurus was a genus of medium-sized theropod dinosaur from Argentina that lived during the Santonian stage . It was smaller than the related Carnotaurus, although more derived in some ways, such as its extremely reduced arms and almost total lack of fingers.The type skeleton is complete to the...	Valid taxon	Rodolfo Coria Rodolfo Coria Dr. Rodolfo Coria is an Argentine paleontologist.He is best known for having directed the field study and co-naming of the Argentinosaurus in 1993, and the Giganotosaurus , in 1996 among other landmark South American dinosaurs... Luis M. Chiappe Lowell Dingus
"Byranjaffia"	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; later named Byronosaurus Byronosaurus Byronosaurus is a genus of troodontid dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous Period. It was named for Byron Jaffe, "in recognition of his family's support for the Mongolian Academy of Sciences-American Museum of Natural History Paleontological Expeditions." The first example of...	Michael Novacek
Crichtonsaurus Crichtonsaurus Crichtonsaurus is a genus of ankylosaurid ankylosaur dinosaur named for Michael Crichton, the author of Jurassic Park. It was an ankylosaurine, and it lived during the late Cretaceous Period. Its fossils were discovered in China, and it was formally described by Dong Zhiming in 2002. The type...	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...
"Cryptovolans"	Possible Junior synonym of Microraptor Microraptor Microraptor is a genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. Numerous well-preserved fossil specimens have been recovered from Liaoning, China...	Stephen Czerkas Zhang D. Li J. Li Y. X.
Epidendrosaurus	Valid taxon	Zhang F. Zhou Z. Xu Xing Wang X.
Erliansaurus Erliansaurus Erliansaurus is a genus of therizinosauroid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China.A fossil of Erliansaurus was found near Sanhangobi in Inner-Mongolia. The type species, Erliansaurus bellamanus, was described by Xu Xing, Zhang Xiaohong, Paul Sereno, Zhao Xijin, Kuang Xuewen, Han Jun...	Valid taxon	Xu Xing Zhang X. H. Paul Sereno Paul Sereno Paul Callistus Sereno is an American paleontologist from the University of Chicago who discovered several new dinosaur species on several continents. He has conducted excavations at sites as varied as Inner Mongolia, Argentina, Morocco, and Niger... Zhao X. Kuang Han J. Tan L.
"Fusinasus"	Junior synonym of Eotyrannus Eotyrannus Eotyrannus was a genus of tyrannosauroid theropod dinosaur hailing from the Early Cretaceous Wessex Formation beds, included in Wealden Group, located in the southwest coast of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom...	Hutt
“Huaxiasaurus”	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; later named Huaxiagnathus Huaxiagnathus Huaxiagnathus is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China. It was a compsognathid, large for that group at about half a meter longer than Compsognathus and larger specimens of Sinosauropteryx, with the largest specimen about 1.8 meters in length.The name Huaxiagnathus is...	Rey
Incisivosaurus Incisivosaurus Incisivosaurus is a genus of small, probably herbivorous theropod dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period of what is now the People's Republic of China...	Valid Taxon	Xu Xing Cheng Zhengwu Y. Wang X. Chang C.
"Jeholornis"	Junior synonym of Shenzhouraptor Shenzhouraptor Jeholornis is a genus of Mesozoic birds that lived approximately 120 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous of China...	Zhou Z. Zhang F.
"Rutellum Rutellum Rutellum is the pre-Linnaean name given to a dinosaur specimen from the Middle Jurassic. It was a sauropod, possibly a cetiosaurid, which lived in what is now England. The specimen, called Rutellum implicatum, was described in 1699 by Edward Lhuyd, and is notable as the earliest named entity that... "	Nomen oblitum Nomen oblitum A nomen oblitum is a technical term, used in zoological nomenclature, for a particular kind of disused scientific name.... ; pre-Linnaean name.	cf. Delair and Sarjeant
"Jixiangornis Jixiangornis Jixiangornis is the name given to a genus of basal bird from the Early Cretaceous. Like later birds, it had developed a beak, but it had a long tail, unlike modern birds. Since teeth were still present in some more advanced short-tailed birds, Jixiangornis seems to have evolved its beak... "	Valid non-dinosaurian Bird Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...  taxon.	Ji Qiang Ji Shuan Zhang Hongbin You Zhang J. P. Wang L. Yuan Ji X.
Liaoceratops Liaoceratops Liaoceratops, meaning "Liao Horned Face", is a ceratopsian dinosaur believed to be an early relative of the horned ceratopsids. It lived in the early Cretaceous, some 130 million years ago. It was discovered in China by a team of American and Chinese scientists...	Valid taxon	Xu Xing Makovicky Wang X. Mark Norell You
"Omnivoropteryx Omnivoropteryx Omnivoropteryx is a genus of primitive flying bird from the early Cretaceous Upper Jiufotang Formation of China... "	Valid non-dinosaurian Bird Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...  taxon.	Stephen Czerkas Ji Qiang,
Pycnonemosaurus Pycnonemosaurus Pycnonemosaurus is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur that belonged to the family Abelisauridae. It was found in the Upper Cretaceous Bauru-type red conglomerate sandstone, in the Mato Grosso, in Brazil and lived about 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous .Thus far, fossil...	Valid taxon	Kellner Campos
Scansoriopteryx Scansoriopteryx Scansoriopteryx is a genus of avialan dinosaur. Described from only a single juvenile fossil specimen found in Liaoning, China, Scansoriopteryx is a sparrow-sized animal that shows adaptations in the foot indicating an arboreal lifestyle. It possessed an unusual, elongated third finger...	Possible junior synonym of Epidendrosaurus	Stephen Czerkas Yuan
"Shenzhouraptor Shenzhouraptor Jeholornis is a genus of Mesozoic birds that lived approximately 120 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous of China... "	Valid non-dinosaurian Bird Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...  taxon.	Ji Qiang Ji Shuan You Zhang J. P. Yuan, Ji X. Li J. Li Y. X.
Sinovenator Sinovenator Sinovenator is a genus of troodontid dinosaur from China. It is from the early Cretaceous Period. Two fossils were originally found in the Lujiatun Beds of the lower Yixian Formation in China, about 125 million years ago during the Aptian age.The type species, Sinovenator changii, was...	Valid taxon	Xu Xing Mark Norell Wang X. Makovicky Wu X.

