2010 in archosaur paleontology

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The year 2010 in Archosaur paleontology was eventful. Archosaurs include the only living dinosaur group — birds — and the reptile crocodilians, plus all extinct dinosaurs, extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs. Archosaur palaeontology is the scientific study of those animals, especially as they existed before the Holocene Epoch began about 11,700 years ago. The year 2010 in paleontology included various significant developments regarding archosaurs.

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This article records new taxa of fossil archosaurs of every kind that have been described during the year 2010, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that occurred in the year 2010.

Newly named crurotarsans

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Baurusuchus albertoi[1]

Valid

  • Nascimento
  • Zaher

Turonian/Santonian

Adamantina Formation

 Brazil

Crocodylus anthropophagus[2]

Valid

Plio-Pleistocene

 Tanzania

A horned crocodile that preyed on early hominids

Cerrejonisuchus[3]

Valid

Paleocene

Cerrejón Formation

 Colombia

A short-snouted dyrosaurid which had a generalist feeding strategy. It grew to lengths of about 7 feet.

Diplocynodon elavericus[4]

Valid

  • Martin

Late Eocene

 France

Eoneustes[5]

Valid

  • Young
  • Brusatte
  • Ruta
  • de Andrade

Bathonian

 France

A new genus for "Teleidosaurus" gaudryi (Collot, 1905). "Metriorhynchus" bathonicus (Mercier, 1933) is a second species of Eoneustes.

Gracilineustes[5]

Valid

  • Young
  • Brusatte
  • Ruta
  • de Andrade

Callovian/Kimmeridgian

Oxford Clay

 France
 England

A new genus for "Metriorhynchus" leedsi (Andrews, 1913). "Metriorhynchus" acutus (Lennier, 1887) is a second species of Gracilineustes.

Krabisuchus[6]

Valid

  • Martin
  • Lauprasert

Late Eocene

 Thailand

An early alligatorine.

Pakasuchus[7]

Valid

Albian

 Tanzania

Pravusuchus[8]

Valid

  • Stocker

Norian

Chinle Formation

 USA

A phytosaur.

Stagonolepis olenkae[9]

Valid

  • Sulej

Late Carnian

Krasiejów deposits

 Poland

Theriosuchus sympiestodon[10]

Valid

  • Martin
  • Rabi
  • Csiki

Maastrichtian

Haţeg Basin

 Romania

Originally described as a species of Theriosuchus; Tennant, Mannion & Upchurch (2016) transferred it to the genus Sabresuchus.[11]

Torvoneustes[12]

Valid

Kimmeridgian

Kimmeridge Clay

 UK

A new genus for "Dakosaurus" carpenteri (Wilkinson et al., 2008)

Tsoabichi[13]

Valid

  • Brochu

Eocene (Wasatchian)

Green River Formation

 USA

An early caiman.

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Newly named basal dinosauriforms

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Asilisaurus[14]

Valid

Anisian

Manda Beds

A silesaurid, and the oldest known ornithodire.

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Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

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62 new genera and additional 2 new species have been described in 2010.

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Aardonyx[17]

Valid

Hettangian

Elliot Formation

A facultively quadrupedal prosauropod which displays transitional characters connecting more primitive obligate bipedal forms with the more derived obligative quadrupedal sauropodomorphs.

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Abydosaurus[18]

Valid

Albian

Cedar Mountain Formation

A narrow toothed brachiosaurid whose remains include the first known cranial material of any Cretaceous sauropod from the Americas.

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Ajkaceratops[19]

Valid

  • Ösi
  • Butler
  • Weishampel

Santonian

Csehbánya Formation

A coronosaurian ceratopsian.

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Archaeoceratops yujingziensis[20]

Valid

  • You
  • Tanque
  • Dodson

?Aptian–Albian

Xinminpu Group

A second species of Archaeoceratops.

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Arkharavia[21]

Nomen Dubium

  • Alifanov
  • Bolotsky

Maastrichtian

Udurchukan Formation

A Somphospondylan Sauropod known only from a single weakly heterocoelous tail vertebrae. Heterocoelous vertebrae are those where the centrum or body of a vertebra has saddle-shaped surface where it meets the vertebrae both in front and behind it.

