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Overview of the events of 2020 in reptile paleontology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This list of fossil reptiles described in 2020 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2020, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2020.
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Boipeba[1] | Gen. et sp. nov | Fachini et al. | Late Cretaceous | Adamantina | ![]() |
A snake belonging to the group Scolecophidia. The type species is B. tayasuensis. | ![]() | |
Borealoilysia[2] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Head | Middle Eocene | Bridger | ![]() ( ![]() |
An aniliid snake. Genus includes new species B. gunnelli. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming was published in 2021. | |
Bothriagenys flectomendax[3] | Sp. nov | In press | Wick & Shiller | Late Cretaceous (early Campanian) | Aguja | ![]() ( ![]() |
A member of Borioteiioidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | |
Calumma benovskyi[4] | Sp. nov | Čerňanský et al. | Early Miocene | Hiwegi | ![]() |
A chameleon, a species of Calumma | ![]() | |
Chalcides augei[5] | Sp. nov | Valid | Čerňanský et al. | Early middle Miocene | ![]() |
A skink, a species of Chalcides. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | ||
Eoconstrictor[6] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Scanferla & Smith | Eocene | Messel | ![]() |
A booid snake. The type species is "Palaeopython" fischeri Schaal (2004). | ![]() |
Epileolis[7] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Alifanov | Late Paleocene | ![]() |
A lizard belonging to the family Agamidae. Genus includes new species E. reshetovi. | ||
Gavialimimus[8] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Strong et al. | Late Cretaceous | ![]() |
A mosasaur belonging to the subfamily Plioplatecarpinae. Genus includes new species G. almaghribensis. | ![]() | |
Gnathomortis[9] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Lively | Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian) | ![]() ( ![]() |
A mosasaur belonging to the family Mosasauridae; a new genus for "Prognathodon" stadtmani Kass (1999). | ||
Hydrargysaurus[3] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Wick & Shiller | Late Cretaceous (early Campanian) | Aguja | ![]() ( ![]() |
A member or a relative of the group Borioteiioidea. Genus includes new species H. gladius. | |
Hypostylos[3] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Wick & Shiller | Late Cretaceous (early Campanian) | Aguja | ![]() ( ![]() |
A member of Scincomorpha belonging to the "paramacellodid"/cordylid grade. Genus includes new species H. lehmani. | |
Kopidosaurus[10] | Gen. et sp. nov | Scarpetta | Eocene | Willwood | ![]() ( ![]() |
A member of Pleurodonta of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is K. perplexus. | ||
Messelopython[11] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zaher & Smith | Eocene | Messel pit | ![]() |
A stem pythonid snake. Genus includes new species M. freyi. | |
Neokotus[12] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bittencourt et al. | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | Quiricó | ![]() |
A lizard belonging to the family Paramacellodidae. The type species is N. sanfranciscanus. | |
Vipera latastei ebusitana[13] | Subsp. nov | Valid | Torres-Roig et al. | Pleistocene–Holocene | ![]() |
A viper, a subspecies of Vipera latastei. | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Acuetzpalin[30] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Barrientos Lara, Alvarado Ortega, & Fernández | Late Jurassic | La Casita | ![]() |
An ichthyosaur belonging to the family Ophthalmosauridae. The type species is A. carranzai. | |
Cymbospondylus duelferi[31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Klein et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | Favret | ![]() ( ![]() |
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Hauffiopteryx altera[32] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maxwell & Cortés | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Posidonia Shale | ![]() |
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Nannopterygius borealis[33] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zverkov & Jacobs | Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) | ![]() ![]() |
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Thalassodraco[34] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jacobs & Martill | Late Jurassic (Tithonian) | Kimmeridge Clay | ![]() |
An ichthyosaur belonging to the family Ophthalmosauridae. The type species is T. etchesi. | ![]() |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Brevicaudosaurus[48] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Shang, Wu & Li | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Falang | ![]() |
A member of Nothosauroidea. The type species is B. jiyangshanensis. | |
Jucha[49] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fischer et al. | Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) | Klimovka | ![]() |
