Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Avitomyrmex Avitomyrmex Avitomyrmex is an extinct genus of bulldog ants which contains three described species. All three of the described species are from British Columbia, Canada.-History and classification:...	Gen et sp. nov	valid	Archibald, Cover, & Moreau	Ypresian Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between and , is preceded by the Thanetian age and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian age....	Unnamed Formation, Kamloops Group	Canada	New bulldog ant genus with three species
Emiliana	Trib, Gen, et sp. nov	valid	Shcherbakov	Lutetian Lutetian The Lutetian is, in the geologic timescale, a stage or age in the Eocene. It spans the time between and . The Lutetian is preceded by the Ypresian and is followed by the Bartonian. Together with the Bartonian it is sometimes referred to as the Middle Eocene subepoch...	Parachute Member, Green River Formation Green River Formation The Green River Formation is an Eocene geologic formation that records the sedimentation in a group of intermountain lakes. The sediments are deposited in very fine layers, a dark layer during the growing season and a light-hue inorganic layer in winter. Each pair of layers is called a varve and...	United States	oldest member of Tropiduchidae
Macabeemyrma	Gen et sp. nov	valid	Archibald, Cover, & Moreau	Ypresian Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between and , is preceded by the Thanetian age and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian age....	Unnamed Formation, Kamloops Group	Canada	New bulldog ant genus with a single species
Ypresiomyrma Ypresiomyrma Ypresiomyrma is an extinct genus of bulldog ants in the subfamily Myrmeciinae which contains three described species. One species is known from the Isle of Fur in Denmark and two are from British Columbia, Canada.-History and classification:...	Gen et sp. nov & sp nov comb	valid	Archibald, Cover, & Moreau	Ypresian Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between and , is preceded by the Thanetian age and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian age....	Fur, Unnamed, & Klondike Mountain Formations	Denmark  Canada  United States	New bulldog ant genus, Y. orbiculata, Y. bartletti, Y. rebekkae

Tetrapodomorphs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Tiktaalik Tiktaalik Tiktaalik is a genus of extinct sarcopterygian from the late Devonian period, with many features akin to those of tetrapods . It is an example from several lines of ancient sarcopterygian "fish" developing adaptations to the oxygen-poor shallow-water habitats of its time, which led to the...	Valid	Daeschler Shubin Jenkins	Late Devonian	Fram Formation Fram Formation The Fram Formation is a Late Devonian sequence of rock strata on Ellesmere Island that came into prominence in 2006 with the discovery in its rocks of examples of the transitional fossil, Tiktaalik, a sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish showing many tetrapod characteristics...	Canada	The type species is Tiktaalik roseae.

Newly named temnospondylians

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Iberospondylus Iberospondylus Iberospondylus is an extinct genus of basal temnospondyl amphibian which lived in a marine environment. The type material was found in the Puertollano basin, Ciudad Real province, southern Spain and extended the record for temnospondyls on the peninsula by 45 million years...	Valid	Laurin Soler-Gijon	Late Carboniferous		Spain	The type species is Iberospondylus schultzei.
Tirraturhinus Tirraturhinus Tirraturhinus is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trematosauridae.-See also:* Prehistoric amphibian* List of prehistoric amphibians...	Valid	Nield Damiani Warren	Early Triassic	Arcadia Formation Arcadia Formation The Arcadia Formation and its sub-unit, the Tampa Member, are Late Oligocene geologic formations in North Florida, United States. It is part of the Hawthorn Group.-Age:Period: Paleogene to Neogene...	Australia	The type species is Tirraturhinus smisseni.
Trematolestes Trematolestes Trematolestes is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Lower Keuper of southern Germany. It was first named by Rainer R. Schoch in 2006 and the type species is Trematolestes hagdorni...	Valid	Schoch	Middle Triassic	Erfurt Formation	Germany	The type species is Trematolestes hagdorni.

Newly named amphibians

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Pangerpeton Pangerpeton Pangerpeton is an extinct genus of amphibian. Its monotypic species is Pangerpeton sinensis.Pangerpeton is a metamorphosed, primitive salamander from the ?Late Jurassic Daohugou fossil bed near Wubaiding Village of Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province, China.Yuan Wang and Susan E...	Valid	Wang Evans	Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous	Daohugou Beds Daohugou Beds The Daohugou Beds are a series of fossil-bearing rock deposits located in northeastern China, with the type locality around Daohugou village of Ningcheng County south of Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, but extending into southwest Liaoning. The rocks are grey, finely bedded, lacustrine, sandy mudstones...	Mainland China	The type species is Pangerpeton sinensis.

Ichthyosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Maiaspondylus Maiaspondylus Maiaspondylus is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur known from Northwest Territories of Canada.-Description:Maiaspondylus is known from the holotype UALVP 45635, a disarticulated but nearly complete skeleton preserved in three dimensions and from the referred materials...	Valid	Maxwell Caldwell	Early Cretaceous	Loon River Formation	Canada	The type species is Maiaspondylus lindoei.

Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Rautiania Rautiania Rautiania is an extinct genus of avicephalan, a gliding reptile from the Late Permian of Russia.- Sources :* http://www.springerlink.com/index/8674U17P48P03895.pdf* http://www.dinohunter.info/html/articles2006.htm...	Valid	Bulanov Sennikov	Late Permian	Vyasovka Formation	Russia	Two species was decript: Rautiania alexandri (type) and R. minchi.

Newly named plesiosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bobosaurus Bobosaurus Bobosaurus is an extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile related to plesiosaurs. It is based on the holotype MFSN 27285, a partial skeleton found in Early Carnian-age rocks of the Rio del Lago Formation, northeastern Italy. Bobosaurus was named in 2006 by Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia and the type...	Valid	Dalla Vecchia	Late Triassic	Rio del Lago Formation	Italy	The type species is Bobosaurus forojuliensis.
Futabasaurus Futabasaurus Futabasaurus is a genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan. Described and named in 2006, it was assigned to the family Elasmosauridae. The length was about 7 m, and the weight was about 3~4 tons. Futabasaurus is the first elasmosaurid found in Japan. The type...	Valid	Sato Hasegawa Manabe	Late Cretaceous	Tamayama Formation Tamayama Formation The Tamayama Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.-See also:* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations...	Japan	The type species is Futabasaurus suzukii.
Opallionectes Opallionectes Opallionectes andamookaensis is the name given to a 5 m long plesiosaur, which is thought to have lived during the early Cretaceous period , 115 million years ago, in shallow seas covering what is now Australia.An opalized partial skeleton Opallionectes andamookaensis (meaning "the opal...	Valid	Kear	Early Cretaceous		Australia	The type species is Opallionectes andamookaensis.
Umoonasaurus Umoonasaurus Umoonasaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur belonging to the family Leptocleididae. This genus lived approximately 115 million years ago in shallow seas covering parts of what is now Australia. It was a relatively small animal around 2.5 m long...	Valid	Kear Schroeder Lee	Early Cretaceous	Bulldog Shale	Australia	The type species is Umoonasaurus demoscyllus.

Newly named squamates

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Najash	Valid	Apesteguia Zaher	Late Cretaceous	Candeleros Formation Candeleros Formation The Candeleros Formation is a geologic formation that outcrops in Río Negro, Neuquén, and Mendoza provinces of Argentina. It is the oldest formation in the Neuquén Group and belongs to the Rio Limay Subgroup...	Argentina	The type species is Najash rionegrina.

Newly named crurotarsans

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Adamantinasuchus Adamantinasuchus Adamantinasuchus is an extinct genus of notosuchian crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil.-Phylogeny:Below is a cladogram modified from O’Connor et al., 2010:...	Valid	Nobre Carvalho	Late Cretaceous	Adamantina Formation Adamantina Formation The Adamantina Formation is a geological formation in Brazil whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation...	Brazil	A notosuchian. The type species is Adamantinasuchus navae.
Aldabrachampsus Aldabrachampsus Aldabrachampsus is an extinct genus of crocodylian. A horned crocodile, its incomplete remains were found on Aldabra Atoll in the western Indian Ocean. It was small and lived during the Pleistocene....	Valid	Brochu	Pleistocene		Seychelles	A crocodylid. The type species is Aldabrachampsus dilophus.
Effigia	Valid	Nesbitt Norell	Late Triassic	Chinle Formation Chinle Formation The Chinle is a geologic formation that is spread across the U.S. states of northern Arizona, Nevada, Utah, western New Mexico, and western Colorado. The Chinle is controversially considered to be synonymous to the Dockum Group in eastern Colorado, eastern New Mexico, southwestern Kansas, the...	United States	A rauisuchian. The type species is Effigia okeeffeae.
Isisfordia Isisfordia Isisfordia is an extinct genus of crocodyliform closely related to crocodilians that lived during the Middle Cretaceous . Its fossils were discovered in the Winton Formation in Isisford, Queensland, Australia in the mid 1990s...	Valid	Salisbury Molnar Frey Willis	Early-Late Cretaceous	Winton Formation Winton Formation The Winton Formation is a Cretaceous formation in central-western Queensland, Australia. The sauropod dinosaur Austrosaurus is found in the early Cretaceous Winton formation....	Australia	A eusuchian. The type species is Isisfordia duncani.