Atsinganosaurus[22]

Valid

Late Cretaceous

Grès à Reptiles Formation

A titanosaur

Austrocheirus[23]

Valid

  • Ezcurra
  • Agnolin
  • Novas

2002[23]

Maastrichtian

Pari Aike Formation

A basal abelisauroid

Banji[24]

Valid

Maastrichtian

Nanxiong Formation

An oviraptorid known from a skull with a striated crest.

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Barilium[25]

Valid

  • Norman

Early Valanginian

Wealden Group

A new genus for "Iguanodon" dawsoni (Lydekker, 1888).

Beishanlong[26]

Valid

Aptian-Albian

Xinminpu Group

A giant ornithomimosaur.

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Bistahieversor[27]

Valid

  • Carr
  • Williamson

Campanian

Kirtland Formation

A 30-foot tyrannosauroid known from the remains of both adults and juveniles. Previously considered a species of Daspletosaurus.

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Blasisaurus[28]

Valid

  • Cruzado-Caballero
  • Pereda-Suberbiola
  • Ruiz-Omeñaca

Late Maastrichtian

Arén Formation

A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid

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Bolong[29]

Valid

  • Wu
  • Godefroit
  • Hu

Early Cretaceous

Yixian Formation

An iguanodontoid

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Chromogisaurus[30]

Valid

  • Ezcurra

Late Triassic

Ischigualasto Formation

A guaibasaurid sauropodomorph

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Chuxiongosaurus[31]

Valid

Early Jurassic

Lower Lufeng Formation

A prosauropod.

Coahuilaceratops[32]

Valid

Early Maastrichtian

Cerro Huerta Formation

A chasmosaurine ceratopsid with the largest horns of any dinosaur currently known.[33]

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Concavenator[34]

Valid

  • Ortega
  • Escaso
  • Sanz

Barremian

Calizas de La Huérguina Formation

A carcharodontosaurid with a pointed, hump-like crest near the hips and bumps on the ulnae that may be quill knobs.

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Cruxicheiros[35]

Valid

  • Benson
  • Radley

early 1960s[35]

Lower Bathonian

Chipping Norton Formation

A large basal tetanuran known from scant remains.

Diabloceratops[36]

Valid

  • Kirkland
  • DeBlieux

Middle Campanian

Wahweap Formation

A centrosaurine ceratopsid.

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Duriatitan[37]

Valid

  • Barrett
  • Benson
  • Upchurch

Late Jurassic

Kimmeridge Clay Formation

A titanosauriform sauropod

Fruitadens[38]

Valid

late 1970s[38]

Lower Tithonian

Morrison Formation

A heterodontosaurid and the smallest known ornithischian dinosaur.

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Fukuititan[39]

Valid

  • Azuma
  • Shibata

Barremian

Kitadani Formation

A titanosauriform sauropod.

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Geminiraptor[40]

Valid

?lower Barremian

Cedar Mountain Formation

A troodontid.

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Glishades[41]

Valid

  • Prieto-Márquez

Campanian

Two Medicine Formation

A basal hadrosauroid

Haplocheirus[42]

Valid

2004[43]

Oxfordian

Shishugou Formation

The most primitive known alvarezsauroid.

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Hippodraco[44]

Valid

Upper Barremian-lowermost Aptian

Cedar Mountain Formation

A basal iguanodontian

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Hypselospinus[25]

Valid

  • Norman

Early Valanginian

Wealden Group

A new genus for "Iguanodon" fittoni (Lydekker, 1889).

Ignavusaurus[45]

Junior synonym of Massospondylus

  • Knoll

Hettangian

Elliot Formation

Originally interpreted as a distinct basal sauropodomorph, but now appears to be a misidentified juvenile Massospondylus specimen.

Iguanacolossus[44]

Valid

?lower Barremian

Cedar Mountain Formation

A basal iguanodontian

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Jeyawati[46]

Valid

  • Mcdonald
  • Wolfe
  • Kirkland

Turonian

Moreno Hill Formation

Basal hadrosauroid.