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors	Notes
Edgarosaurus Edgarosaurus Edgarosaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur, containing one species, E. muddi. The type specimen was found in Early Cretaceous rocks in the state of Montana in the USA. At the time, this location was covered by part of the Western Interior Seaway.-References:Druckenmiller, PS, 2002...	Valid	Druckenmiller
Kaiwhekea Kaiwhekea Kaiwhekea is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of what is now New Zealand. The type species, Kaiwhekea katiki, was first described by Arthur Cruickshank and Ewan Fordyce in 2002. Kaiwhekea was approximately 7 meters long and lived around 69-70 million years ago...	Valid	Cruickshank Fordyce
Vinialesaurus Vinialesaurus Vinialesaurus is a genus of plesiosaur from the Late Jurassic Jagua Formation of Pinar del Río, Cuba. The type species is Vinialesaurus caroli, first described as Cryptocleidus caroli by De la Torre and Rojas in 1949, and redescribed by Gasparini, Bardet and Iturralde in 2002...	Valid	Gasparini Bardet Vinent Iturralde

Pterosaurs

In October, a partial Mesadacylus wing was discovered in the Kingsview Quarry of Colorado. This find marks the first time that a Morrison

Morrison Formation

The Morrison Formation is a distinctive sequence of Late Jurassic sedimentary rock that is found in the western United States, which has been the most fertile source of dinosaur fossils in North America. It is composed of mudstone, sandstone, siltstone and limestone and is light grey, greenish...

 pterosaur has been found at more than one site in the formation.

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors	Notes
Austriadactylus Austriadactylus Austriadactylus is a genus of "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur. The fossil remains were unearthed in Late Triassic rocks of Austria.The genus was named in 2002 by Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia e.a.. The type species is Austriadactylus cristatus. The genus name is derived from Latin Austria and Greek...	Valid	Dalla Vecchia Wild Reitner
Hatzegopteryx Hatzegopteryx Hatzegopteryx is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur, known from incomplete remains found in Transylvania. The skull fragments, left humerus, and other fossilized remains indicate it was among the largest pterosaurs. The skeleton of Hatzegopteryx has been considered identical to the known remains of...	Valid	Buffetaut Grigorescu, D. Csiki, Z.
Jeholopterus Jeholopterus Jeholopterus was a small anurognathid pterosaur from the Daohugou Beds of northeastern China , between 168 and 152 million years ago), preserved with hair and skin remains.-Naming:...	Valid	Wang, X., Zhou, Z.
Pterorhynchus Pterorhynchus Pterorhynchus was a genus of rhamphorhynchid "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur from the Late Jurassic-age Daohugou Formation of Inner Mongolia, China....	Valid	Czerkas Ji, Q.
Thalassodromeus Thalassodromeus Thalassodromeus was a large pterodactyloid pterosaur found in northeastern Brazil.The genus was named in 2002 by Alexander Kellner and Diogenes de Almeida Campos. The type species is Thalassodromeus sethi. The genus name is derived from Greek thalasse, "sea" and dromaios, "runner", in reference to...	Valid	Kellner Campos
Utahdactylus Utahdactylus Utahdactylus was a genus of extinct reptile from the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah, USA. Based on DM 002/CEUM 32588 , Czerkas and Mickelson identified it as a...	Valid	Czerkas Mickelson