Newly named dinosaurs

• Vickaryous, M K., 2006, New information on the cranial anatomy of Edmontonia rugosidens Gilmore, a Late Cretaceous nodosaurid dinosaur from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta: JVP, v. 26, n. 4: 1011-1013.

Name	Status	Authors		Notes	Images
Adamantisaurus Adamantisaurus Adamantisaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It is only known from six tail vertebrae but, as a sauropod, it can be assumed that this dinosaur was a very large animal with a long neck and tail...	Valid taxon	Rodrigo Santucci	Reinaldo Jose Bertini
Agujaceratops Agujaceratops Agujaceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur. It is a chasmosaurine ceratopsian which lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Texas. Originally known as Chasmosaurus mariscalensis and described by Lehman in 1989, it was moved to a new genus by Lucas, Sullivan and...	Valid taxon	Spencer G. Lucas Spencer G. Lucas Spencer George Lucas is an American paleontologist and stratigrapher, and curator of paleontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. His main areas of study are late Paleozoic, Mesozoic and early Cenozoic vertebrate fossils, stratigraphy, and continental deposits,... Sullivan	Hunt
Alaskacephale Alaskacephale Alaskacephale was a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur that lived in the late Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous ....	Valid taxon	Sullivan
Aniksosaurus Aniksosaurus Aniksosaurus was a genus of dinosaur from what is now present-day Chubut Province, Argentina. It was a theropod, specifically a coelurosaur, which lived in the middle Cretaceous period...	Valid taxon	Martínez	Novas
Antarctopelta Antarctopelta Antarctopelta was a genus of ankylosaurian dinosaur with one known species, A. oliveroi, which lived in Antarctica during the Late Cretaceous Period. It was a medium-sized ankylosaur, reaching no more than 4 meters in length, and showed characteristics of two different families, making more... .	Valid taxon	Salgado	Gasparini
Balochisaurus Balochisaurus Balochisaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Pakistan. The type species is B. malkani. The discovery was made near Vitariki by a team of paleontologists from the Geological Survey of Pakistan. Formally described in 2006 by M.S...	Valid taxon	Malkani
"Bayosaurus Bayosaurus "Bayosaurus" is the informal name given to an as yet undescribed genus of dinosaur. The name was coined by paleontologists Rodolfo Coria, Philip J. Currie, and Paulina Carabajal in 2006. "Bayosaurus" appears on several on-line lists of dinosaurs... "	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...	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... Phillip J. Currie	Paulina Carabajal
Cedrorestes Cedrorestes Cedrorestes is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah...	Valid taxon	David Gilpin Tony DiCroce	Kenneth Carpenter Kenneth Carpenter Kenneth Carpenter is a paleontologist. He is the museum director of the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum and author or co-author of a number of books on dinosaurs and Mesozoic life...
Dracorex Dracorex Dracorex is a dinosaur genus of the family Pachycephalosauridae, from the Late Cretaceous of North America.The type species is Dracorex hogwartsia, meaning "dragon king of Hogwarts". It is known from one nearly complete skull , as well as four cervical vertebrae including the atlas, third, ninth...	Valid taxon	Robert Bakker Sullivan Porter	Larson Saulsbury
Dracovenator Dracovenator Dracovenator is the name of a genus of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. It was a theropod which lived in what is now South Africa.The type species, Dracovenator regenti, was formally described by A.M. Yates in 2006. The genus name is a contraction of the Latin draco, "dragon", and venator, "hunter"...	Valid taxon	Yates
Erketu Erketu Erketu is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was a sauropod with an "extremely long neck". Its fossils were found in Mongolia....	Valid taxon	Ksepka	Mark Norell
Europasaurus Europasaurus Europasaurus is a basal macronarian sauropod, a form of quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur. It lived during the Late Jurassic of northern Germany, and has been identified as an example of insular dwarfism resulting from the isolation of a sauropod population on an island within the Lower Saxony...	Valid taxon	Mateus Laven Knötschke vide: Sander Mateus	Laven Knötschke
Fusuisaurus Fusuisaurus Fusuisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China....	Valid taxon	Mo Wang W. Huang Z.	Huang X. Xu X.
Guanlong Guanlong Guanlong was a genus of proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid dinosaur, one of the earliest known examples of the lineage.-Description and discovery:...	Valid taxon	Xu Xing Clark Forster Mark Norell	Erickson Eberth Jia C. Zhao Q.
Huanghetitan Huanghetitan Huanghetitan , is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period. It was a basal titanosauriform which lived in what is now Gansu, China.... .	Valid taxon	You Li D.	Zhou L. Ji Q.
Jiutaisaurus Jiutaisaurus Jiutaisaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Quantou Formation of China. Jiutaisaurus was a sauropod which lived during the Cretaceous. The type species, Jiutaisaurus xidiensis, was described by Wu et al. in 2006, and is based on eighteen vertebrae.-References:* Wu, W.-H., Dong, Z.-M., Sun, Y.-W.,...	Valid taxon	Wu W. H. 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... Sun	Li C. Li T.
Juravenator Juravenator Juravenator is a genus of small coelurosaurian dinosaur, which lived in the area which would someday become the Jura mountains of Germany, about 151 or 152 million years ago. It is known from a single, juvenile specimen...	Valid taxon	Göhlich	Luis M. Chiappe
Khetranisaurus Khetranisaurus Khetranisaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Balochistan, western Pakistan . The type species is K. barkhani, described by M...	Valid taxon	Malkani
Koutalisaurus Koutalisaurus Koutalisaurus was a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur. It is based on a mostly complete dentary from the Maastrichtian-age Upper Cretaceous Tremp Formation near the town of Abella de la Conca, Lleida, Spain...	Valid taxon	Prieto-Marquez Gaete Rivas	Galobart Boada
