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This article records new taxa of fossil archosaurs of every kind that are scheduled described during the year 2014, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that are scheduled to occur in the year 2014.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Blanco et al. |
Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) |
A eusuchian crocodylomorph, a species of Allodaposuchus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Hastings, Bloch & Jaramillo |
A dyrosaurid crocodyliform. The type species is Anthracosuchus balrogus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Godoy et al. |
Late Cretaceous |
A baurusuchid crocodylomorph. The type species is Aplestosuchus sordidus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Pol et al. |
Late Cretaceous |
A sphagesaurid crocodylomorph, a species of Caipirasuchus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Martin et al. |
Late Paleocene |
A member of Alligatoroidea, a species of Diplocynodon. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Young et al. |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) |
A teleosaurid crocodylomorph, a species of Machimosaurus. Considered to be a junior synonym of Machimosaurus hugii by Martin, Vincent & Falconnet (2015).[12] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Nesbitt et al. |
Middle Triassic (Anisian) |
A member of Archosauriformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a pseudosuchian. The type species is Nundasuchus songeaensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Disputed |
Roberto-da-Silva et al. |
Late Triassic |
An aetosaur. The type species is Polesinesuchus aurelioi. Paes-Neto et al. (2021) proposed that P. aurelioi is a junior synonym of Aetosauroides scagliai.[15] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Sertich & O’Connor |
Cretaceous (Aptian to Cenomanian) |
A peirosaurid crocodyliform. The type species is Rukwasuchus yajabalijekundu. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Kellner, Pinheiro & Campos |
Paleocene (Itaboraian) |
Itaboraí Formation |
A sebecid crocodylomorph. The type species is Sahitisuchus fluminensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Adams |
Early Cretaceous (late Aptian) |
A paralligatorid neosuchian crocodylomorph. The type species is Wannchampsus kirpachi. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gates et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) |
A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid. The type species is Adelolophus hutchisoni. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Dalman |
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) |
An allosauroid theropod, a species of Allosaurus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Disputed |
Ulansky |
Early Cretaceous (Barremian-early Aptian) |
A stegosaur. The type species is Amargastegos brevicollus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[56] |
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Gen. et. sp. nov |
Disputed |
Ulansky |
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian-Toarcian) |
A basal thyreophoran. The type species is Andhrasaurus indicus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[56] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Lamanna et al. |
Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) |
A caenagnathid theropod. The type species is Anzu wyliei. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Farke et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
A basal member of Neoceratopsia. The type species is Aquilops americanus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Tortosa et al. |
Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) |
An abelisaurid theropod. The type species is Arcovenator escotae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Sánchez-Hernández & Benton |
Early Cretaceous (early Barremian) |
A theropod dinosaur; originally described as a basal ceratosaurian, but subsequently reinterpreted as a spinosaurid.[61] The type species is Camarillasaurus cirugedae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Han et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A microraptorine dromaeosaurid theropod. The type species is Changyuraptor yangi. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Han et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) |
An ankylosaurid. The type species is Chuanqilong chaoyangensis. |
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Sp. nov |
Disputed |
Ulansky |
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) |
A huayangosaurid, a species of Chungkingosaurus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[56] |
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Sp. nov |
Disputed |
Ulansky |
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) |
Shangshaximiao Formation |
A huayangosaurid, a species of Chungkingosaurus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[56] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Mo et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A carcharodontosaur theropod. The type species is Datanglong guangxiensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Lacovara et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian or Maastrichtian) |
A titanosaurian sauropod. The type species is Dreadnoughtus schrani. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Disputed |
Ulansky |
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) |
Cornbrash Formation |
A stegosaur; a new genus for "Omosaurus" vetustus von Huene (1910). According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[56] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Escaso et al. |
Late Jurassic |
A dryosaurid ornithopod. The type species is Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Disputed |
Ulansky |
Middle Jurassic (Callovian) |
A stegosaur. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[56] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Dalman |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian/Tithonian) |
A theropod dinosaur. The type species is Fosterovenator churei. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Tsuihiji et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) |
A troodontid theropod. The type species is Gobivenator mongoliensis. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
You, Li & Dodson |
Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
Zhonggou Formation |
A non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid; a new genus for "Probactrosaurus" mazongshanensis Lü (1997). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Huang et al. |
Middle Jurassic |
Hongqin Formation |
A mamenchisaurid sauropod. The type species is Huangshanlong anhuiensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Godefroit et al. |
