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Newly named dinosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Notes
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Crataeomus	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...	Harry Govier Seeley	Possible subjective synonym of Struthiosaurus Struthiosaurus Struthiosaurus is one of the smallest known and most basal genera of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period of Austria, Romania and France in Europe. It was protected by body armour... .
Diracodon	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...	Othniel Charles Marsh Othniel Charles Marsh Othniel Charles Marsh was an American paleontologist. Marsh was one of the preeminent scientists in the field; the discovery or description of dozens of news species and theories on the origins of birds are among his legacies.Born into a modest family, Marsh was able to afford higher education...	Possible subjective synonym of Stegosaurus Stegosaurus Stegosaurus is a genus of armored stegosaurid dinosaur. They lived during the Late Jurassic period , some 155 to 150 million years ago in what is now western North America. In 2006, a specimen of Stegosaurus was announced from Portugal, showing that they were present in Europe as well... .
Doratodon Doratodon Doratodon is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph that was once believed to be a dinosaur.- Species :The type species is D. carcharidens from the Late Cretaceous of Austria, whilst the second known species is D. ibericus from the Late Cretaceous of Spain.-References:*Company, J., Suberbiola, X.P.,...	Misidentification	Harry Govier Seeley	Misidentified crocodilian.
Hallopus Hallopus Hallopus was a prehistoric reptile, classified by O. C. Marsh in 1881 as a dinosaur. In fact it was probably a crocodilian or possibly a more primitive crurotarsan, and may be closely related to Junggarsuchus ....	Misidentification.	Othniel Charles Marsh Othniel Charles Marsh Othniel Charles Marsh was an American paleontologist. Marsh was one of the preeminent scientists in the field; the discovery or description of dozens of news species and theories on the origins of birds are among his legacies.Born into a modest family, Marsh was able to afford higher education...	Misidentified crocodilian.
Hoplosaurus	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...	Harry Govier Seeley	Possible subjective synonym of Struthiosaurus Struthiosaurus Struthiosaurus is one of the smallest known and most basal genera of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period of Austria, Romania and France in Europe. It was protected by body armour... .
Mochlodon Mochlodon Mochlodon is a genus of iguanodont dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.In 1859 coal mine administrator Pawlowitsch notified the University of Vienna that some fossils had been found in the Gute Hoffnung mine at Muthmannsdorf in Austria...	Valid	Harry Govier Seeley
Oligosaurus	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...	Harry Govier Seeley	Possible subjective synonym of Rhabdodon Rhabdodon Rhabdodon is a genus of dinosaur that lived in Europe approximately 70 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous. It is unclear whether it was an iguanodont or a hypsilophodont, and may be a "missing link" between the two. Current evidence indicates it is an iguanodont similar to Tenontosaurus... .
Ornithomerus	Jr. synonym	Harry Govier Seeley	Junior subjective synonym of Rhabdodon Rhabdodon Rhabdodon is a genus of dinosaur that lived in Europe approximately 70 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous. It is unclear whether it was an iguanodont or a hypsilophodont, and may be a "missing link" between the two. Current evidence indicates it is an iguanodont similar to Tenontosaurus... .
Pleuropeltus	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...	Harry Govier Seeley	Possible subjective synonym of Struthiosaurus Struthiosaurus Struthiosaurus is one of the smallest known and most basal genera of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period of Austria, Romania and France in Europe. It was protected by body armour... .
Rhadinosaurus Rhadinosaurus Rhadinosaurus is a genus of prehistoric reptile described in 1881 by Harry Govier Seeley, from remains found in Austria. The name means "slender lizard". It lived about 80 million years ago . The type species is R. alcinus.The fossil finds have been fragmentary...	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...	Harry Govier Seeley

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New taxa

Name	Status	Authors	Notes
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Dermodactylus Dermodactylus Dermodactylus was a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA...	Valid	Marsh
Laopteryx Laopteryx Laopteryx is the name assigned to a pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA; it was originally thought to be a bird....	Valid	Marsh
Nyctodactylus	Jr. synonym.	Marsh	Jr. synonym of Nyctosaurus.

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Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aelurosaurus Aelurosaurus Aelurosaurus is an extinct genus of Gorgonopsia. It was first named by Owen in 1881, and contains four species, A. angusticeps, A. felinus, A. striatidens, and A. whaitsi.-Sources:*...	Valid	Owen

Paleontologists

Death of the Reverend William Fox
William Fox (palaeontologist)
William D. Fox was an English clergyman and palaeontologist who worked on the Isle of Wight and made some significant discoveries of dinosaur fossils....

a significant early collector of dinosaur fossils from the Isle of Wight.

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