Kayentavenator[47]

Valid

  • Gay

Sinemurian/Pliensbachian

Kayenta Formation

A basal tetanuran

Kileskus[48]

Valid

  • Averianov
  • Krasnolutskii
  • Ivantsov

Bathonian

Itat Formation

A tyrannosauroid

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Kosmoceratops[49]

Valid

Late Campanian

Kaiparowits Formation

A chasmosaurine ceratopsid.

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Kukufeldia[50]

Valid

  • McDonald
  • Barrett
  • Chapman

1848

Barremian

Wealden Formation

A basal iguanodont, formerly classified as Iguanodon anglicus

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Linheraptor[51]

Valid

Campanian

Bayan Mandahu Formation

A dromaeosaurid

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Liubangosaurus[52]

Valid

  • Mo
  • Xu
  • Buffetaut

Early Cretaceous

Xinlong Formation

A eusauropod.

Machairasaurus[53]

Valid

Late Cretaceous

Bayan Mandahu Formation

An ingeniine oviraptorid.

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Medusaceratops[54]

Valid

  • Ryan
  • Russell
  • Hartman

Campanian

Judith River Formation

A ceratopsid dinosaur. Initially considered to be a member of Chasmosaurinae, subsequently reinterpreted as a member of Centrosaurinae.[55]

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Mojoceratops[56]

Valid

  • Longrich

Late Campanian

Dinosaur Park Formation

A long-horned chasmosaurine ceratopsid.

Ojoceratops[57]

Valid

  • Sullivan
  • Lucas

Late Cretaceous

Ojo Alamo Formation

A chasmosaurine ceratopsid.

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Paludititan[58]

Valid

Maastrichtian

Haţeg Basin

A titanosaur

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Panamericansaurus[59]

Valid

  • Calvo
  • Porfiri

Campanian-Maastrichtian

Allen Formation

An aeolosaurini titanosaur

Pneumatoraptor[60]

Valid

  • Ősi
  • Apesteguía
  • Kowalewski

Santonian

Csehbánya Formation

A small bird-like paravian estimated to reach slightly more than two feet in length.

Proplanicoxa[61]

Valid

  • Carpenter
  • Ishida

Late Barremian

Wessex Formation

A basal iguanodont

Psittacosaurus gobiensis[62]

Valid

  • Sereno
  • Zhao
  • Tan

Lower Cretaceous

Bayan Gobi Formation

A ninth or eleventh species of Psittacosaurus.

Rahiolisaurus[63]

Valid

Maastrichtian

Lameta Formation

An abelisaurid

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Rubeosaurus[64]

Valid

  • McDonald
  • Horner

Campanian

Two Medicine Formation

A new genus for "Styracosaurus" ovatus Gilmore, 1930.

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Sanjuansaurus[65]

Valid

  • Alcober
  • Martinez

Late Carnian

Ischigualasto Formation

A herrerasaurid

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Seitaad[66]

Valid

  • Sertich
  • Loewen

2005[67]

Pleinsbachian

Navajo Sandstone

A basal sauropodomorph

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Sellacoxa[61]

Valid

  • Carpenter
  • Ishida

Early Valanginian

Wealden Group

A basal iguanodont

Sinoceratops[68]

Valid

Upper Cretaceous

Wangshi Group

A basal centrosaurine.

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Tatankaceratops[69]

Valid

  • Ott
  • Larson

Maastrichtian

Hell Creek Formation

A chasmosaurine ceratopsid.

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Texacephale[70]

Valid

  • Longrich
  • Sankey
  • Tanke

Upper Campanian

Aguja Formation

A basal pachycephalosaur.

Tianyuraptor[71]

Valid

Early Cretaceous

Yixian Formation

A short-armed dromaeosaurid.

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Tonganosaurus[72]

Valid

Early Jurassic

Yimen Formation

A mamenchisaurid sauropod.

Torilion[61]

Junior synonym

  • Carpenter
  • Ishida

Mid Valanginian

Wadhurst Clay

Junior synonym of Barilium

Utahceratops[49]

Valid

Late Campanian

Kaiparowits Formation

A chasmosaurine ceratopsid.

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Vagaceratops[49]

Valid

Late Campanian

Dinosaur Park Formation

A chasmosaurine ceratopsid. A new genus for "Chasmosaurus" irvinensis Holmes et al., 2001.