A non-cerapodan neornithischian. The type species is Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Barrett et al. |
Early Jurassic |
A basal ornithischian. The type species is Laquintasaura venezuelae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gallina et al. |
Early Cretaceous (late Berriasian to Valanginian) |
A diplodocine diplodocid sauropod. The type species is Leinkupal laticauda. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Ryan et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) |
A chasmosaurine ceratopsid. The type species is Mercuriceratops gemini. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Fiorillo & Tykoski |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A tyrannosaurid theropod. The type species is Nanuqsaurus hoglundi. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Disputed |
Ulansky |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) |
A stegosaurid; a new genus for "Stegosaurus" longispinus Gilmore (1914). According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature; Galton and Carpenter made "S." longispinus the type species of a new genus Alcovasaurus.[56] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
You et al. |
Early Jurassic |
A coelophysoid theropod. The type species is Panguraptor lufengensis. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Longrich |
Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) |
A ceratopsid, a species of Pentaceratops. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Tsogtbaatar et al. |
Late Cretaceous (probably late Campanian) |
A non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid. The type species is Plesiohadros djadokhtaensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Lü et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A tyrannosaurid theropod. The type species is Qianzhousaurus sinensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
González Riga & Ortiz David |
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) |
A titanosaur sauropod related to Mendozasaurus and Futalognkosaurus. The type species is Quetecsaurus rusconii. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid[82] |
Gates & Scheetz |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) |
A saurolophine hadrosaurid. The type species is Rhinorex condrupus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gorscak et al. |
Cretaceous (Aptian to Cenomanian) |
A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is Rukwatitan bisepultus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Disputed |
Ulansky |
Late Jurassic |
Saldam Formation |
A stegosaur. The type species is Saldamosaurus tuvensis. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[56] |
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Sp. nov |
Disputed |
Ulansky |
Early Jurassic (?Sinemurian-Pliensbachian) |
A basal thyreophoran, a species of Scelidosaurus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[56] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Disputed |
Ulansky |
Late Jurassic |
A stegosaur. The type species is Siamodracon altispinus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[56] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Disputed |
Ulansky |
Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Pliensbachian) |
A basal thyreophoran. The type species is Sinopeltosaurus minimus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[56] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Langer et al. |
Earliest Jurassic |
A stem-averostran theropod. The type species is Tachiraptor admirabilis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Saegusa and Ikeda |
Early Cretaceous (probably early Albian) |
Sasayama Group |
A titanosauriform sauropod, a member of Somphospondyli. The type species is Tambatitanis amicitiae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hendrickx & Mateus |
Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian) |
A megalosauroid theropod, a species of Torvosaurus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Curry Rogers & Wilson |
Late Cretaceous |
A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is Vahiny depereti. |
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Sp. nov. |
Disputed |
Ulansky |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) |
Khukhtyk Formation |
A stegosaur, a species of Wuerhosaurus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[56] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Li et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is Yongjinglong datangi. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Arbour, Currie & Badamgarav |
Late Cretaceous |
A member of Ankylosauridae. The type species is Zaraapelta nomadis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Mateus, Mannion & Upchurch |
Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian) |
A turiasaurian sauropod. The type species is Zby atlanticus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Xing et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) |
A non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid ornithopod. The type species is Zhanghenglong yangchengensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Arbour et al. |
Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) |
An ankylosaurid. The type species is Ziapelta sanjuanensis. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aegypius varswaterensis [106] |
Sp nov. |
Valid |
Marco Pavia, Pippa Haarhoff |
Early Pliocene |
Varswater Formation |
An Aegypius sp. related to the cinereous vulture |
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Sp nov. |
Valid |
Zelenkov & Kurochkin |
Late Pleistocene |
A species of Anser. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Mayr & R. Paul Scofield |
An incertae sedis Neognathae, Monotypic with A. lovei. |
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Gen. et Comb. nov. |
Valid |
Mayr & Pavia |
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Baselrallus intermedius [110] |
Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
De Pietri, |
A member of the Rallidae. The type species of the new genus. |
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Caracara seymouri [111] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Suarez & Olson |
La Carolina Talara Tar Seeps |
A Caracara, Falconidae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A member of the Sturnidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Eopengornis martini [113] |
Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A member of the Enantiornithes, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hoffmeister, Carrillo Briceño, & Nielsen |
Horcón Formation |
An extinct crested penguin. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
O’Connor, Averianov, & Zelenkov |