Ligabuesaurus Ligabuesaurus Ligabuesaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous . It was a basal titanosaurid sauropod which lived in what is now Argentina. The type species, Ligabuesaurus leanzai, was described by Jose Bonaparte, Gonzalez Riga, and Sebastián Apesteguía in 2006, based on a partial skeleton...	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... González-Riga (as González Riga)	Apesteguía
Mantellisaurus Mantellisaurus Mantellisaurus is a genus of dinosaur formerly known as Iguanodon atherfieldensis. The new genus was erected by Gregory Paul in 2007. According to Paul, it is more lightly built than Iguanodon and more closely related to Ouranosaurus, making Iguanodon in its traditional sense paraphyletic. It is...	Valid taxon	Paul
Mapusaurus Mapusaurus Mapusaurus was a giant carnosaurian dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of what is now Argentina. It was similar in size to its close relative Giganotosaurus, with the largest known individuals estimated as over in length and weighing approximately...	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...	Phillip J. Currie
Marisaurus Marisaurus Marisaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Balochistan, western Pakistan. The type species is M. jeffi, described by M. Sadiq Malkani in 2006, and it is based on tail vertebrae, found in the Maastrichtian-age Vitakri Member of the Pab Formation...	Valid taxon	Malkani
Maxakalisaurus Maxakalisaurus Maxakalisaurus is a genus of aeolosaurid dinosaur, found in Brazil, 45 kilometers from the city of Prata, in the state of Minas Gerais in 1998...	Valid taxon	Kellner Campos Azevedo Trotta	Henriques Craik Silva
"Moabosaurus Moabosaurus "Moabosaurus" is the informal name given to an as yet undescribed genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was possibly a camarasaurid sauropod, and was discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation near Moab, Utah. The full binomial name, "Moabosaurus utahensis", first appeared in print in... "	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...	Britt vide: Anonymous Anonymity Anonymity is derived from the Greek word ἀνωνυμία, anonymia, meaning "without a name" or "namelessness". In colloquial use, anonymity typically refers to the state of an individual's personal identity, or personally identifiable information, being publicly unknown.There are many reasons why a...		The name was published in The Gigantic Dinosaur Expo 2006 Official Guidebook.
Othnielosaurus Othnielosaurus Othnielosaurus is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur that lived about 155 to 148 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic-age Morrison Formation of the western United States. It is named in honor of famed paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh, and was formerly assigned to the genus...	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...
Pakisaurus Pakisaurus Pakisaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Balochistan, western Pakistan. The type species is P. balochistani, described by M. Sadiq Malkani in 2006, and it is based on four tail vertebrae, found in the Maastrichtian-age Vitakri Member of the Pab Formation. Three...	Valid taxon	Malkani
Razanandrongobe Razanandrongobe Razanandrongobe is a genus of carnivorous archosaurian reptile of uncertain affinities from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar. It is based on MSNM V5770, a fragment of maxilla, the main tooth-bearing bone of the upper jaw, and several isolated teeth have also been assigned to it...	Valid taxon	Maganuco Dal Sasso	Pasini	Described by the authors as a possible crocodylomorph or theropod.
Sacisaurus Sacisaurus Sacisaurus is a dinosauriform from the Late Triassic Caturrita Formation of southern Brazil...	Valid taxon	Ferigolo	Langer
Sonidosaurus Sonidosaurus Sonidosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a titanosaur which lived in what is now China. The type species, Sonidosaurus saihangaobiensis, was described by Xu, Zhang, Tan, Zhao, and Tan in 2006. It was a small titanosaur, about 9 meters long...	Valid taxon	Xu X. Zhang X. H. Tan Q.	Zhao X. Tan L.
Sulaimanisaurus Sulaimanisaurus Sulaimanisaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Balochistan, western Pakistan . The type species is S. gingerichi, described by M...	Valid taxon	Malkani
Theiophytalia Theiophytalia Theiophytalia is a genus of herbivorous iguanodontian dinosaur from the lower Cretaceous period of Colorado.-Etymology:...	Valid taxon	Brill	Carpenter
Tsaagan Tsaagan Tsaagan is a genus of carnivorous dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Djadokhta Formation of the late Cretaceous of Mongolia....	Valid taxon	Mark Norell Clark Turner	Makovicky Rinchen Barsbold Rowe
Turiasaurus Turiasaurus Turiasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary...	Valid taxon	Royo-Torres Cobos	Alcalá
Vitakridrinda Vitakridrinda Vitakridrinda is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Balochistan, western Pakistan. The type species is V. sulaimani. The discovery was made near Vitariki by a team of palaeontologists from the Geological Survey of Pakistan,in rocks from the Maastrichtian-age... .	Valid taxon	Malkani
Xuanhuaceratops	Valid taxon	Zhao X. Cheng Z.	Xu X. Makovicky
Yamaceratops Yamaceratops Yamaceratops is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a primitive ceratopsian which lived in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. Initially, the rocks it was found in were thought to be from the Early Cretaceous, but the age was reevaluted in 2009.The type species, Yamaceratops...	Valid taxon	Makovicky	Mark Norell
Yinlong Yinlong Yinlong is a genus of basal ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period of central Asia. It was a small, primarily bipedal herbivore, approximately 1.2 meters long...	Valid taxon	Xu X. Forster	Clark Mo
Yuanmousaurus Yuanmousaurus Yuanmousaurus was a sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic period of China. It is known from incomplete remains, but probably reached about 17 meters in length...	Valid taxon	Lü Li S. Ji Q.	Wang G. F. Zhang J. H. 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...
Zapalasaurus Zapalasaurus Zapalasaurus is a genus of dinosaur described by Leonardo Salgado, Ismar de Souza Carvalho and Alberto C. Garrido, in 2006. The type species, Zapalasaurus bonapartei, was found in Neuquén Province, Argentina. It was a diplodocoid, a long-necked herbivore, and it lived during the Early Cretaceous...	Valid taxon	Salgado Carvalho	Garrido