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
"Lakumasaurus"	Jr synonym	Novas et al	Late Campanian Campanian The Campanian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch . The Campanian spans the time from 83.5 ± 0.7 Ma to 70.6 ± 0.6 Ma ...	Santa Marta Formation Santa Marta Formation The Santa Marta Formation is a geologic formation in Antarctica. It, along with the Mount Kirkpatrick Formation and the Snow Hill Island Formation, are the only formations yet known on the continent where dinosaur fossils have been found. The formation outcrops on James Ross Island off the coast of...	Antarctica	Synonymized in 2007 with Taniwhasaurus Taniwhasaurus Taniwhasaurus is an extinct genus of mosasaur, a carnivorous, marine reptile which inhabited New Zealand, Japan and Antarctica. The genus was a close relative of the genera Tylosaurus and Hainosaurus.-Species:-T...

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Criocephalosaurus Criocephalosaurus Criocephalosaurus is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in South Africa. It was originally named Criocephalus, but the name was preoccupied by a beetle genus....	Valid	Kammerer Sidor Christian Sidor Christian A. Sidor is an American biologist and paleontologist, Associate Professor of the Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, curator of vertebrate paleontology in the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, member of the editorial board of the Journal of Vertebrate...	Upper Permian		South Africa	A dinocephalian. Replacement name for Criocephalus Broom, 1928, preoccupied by the beetle genus Criocephalus Mulsant 1839.
Kitchinganomodon Kitchinganomodon Kitchinganomodon is a genus of dicynodont from Late Permian of South Africa....	Valid	Maisch	Upper Permian		South Africa	A dicynodont Dicynodont Dicynodontia is a taxon of anomodont therapsids or mammal-like reptiles. Dicynodonts were small to large herbivorous animals with two tusks, hence their name, which means 'two dog tooth'... . New genus for "Platycyclops" crassus Broom, 1948.
Kwazulusaurus Kwazulusaurus Kwazulusaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid	Maisch	Upper Permian	Beaufort Group	South Africa	A dicynodont. The type species Type species In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...  is Kwazulusaurus shakai.
Lanthanocephalus	Preoccupied	Modesto Rubidge Welman	Upper Permian	Koonap Formation	South Africa	A dicynodont. The type species is Lanthanocephalus mohoii. The genus is preoccupied by cnidarian Lanthanocephalus Lanthanocephalus Lanthanocephalus is a cnidarian genus of the subclassis Octocorallia. Lanthanocephalus clandestinus is the only species described, and is endemic do South Africa.... Williams & Starmer, 2000.
Neotrirachodon Neotrirachodon Neotrirachodon is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in Russia during the Middle Triassic period. It contains the species Neotrirachodon expectatus....	Valid	Tatarinov	Middle Triassic	Donguz Formation	Russia	A cynodont. The type species is Neotrirachodon expectatus.
Ruhuhucerberus Ruhuhucerberus Ruhuhucerberus is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in Tanzania during the upper Permian period. It contains the species Ruhuhucerberus terror....	Valid	Maisch	Upper Permian	Kawinga Formation	Tanzania	A gorgonopsian. The type species is Ruhuhucerberus terror.
Titanogorgon Titanogorgon Titanogorgon is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in Tanzania during the upper Permian period. It contains the species Titanogorgon maximus....	Valid	Maisch	Upper Permian	Kawinga Formation	Tanzania	A gorgonopsian. New genus for "Gorgonognathus" maximus von Huene, 1950.

Angiosperms

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Pinus matthewsii Pinus matthewsii Pinus matthewsii is an extinct species of conifer in the Pine family. The species is solely known from the Pliocene sediments exposed at Ch’ijee’s Bluff on the Porcupine River near Old Crow, Yukon, Canada.-Type locality:...	Valid	McKown Stockey Schweger	Pliocene Pliocene The Pliocene Epoch is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present. It is the second and youngest epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene follows the Miocene Epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene Epoch...	Ch'ijee's Bluff, Bluefish Basin	Canada