Aves incertae sedis. it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Falco hezhengensis [116] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Linxia Basin |
A member of the Falconidae. |
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Fortunguavis xiaotaizicus [117] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Wang Min |
A member of Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. This is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Di Liu Yuguang Zhang Alyssa Bell Qingjin Meng Xuri Wang |
Early Cretaceous |
An early member of Ornithuromorpha Chiappe, 2002, a species of Gansus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hanneke J. M. Meijer |
Fissure fillings |
A member of the Anseriformes, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Genucrassum bransatensis [120] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Vanesa L. De Pietri |
MP 30; 23.03 Mya |
A stone-curlew, Burhinidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Johan Dalsätt Per G.P. Ericson |
A member of Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. This is the type species of the new genus. |
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?Ibidopodia chavrochensis [122] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Vanesa L. De Pietri |
Early Miocene |
Chavroches MN 2 |
An Idiornithid, Idiornithidae Cariamiformes, possibly a species of Ibidopodia Milne-Edwards, 1868. |
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?Ibidopodia minuta [122] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Vanesa L. De Pietri |
Early Miocene |
Saulcet |
An Idiornithid, Idiornithidae Cariamiformes, possibly a species of Ibidopodia Milne-Edwards, 1868. |
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Iteravis huchzermeyeri[123] |
Gen. nov. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Shuang Zhou Min Wang |
A basal member of the Ornithuromorpha Chiappe, 2002. This is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Ulysse Lefèvre Dongyu Hu François Escuillié |
A member of Avialae Gauthier, 1986, a species of Jeholornis Zhou et Zhang, 2002. |
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Limnofregata hutchisoni [125] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid[126] |
Thomas A. Stidham |
A member of Fregatidae, a species of Limnofregata. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Wang Min Nikita V. Zelenkov |
A member of Enantiornithes Walker, 1981 related to Bohaiornis. This is the type species of new genus. |
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Mergellus mochanovi [107] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Nikita V. Zelenkov |
Late Pleistocene |
A member of the Anatidae related to the smew, a species of Mergellus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alan J. D. Tennyson |
A member of the Anatidae. |
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Nectornis africanus [129] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A cormorant, Phalacrocoracidae, a species of Nectornis Cheneval, 1984. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jamie R. Wood Kieren J. Mitchell R. Paul Scofield Alan J. D. Tennyson in Wood et al. |
A New Zealand parrot belonging to the family Nestoridae Bonaparte, 1849, a species of Nestor. |
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?Nupharanassa mabokoensis [129] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A jacana, Jacanidae, possibly a species of Nupharanassa Rasmussen, Olson et Simons, 1987. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Wang Min Nikita V. Zelenkov |
A member of Enantiornithes Walker, 1981 related to Bohaiornis. The type species of the new genus, placed in the family Bohaiornithidae Wang, Zhou, O’Connor et Zelenkov, 2014 with de genera Shenqiornis Wang, O’Connor, Zhao, Chiappe, Gao et Cheng, 2010, Sulcavis O’Connor, Zhang, Chiappe, Meng, Quanguo et Di, 2013, Zhouornis Zhang, Chiappe, Han et Chinsamy, 2013, Longusunguis Wang, Zhou, O’Connor et Zelenkov, 2014 and Bohaiornis Hu, Hou L. H. et Xu, 2011. |
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Parvavis chuxiongensis [131] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Wang Min Xu Guanghui |
Jiangdihe Formation |
A member of Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. The type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Chattian |
USA: |
A member of the Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888, a species of Pelagornis Lartet, 1857; the bird with the biggest wingspan known up to now. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zhou Shuang |
A basal member of the Ornithuromorpha Chiappe, 2002. This is the type species the new genus. |
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Plotornis graculoides [109] |
Comb. nov. |
Valid |
Marco Pavia |
A member of the Diomedeidae, a new name for "Chenornis" graculoides Portis 1884, creating a Comb. nov. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Vanesa L. De Pietri |
A relative of the hoatzin, Opisthocomidae. This is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sobniogallus albinojamrozi [135] |
Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Tomek, Bocheński, Wertz, & Świdnicka |
Krosno Formation |
Galliformes incertae sedis. This is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Xiao-Ting, O'Connor, |
A member of the Hongshanornithidae, the type species of the new genus. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Vidovic & Martill |
Late Jurassic |
A member of Pterodactyloidea related to Gladocephaloideus, Cycnorhamphus, Ardeadactylus and Aurorazhdarcho; a new genus for "Pterodactylus" scolopaciceps Meyer (1860). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Jiang et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A species of Boreopterus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Manzig et al. |
Late Cretaceous |
Bauru Basin, Caiuá Group, Goio-Erê Formation |
A tapejarid. The type species is Caiuajara dobruskii. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Wang et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A member of Pteranodontoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Hamipterus tianshanensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Wang et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) |
A non-anhanguerian pteranodontoid. The type species is Ikrandraco avatar. Announced in 2014; the correction including evidence of registration in ZooBank within the work itself was published in 2020.[154] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Andres, Clark & Xu |
Middle-Late Jurassic boundary |
An early member of Pterodactyloidea. The type species is Kryptodrakon progenitor. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Bantim et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian or Albian) |
A member of Anhangueridae. The type species is Maaradactylus kellneri. |