An elasmosaurid plesiosaur. Genus includes new species J. squalea. | ![]() |
Ophthalmothule[50] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Roberts et al. | Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary (latest Tithonian/early Berriasian) | Agardhfjellet | ![]() |
A cryptoclidid plesiosaur. The type species is O. cryostea. | ![]() |
Wunyelfia[51] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Otero & Soto-Acuña | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Quiriquina | ![]() |
An aristonectine elasmosaurid plesiosaur. Genus includes new species W. maulensis. | ![]() |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Akoranemys[60] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Pérez-García | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | ![]() |
A bothremydid pleurodiran. Genus includes new species A. madagasika. | ||
Alatochelon[61] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García, Vlachos & Murelaga | Early Pliocene | Cigarrón | ![]() |
A large tortoise. Genus includes new species A. myrteum. | |
Allaeochelys liliae[62] | Sp. nov | In press | Carbot-Chanona et al. | Miocene (Aquitanian) | Mazantic Shale | ![]() |
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Amabilis[63] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hermanson et al. | Late Cretaceous | Bauru | ![]() |
A podocnemidoid pleurodiran. Genus includes new species A. uchoensis. | ![]() |
Aragochersis[64] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pérez García et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Escucha | ![]() |
A member of the family Helochelydridae. Genus includes new species A. lignitesta. | |
Axestemys erquelinnensis[65] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García & Smith | Eocene (Ypresian) | ![]() |
Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming was published in 2021. | ||
Chelonoidis alburyorum keegani[66] | Subsp. nov | Valid | Franz, Albury & Steadman | Late Holocene | ![]() |
A tortoise. | ||
Chelonoidis alburyorum sementis[66] | Subsp. nov | Valid | Franz, Albury & Steadman | Late Holocene | ![]() |
A tortoise. | ||
Chersine khosatzkyi[67] | Sp. nov | Valid | Redkozubov et al. | Early Pliocene | ![]() |
A tortoise. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. | ||
Gallica[68] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García | Late Paleocene | ![]() |
A "macrobaenid" eucryptodiran. Genus includes new species G. lapparentiana. | ||
Itapecuruemys[69] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Batista, Carvalho & de la Fuente | Early Cretaceous | Itapecuru | ![]() |
A pleurodiran turtle belonging to the group Pelomedusoides. Genus includes new species I. amazonensis. | |
Jainemys[70] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Joyce & Bandyopadhyay | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Lameta | ![]() |
A member of the family Bothremydidae belonging to the tribe Kurmademydini; a new genus for "Carteremys" pisdurensis Jain (1977). | |
Lakotemys[71] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Joyce, Rollot & Murelaga | Early Cretaceous (Berriasian–Valanginian) | Lakota | ![]() ( ![]() |
A member of the family Baenidae. The type species is L. australodakotensis. | |
Laurasichersis[72] | Gen. et sp. nov | Pérez García | Paleocene (Thanetian) | Sables de Bracheux | ![]() |
A member of the family Sichuanchelyidae. The type species is L. relicta. | ||
Melanochelys tapani[73] | Nom. nov | Valid | Garbin, Bandyopadhyay & Joyce | Miocene/Pliocene | Siwalik Hills | ![]() |
A species of Melanochelys; a replacement name for Nicoria tricarinata var. sivalensis Lydekker (1889). | |
Mesoclemmys vanegasorum[74] | Sp. nov | Valid | Cadena et al. | Laventan | La Victoria | ![]() |
A species of Mesoclemmys | |
Palaeomauremys metallicus[75] | Sp. nov | Valid | Karl | Oligocene | ![]() |
A member of the family Geoemydidae. | ||
Palauchelys[76] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | López-Conde et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Olmos | ![]() |
A bothremydid pleurodiran. Genus includes new species P. montellanoi. | |
Prochelidella buitreraensis[77] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maniel et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Candeleros | ![]() |
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Ragechelus[78] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lapparent de Broin, Chirio & Bour | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Farin-Doutchi | ![]() |
A member of the family Podocnemididae belonging to the subfamily Erymnochelyinae. The type species is R. sahelica. | |
Solnhofia brachyrhyncha[79] | Sp. nov | Valid | Anquetin & Püntener | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Reuchenette | ![]() |
A member of Thalassochelydia. | |
Testudo hellenica[80] | Sp. nov | Valid | Garcia et al. | Miocene (Vallesian) | ![]() |
A species of Testudo. | ![]() | |
Titanochelon kayadibiensis[81] | Sp. nov | Valid | Karl, Staesche & Safi | Miocene (Turolian -Tortonian) | ![]() |
A species of Titanochelon | ||