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Wadhurstia[61]

Junior synonym

  • Carpenter
  • Ishida

Early Valanginian

Wadhurst Clay

Junior synonym of Hypselospinus

Willinakaqe[73]

Valid

late Campanian-early Maastrichtian

Allen Formation

Second hadrosauroid from South America.

Xiongguanlong[74]

Valid

Aptian–Albian

Xinminpu Group

A longirostrine tyrannosauroid.

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Xixianykus[75]

Valid

Campanian

Majiacun Formation

A parvicursorine.

Xixiasaurus[76]

Valid

Campanian

Majiacun Formation

A troodontid.

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Xixiposaurus[77]

Valid

  • Sekiya

Lower Jurassic

Lower Lufeng Formation

A prosauropod.

Zhuchengceratops[78]

Valid

Upper Cretaceous

Wangshi Group

A leptoceratopsid.

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Zuolong[79]

Valid

Oxfordian

Shishugou Formation

Basal coelurosaur

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Newly named birds

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Agapornis atlanticus [80]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Denis Geraads

Late Pliocene

Ahl al Oughlam

 Morocco

A Psittacidae, a lovebird.

Ankonetta larriestrai [81]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Marcos M. Cenizo

Federico L. Agnolín

Early or Middle Miocene

Santa Cruz Formation

 Argentina

A basal member of Anatidae. This is type species of the new genus.

Aquila bullockensis [82]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Priscilla Gaff

Walter E. Boles

Middle Miocene

Bullock Creek

 Australia:

 Northern Territory

An Accipitridae, the oldest Aquila species is in Australia.

Balaur bondoc [83]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Csiki Vremir et al.[CAL 29]

Late Cretaceous:

Maastrichtian

Sebeş Formation

 Romania

A four-toed, two-fingered avialian.

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Bauxitornis mindszentyae [84]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Gareth J. Dyke

Attila Ősi

Santonian

Csehbánya Formation

 Hungary

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman & Paul, 1985. This is the type species of the new genus.

?Borvocarbo tardatus [85]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Ursula B. Göhlich

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Early Miocene

MN 4c

 Germany:

 Bavaria

A Phalacrocoracoidea, Pelecaniformes, possibly a species of Borvocarbo.

Camptodontus yangi [86]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Li Li

En-pu Gong

Li-dong Zhang

Ya-jun Yang

Lian-hai Hou

Early Cretaceous

Aptian,

Jiufotang Formation

 China

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Longipterygidae Zhang, Zhou, Hou et Gu, 2000, this is the type species of the new genus.

Carduelis aurelioi [87]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Carlos Rando

Josep A. Alcover

Juan C. Illera

Late Pleistocene to Holocene

 Spain:

 Canary Islands

A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.

Celericolius acriala [88]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Daniel T. Ksepka

Julia A. Clarke

Eocene

 USA:

 Wyoming

A Coliidae, a species of Coliidae. This is the type species of the new genus.

Confuciusornis jianchangensis [89]

Disputed

Sp. nov.

Li Li

Wang Jing-qi

Hou Shi-lin

Aptian

Jiufotang Formation

 China

A species of Confuciusornis known from a single skeleton. Considered to be a junior synonym of Confuciusornis sanctus by Wang, O'Connor & Zhou (2018).[90]

Corvus harkanyensis [91]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jenő Kessler

Late Pliocene

MN 15-16

 Hungary

A new species of Corvus, Corvidae.

Cuculus pannonicus [91]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jenö Kessler

Late Miocene;

Late Pliocene

MN 13; MN 16

 Hungary

A new species of Cuculus, Cuculidae.

Cyrilavis [92]

Valid

Gen. nov.

Larry D. Martin

Early Eocene

Green River Formation

 USA:

 Wyoming;

 UK:

 England

A new genus with Primobucco olsoni Feduccia et Martin, 1976. as the type species.

Dasornis abdoun [93]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Estelle Bourdon

Early Eoceen

Ypresian

 Morocco

An Odontopterygiformes. Dasornis Owen, 1870. The type species is Dasornis londinensis Owen, 1870.

