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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
"Aristosaurus"	Junior synonym.	van Hoepen	Junior synonym of Massospondylus Massospondylus Massospondylus and ) is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the early Jurassic Period . It was described by Sir Richard Owen in 1854 from remains found in South Africa, and is thus one of the first dinosaurs to have been named... .
"Dromicosaurus"	Junior synonym.	van Hoepen	Junior synonym of Massospondylus Massospondylus Massospondylus and ) is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the early Jurassic Period . It was described by Sir Richard Owen in 1854 from remains found in South Africa, and is thus one of the first dinosaurs to have been named... .
Elaphrosaurus Elaphrosaurus Elaphrosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic of Tanzania. Elaphrosaurus was probably a ceratosaur about 6 meters long. Suggestions that it is a late surviving coelophysoid have been entertained but are generally dismissed. It was first...	Valid taxon	Werner Janensch Werner Janensch Werner Ernst Martin Janensch was a German paleontologist and geologist.Janensch's most famous contributions stemmed from the expedition he led with Edwin Hennig to the Tendaguru Beds in what is now Tanzania...
Eucnemesaurus Eucnemesaurus Eucnemesaurus is a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur genus usually considered to be a synonym of Euskelosaurus. Recent study by Yates , however, indicates that it is valid and the same animal as putative "giant herrerasaurid" Aliwalia....	Valid taxon	van Hoepen
"Procheneosaurus Procheneosaurus Procheneosaurus is a disused genus of hadrosaur dinosaur, based on small skulls with low domes in front of the eyes. It is now believed that the remains referred to its various species were from juvenile individuals of multiple genera of crested hadrosaurs... "	Junior synonym.	Matthew	Junior synonym of Lambeosaurus Lambeosaurus Lambeosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived about 76 to 75 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous Period of North America. This bipedal/quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaur is known for its distinctive hollow cranial crest, which in the best-known species resembled a hatchet... .

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Alopecopsis Alopecopsis Alopecopsis is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid
Broomisaurus Broomisaurus Broomisaurus is an extinct genus of Gorgonopsia. It was first named by Broom in 1913, and contains two species, B. planiceps and B. rubidgei.-Sources:...	Valid
Moschorhinus Moschorhinus Moschorhinus is an extinct genus of therocephalian. It was a carnivorous quadruped and lived in the Permian period. Described by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1920, its name is derived from the Ancient Greek words moschos "calf" and rhino- "nose".thumb\|left\|HeadIts short strong skull...	Valid
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