Waluchelys[82] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sterli et al. | Late Triassic | Quebrada del Barro | ![]() |
A member of the family Australochelyidae. Genus includes new species W. cavitesta. | |
Yaminuechelys sulcipeculiaris[83] | Sp. nov | Valid | Oriozabala, Sterli & De La Fuente | Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) | La Colonia | ![]() |
A member of the family Chelidae | |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Polymorphodon[103] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sues et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Erfurt | ![]() |
A non-archosaurian member of Archosauriformes. Genus includes new species P. adorfi. | ![]() |
Rugarhynchos[104] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Wynd et al. | Late Triassic | Chinle | ![]() ( ![]() |
A member of the family Doswelliidae; a new genus for "Doswellia" sixmilensis Heckert, Lucas & Spielmann (2012). | ![]() |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Carbonodraco | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mann et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | Allegheny | ![]() |
A member of the family Acleistorhinidae. The type species is C. lundi. Announced in 2019;[114] the correction including the required ZooBank accession number was published in 2020.[115] | ![]() |
Elessaurus[116] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | De-Oliveira et al. | Early Triassic | Sanga do Cabral | ![]() |
An archosauromorph reptile of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of tanystropheids. The type species is E. gondwanoccidens. | |
Eomurruna[117] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hamley, Cisneros & Damiani | Early Triassic | Arcadia | ![]() |
A procolophonid. Genus includes new species E. yurrgensis. | ![]() |
Feralisaurus[118] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cavicchini, Zaher & Benton | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | Helsby Sandstone | ![]() |
A neodiapsid reptile of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member of Lepidosauromorpha. The type species is F. corami. | |
Gunakadeit[119] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Druckenmiller et al. | Late Triassic (Norian) | Hound Island | ![]() ( ![]() |
A thalattosaur. The type species is G. joseeae. | |
Heishanosaurus[120] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dong et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) | Shahai | ![]() |
A member of Choristodera. The type species is H. pygmaeus. | |
Lanceirosphenodon[121] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vivar et al. | Late Triassic (Norian) | Candelária | ![]() |
A rhynchocephalian. Genus includes new species L. ferigoloi. | |
Micromenodon[122] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sues & Schoch | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Doswell | ![]() ( ![]() |
A rhynchocephalian. Genus includes new species M. pitti. | |
Oculudentavis | Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Xing et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | ![]() |
A diapsid of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as a member of Avialae[123] but subsequently argued to be a lizard.[124] Genus includes new species O. khaungraae. Its status as a validly named taxon is controversial because the scientific article it was named in was subsequently retracted.[125][126] | ![]() |
Oryctorhynchus[127] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sues, Fitch & Whatley | Late Triassic (Carnian? - Norian?) | Wolfville | ![]() ( ![]() |
A rhynchosaur. Genus includes new species O. bairdi. | ![]() |
Raibliania[128] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dalla Vecchia | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Calcare del Predil | ![]() |
A member of the family Tanystropheidae. The type species is R. calligarisi. | ![]() |
Skybalonyx[129] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jenkins et al. | Late Triassic | Chinle | ![]() ( ![]() |
A member of the family Drepanosauridae. Genus includes new species S. skapter. | |
Smilodonterpeton[130] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Skinner, Whiteside & Benton | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | ![]() |
A procolophonid. Genus includes new species S. ruthinensis. | ||
Tanystropheus hydroides[131] | Sp. nov | Valid | Spiekman et al. | Late Triassic | Besano | Italy-Switzerland border | ![]() | |
Trilophosaurus phasmalophos[132] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kligman et al. | Late Triassic (Norian) | Chinle | ![]() ( ![]() |
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Vellbergia[133] | Gen. et sp. nov | Sobral, Simões & Schoch | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Erfurt | ![]() |
A non-lepidosaurian lepidosauromorph. The type species is V. bartholomaei. | ![]() | |
Youngetta[117] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Hamley, Cisneros & Damiani | Early Triassic | ![]() |
A procolophonid; a new genus for "Eumetabolodon" dongshengensis Li (1983). | ||
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