Newly named birds

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Archaeorhynchus Archaeorhynchus Archaeorhynchus is a prehistoric bird genus from the Early Cretaceous. The single known species, Archaeorhynchus spathula lived about 122 million years ago, in the Aptian...	Valid	Zhou Zhang	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans 11 million years during the early Cretaceous period...	Mainland China	An ornithurine. The type species is Archaeorhynchus spathula.
Dalingheornis Dalingheornis Dalingheornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird. It lived during the Early Cretaceous about 122Ma ago and is known from a single juvenile fossil found in the upper part of the Yixian Formation in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China...	Valid	Zhang Hou Hasegawa O'Connor Martin Chiappe	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans 11 million years during the early Cretaceous period...	Mainland China	An enantiornithe. The type species is Dalingheornis liweii.
Dapingfangornis Dapingfangornis Dapingfangornis was an enantiornithine bird. It lived during the Early Cretaceous and is known from fossils—including a complete skeleton—found in the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Small to medium-sized, it had a sternum with both long and short lateral...	Valid	Li Duan Hu Wang Cheng Hou	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation Jiufotang Formation The Jiufotang Formation is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms. . It is a member of the Jehol group. The exact age of the Jiufotang has been debated for years, with...	Mainland China	An enantiornithe. The type species is Dapingfangornis sentisorhinus.