Eozygodactylus americanus [94]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Ilka Weidig

Eocene

Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 USA:

 Wyoming

A Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, ?Piciformes, this is the type species of the new genus.

Eurystomus beremedensis [95]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jenö Kessler

Late Pliocene

MN 16

 Hungary

A new species of Eurystomus, Coraciidae.

Flexomornis howei [96]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Ronald S. Tykoski

Anthony R. Fiorillo

Campanian

Woodbine Formation

 USA:

 Texas

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. This is the type species of the new genus.

Geronticus olsoni [80]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Denis Geraads

Late Pliocene

Ahl al Oughlam

 Morocco

A Threskiornithidae, a species of Geronticus.

Glaucidium baranensis [95]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jenö Kessler

Late Pliocene

MN 15-16

 Hungary

A new species of Glaucidium, Strigidae.

Gyps bochenskii [97]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Zlatozar N. Boev

Late Pliocene

MN 17

 Bulgaria

A new species of Gyps, Accipitridae.

Hollanda luceria [98]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Alyssa K. Bell

Luis M. Chiappe

Gregory M. Erickson

Shigeru Suzuki

Mahito Watabe

Rinchen Barsbold

K. Tsogtbaatar

Campanian

Barun Goyot Formation

 Mongolia

A predatory ground bird known from an unusual hind limb. This is the type species of the new genus.

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Huoshanornis huji [99]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Wang Xia

Zhang Zihui

Gao Chunling

Hou Lianhan

Meng Qingjin

Liu Jinyuan

Early Cretaceous

Jiufotang Formation

 China

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. This is the type species of the new genus.

Inkayacu paracasensis [100]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Julia A. Clarke

Daniel T. Ksepka

Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi

Ali J. Altamirano

Matthew D. Shawkey

Liliana D’Alba

Jakob Vinther

Thomas J. DeVries

Patrice Baby

Late Eocene

Ica Region

 Peru

A giant Spheniscidae and the type species of the new genus.

Intiornis inexpectatus [101]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Emilio Novas

Federico L. Agnolín

Carlos A. Scanferla

Campanian

Las Curtiembres Formation

 Argentina

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman et Paul, 1985, the type species of the new genus.

Kuiornis indicator [102]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Trevor H. Worthy

Suzanne J. Hand

Jacqueline M. T. Nguyen

Alan J. D. Tennyson

Jennifer P. Worthy

R. Paul Scofield

Walter E. Boles

Michael Archer

Early Miocene

Altonian

 New Zealand

A new genus and species of Acanthisittidae, it is the type species of the new genus.

Lamarqueavis australis [103]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Federico L. Agnolin

Late Cretaceous

Allen Formation,

Campanian or Maastrichtian

 Argentina

A Cimolopterygidae Brodkorb, 1963, this is the type species of the new genus.

Lamarqueavis minima [104]

Valid

Comb. nov.

Pierce Brodkorb

Late Cretaceous

Lance Formation

 USA:

 Wyoming

A new genus for Cimolopteryx minima Brodkorb, 1963, transferred to Lamarqueavis by Agnolin, 2010.[103]

Lamarqueavis petra [105]

Valid

Comb. nov.

Sylvia Hope

Late Cretaceous

Lance Formation

 USA:

 Wyoming

A new genus for Cimolopteryx petra Hope, 2002, transferred to Lamarqueavis by Agnolin, 2010.[103]

Leptoptilos robustus [106]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Hanneke J.M. Meijer

Rokus Awe Due

Late Pleistocene

Liang Bua

 Indonesia

A giant marabou stork, Ciconiidae.

Longicrusavis houi [107]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Jingmai K. O'Connor

Gao Ke-Qin

Luis M. Chiappe

Barremian

Yixian Formation

 China

A Hongshanornithidae O’Connor, Gao et Chiappe, 2010, this is the type species of the new genus.

Lophogallus naranbulakensis [108]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Nikita V. Zelenkov

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

Middle Miocene

Naran Bulak Formation

 Mongolia

A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Matuku otagoense [109]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

R. Paul Scofield

Trevor H. Worthy

Alan J. D. Tennyson

Early Miocene

Bannockburn Formation

 New Zealand

An Ardeidae, the type species of the new genus.

Mogontiacopsitta miocaena [110]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Gerald Mayr

Late Oligocene / Early Miocene

Mainz Basin

 Germany:

 Rhineland-Palatinate

A small Psittacidae, the type species of the new genus.

Morsoravis sedilis [111]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Sara Bertelli

Bent E. K. Lindow

Gareth J. Dyke

Luis M. Chiappe

Early Eocene

Fur Formation

 Denmark

The type species of the new genus. A bird of uncertain phylogenetic placement; it might be a relative of Charadriiformes[111] or a relative of the passerines and the extinct family Zygodactylidae.[112] Maybe close to Pumiliornis tessellatus G. Mayr, 1999.[112][113]

Oraristrix brea [114]

Valid

Comb. nov.

Kenneth E. Campbell Jr.

Zbigniew M. Bocheński

Late Pleistocene

La Brea Tar Pits

 USA:

 California

Strigidae, a new genus for Strix brea Howard (1933), the type species of the new genus.

Palaelodus aotearoa [115]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Trevor H. Worthy

Alan J. D. Tennyson

Michael Archer

R. Paul Scofield

Early Miocene

Bannockburn Formation

 New Zealand

A Phoenicopteriformes, Palaelodidae Stejneger, 1885.

Pelagornis chilensis [116]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Gerald Mayr

David Rubilar-Rogers

Miocene

Bahia Inglesa Formation

 Chile

A Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888 with a large wingspan.

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Perplexicervix microcephalon [117]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Gerald Mayr

Middle Eocene

Messel pit,

MP 11

 Germany:

 Hessen

A member of Neognathae Incertae Sedis. The type species of the new genus.

Plioperdix africana [80]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Cécille Mourer-Chauviré

Denis Geraads

Late Pliocene

Casablanca

 Morocco

A Phasianidae, Galliformes, a species of Plioperdix Kretzoi, 1955.

Presbyornis mongoliensis [118]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Evgeney N. Kurochkin

Gareth J. Dyke

Late Paleocene

Bumbam Member of the Narabulag Svita

 Mongolia

A Presbyornithidae Wetmore, 1926, Anseriformes.

Rhenanorallus rhenanus [110]

Valid

Gerald Mayr

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Late Oligocene / Early Miocene

MN 2a, Wiesbaden Formation, Mainz Basin

 Germany:

 Rhineland-Palatinate

A small Rallidae, the type species of the new genus.

Shenqiornis mengi [119]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Wang Xuri

Jingmai K. O'Connor

Zhao Bo

Luis M. Chiappe

Gao Chunling

Cheng Xiaodong

Aptian

Qiaotou Formation

 China

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.

Shenshiornis primita [120]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Hu Dongyu

Li Li

Hou Lianhai

Xu Xing

Aptian

Jiufotang Formation

 China

A Sapeornithidae Zhou, 2006, this is the type species of the new genus.

Vastanavis cambayensis [121]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Gerald Mayr

Rajendra S. Rana

Kenneth D. Rose

Ashok Sahni

Kishor Kumar

Lachham Singh

Thierry Smith

Early Eocene

Ypresian

 India

A Vastanavidae G. Mayr, Rana, Rose, Sahni, Kumar, Sing et T. Smith, 2010, basal Psittaciformes.

Zhongjianornis yangi [122]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Zhou Zhonghe

Zhang Fucheng

Li Zhiheng

Aptian

Jiufotang Formation

 China

A beaked basal avialan

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Aetodactylus[123]

Valid

  • Myers

Cenomanian

Tarrant Formation

 United States

An ornithocheirid known only from a partial lower jaw.

Alanqa[124]

Valid

Late Cretaceous

Kem Kem Beds

 Morocco

An azhdarchid known only from five fragments of the front upper and lower jaws, and possibly a neck vertebra.

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Archaeoistiodactylus[125]

Valid

  • Fucha

Middle Jurassic

Tiaojishan Formation

 China

An istiodactylid[125] or a poorly preserved specimen of Darwinopterus.[126]

Darwinopterus[127]

Valid

Oxfordian

Tiaojishan Formation

 China

A wukongopterid that was described as a derived rhamphorhynchoid with transitional characters connecting it with pterodactyloids.