Newly named pterosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cathayopterus Cathayopterus Cathayopterus is a ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous-age Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. It is a member of the group of pterosaurian filter-feeders. The type species is C. grabaui, described in 2006 by Wang and Zhou....	Valid	Wang Zhou	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans 11 million years during the early Cretaceous period...	Mainland China	A pterodactyloid. The type species is Cathayopterus grabaui.
Caviramus Caviramus Caviramus is a genus of "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur from the Late Triassic lower Kössen Formation of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland....	Valid	Fröbisch Fröbisch	Late Triassic	Kössen Formation	Switzerland	A rhamphorhynchoid. The type specie sis Caviramus schesaplanensis.
Longchengpterus Longchengpterus Longchengpterus was a genus of istiodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China....	Valid	Wang Li Duan Cheng	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation Jiufotang Formation The Jiufotang Formation is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms. . It is a member of the Jehol group. The exact age of the Jiufotang has been debated for years, with...	Mainland China	A pterodactyloid. The type species is Longchengpterus zhoai.
Muzquizopteryx Muzquizopteryx Muzquizopteryx was a genus of pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of what is now Coahuila, Mexico. It is based on a nearly complete, articulated skeleton that includes soft tissue remains from the arms, from Coniacian-aged rocks...	Valid	Frey Buchy Stinnesbeck Gonzalez Stefano	Late Cretaceous	Austin Group	Mexico	The type species is Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis.
Yixianopterus	Valid	Lü Ji Yuan Gao Sun Ji	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans 11 million years during the early Cretaceous period...	Mainland China	A pterodactyloid. The type species is Yixianopterus jingangshanensis.

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Herpetoskylax Herpetoskylax Herpetoskylax is an extinct genus of synapsid biarmosuchian which existed in South Africa. The type species is Herpetoskylax hopsoni. It lived in the Late Permian Period....	Valid	Sidor Rubidge	Late Permian		South Africa	The type species is Herpetoskylax hopsoni.
Elliotherium Elliotherium Elliotherium is an extinct genus of cynodont which existed in South Africa during the upper Triassic period. The type species is Elliotherium kersteni....	Valid	Sidor Hancox	Upper Triassic	Lower Elliot Formation	South Africa	The type species is Elliotherium kerstenae (emmend.).
Idelesaurus Idelesaurus Idelesaurus is a genus of dicynodont from Late Permian of Russia....	Valid	Kurkin	Upper Permian		Russia	The type species is Idelisaurus tataricus.
Langbergia Langbergia Langbergia is an extinct genus of trirachodontid cynodont from the Early Triassic of South Africa. The type species L. modisei was named in 2006. Langbergia was found in the Burgersdorp Formation, a part of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone. The closely related trirachodontids Trirachodon and...	Valid	Abdala Neveling Welman	Early Triassic	Burgersdorp Formation	South Africa	The type species is Langbergia modisei.
Nanogomphodon Nanogomphodon Nanogomphodon is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in Germany during the Middle Triassic period.Nanogomphodon were small herbivorous traversodontid gomphodonts. The type species is Nanogomphodon wildi...	Valid	Hopson Sues	Middle Triassic	Erfurt Formation	Germany	The type species is Nanogomphodon wildi.
Oromycter Oromycter Oromycter is an extinct genus of pelycosaur from Lower Permian of Oklahoma. Only one species is recorded, Oromycter dolesorum.-References:*...	Valid	Reisz	Early Permian		United States	The type species is Oromycter dolesorum.
Pachydectes Pachydectes Pachydectes is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid	Rubidge Sidor Modesto	Middle Permian	Koonap Formation	South Africa	The type species is Pachydectes elsi.
Paraburnetia Paraburnetia Paraburnetia is an extinct genus of therapsid or mammal-like "reptile" belonging to the Burnetiid‎ family, which itself belongs to the Biarmosuchian suborder....	Valid	Smith Rubidge Sidor	Upper Permian	Teekloof Formation	South Africa	The type species is Paraburnetia sneeubergensis.
Protheriodon Protheriodon Protheriodon is an extinct genus of cynodont which existed in Brazil during the middle Triassic period. It contains the species Protheriodon estudianti....	Valid	Bonaparte Soares Schultz	Middle Triassic	Santa Maria Formation Santa Maria Formation The Santa Maria Formation is a sedimentary rock formation found in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has a late Ladinian – early Carnian age , and is notable for its fossils of early dinosaurs, including the herrerasaur Staurikosaurus, the basal saurischian Teyuwasu, and the basal sauropodomorph...	Brazil	The type species is Protheriodon estudianti.