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D. linglongtaensis[128]

Valid

Late Jurassic

Daohugou Formation?

 China

A second species of Darwinopterus

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Dawndraco[129]

Disputed

  • Kellner

Late Coniacian/Early Santonian

Niobrara Formation

 USA

A pteranodontid. The type species is Dawndraco kanzai. Martin-Silverstone et al. (2017) consider this species to be a junior synonym of Pteranodon sternbergi.[130]

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Faxinalipterus[131]

Valid

Late Triassic

Caturrita Formation

 Brazil

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Fenghuangopterus[132]

Valid

  • Fucha
  • Chen

Middle Jurassic

Tiaojishan Formation

 China

An earliest scaphognathine pterosaur.

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Geosternbergia maiseyi[129]

Valid

  • Kellner

Late Coniacian - Early Campanian

Sharon Springs Formation

 USA

A pteranodontid.

Kunpengopterus[128]

Valid

Late Jurassic

Daohugou Formation?

 China

A wukongopterid. The type species is Kunpengopterus sinensis.

Prejanopterus[133]

Valid

  • Vidarte
  • Calvo

Lower Aptian

Leza Formation

 Spain

Sericipterus[134]

Valid

  • Andres
  • Clark
  • Xing

Oxfordian

Shishugou Formation

 China

A rhamphorhynchid with a nearly six foot wingspan.

Zhenyuanopterus[135]

Valid

Barremian

Yixian Formation

 China

A boreopterid.

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Notes

  1. Brochu, Njau, Blumenschine, Densmore.
  2. Hastings, Bloch, Cadena, Jaramillo.
  3. O'Connor, Sertich, Stevens, Roberts, Gottfried, Hieronymus, Jinnah, Ridgely Ngasala, Temba
  4. Andrade, Young, Desojo, Brusatte
  5. Nesbitt, Sidor, Irmis, Angielczyk, Smith, Tsuji.
  6. Yates, Bonnan, Neveling, Chinsamy, and Blackbeard.
  7. Chure, Britt, Whitlock, Wilson.
  8. Garcia, Amico, Fournier, Thouand, Valentin.
  9. Makovicky, Li, Gao, Lewin, Erickson, Norell.
  10. Lü, Kobayashi, Li, Zhong.
  11. Loewen, Sampson, Lund, Farke, Aguillón-Martínez, de Leon, Rodríguez-de la Rosa, Getty, Eberth.
  12. Butler, Galton, Porro, Chiappe, Henderson, Erickson.
  13. Senter, Kirkland, Bird, Bartlett
  14. Choiniere, Xu, Clark, Forster, Guo, Han.
  15. Andrew T. McDonald, James I. Kirkland, Donald D. DeBlieux, Scott K. Madsen, Jennifer Cavin, Andrew R. C. Milner, Lukas Panzarin
  16. Sampson, Loewen, Farke, Roberts, Forster, Smith, Titus.
  17. Xu, Choinere, Pittman, Tan, Xiao, Li, Tan, Clark, Norell, Hone, Sullivan.
  18. Csiki, Codrea, Jipa-Murzea, Godefroit.
  19. Novas, Chatterjee, Rudra, Datta.
  20. Xu, Wang, Zhao, Li.
  21. Zheng, Xu, You, Zhao, Dong.
  22. Li, Yang, Liu, Wang.
  23. Juárez Valieri, Haro, Fiorelli, Calvo.
  24. Li, Norell, Gao, Smith, Makovicky.
  25. Xu, Wang, Sullivan, Hone, Han, Yan, Du.
  26. Lü, Xu, Liu, Zhang, Jia, Ji.
  27. Xu, Wang, Zhao, Sullivan, Chen.
  28. Choiniere, Clark, Forster, Xu.
  29. Csiki, Vremir, Brusatte, Norell.
  30. Ibrahim, Unwin, Martill, Baidder, Zouhri.
  31. Lü, Unwin, Jin, Liu, Ji.
  32. Wang, Kellner, Jiang, Cheng, Meng, Rodrigues.

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