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This article records new taxa of every kind of fossil archosaur that are scheduled to be described during 2024, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to the paleontology of archosaurs that will be published in 2024.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
In press |
Martins et al. |
Late Cretaceous |
A baurusuchid. Announced in 2023; the final article version was published in 2024. |
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Sp. nov |
Narváez et al. |
Eocene (Lutetian) |
A basal member of Crocodyloidea. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Reyes, Martz & Small |
Late Triassic (Norian) |
An aetosaur. The type species is G. muelleri. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
López-Rojas et al. |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) |
A goniopholidid crocodylomorph. The type species is O. paimogonectes. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Desojo & Rauhut |
Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian) |
Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence |
A member of Paracrocodylomorpha, probably belonging to the group Poposauroidea. The type species is "Prestosuchus" loricatus von Huene (1938). |
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Gen et sp. nov |
In press |
Pochat-Cottilloux et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
An atoposaurid. The type species is V. sakonnakhonensis. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Alvarez Nogueira et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) |
An elasmarian ornithopod. The type species is C. nekul. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Xing et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Early Coniacian) |
An ankylosaurid. The type species is D. yingliangis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Baron |
Early Jurassic (Hettangian–Sinemurian) |
An averostran theropod. The type species is D. normani. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Atkins-Weltman et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A caenagnathid theropod. The type species is E. infernalis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Han et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) |
Zhoutian Formation |
A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is G. cavocaudatus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Rotatori et al. |
Late Jurassic |
An early diverging iguanodontian ornithopod, possibly a dryomorphan. The type species is H. martinhotomasorum. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Filippi et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) |
A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is I. oslatus. Announced in 2023; the final article version was published in 2024. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Ren et al. |
Late Jurassic |
A mamenchisaurid sauropod. The type species is J. dongxingensis. The initially proposed name is preoccupied by Jingia Chen, 1983.[34] The replacement name was published in an addendum.[35] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Longrich et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid belonging to the tribe Arenysaurini. The type species is M. bata. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Isasmendi et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) |
A spinosaurid theropod. The type species is R. lacustris. |
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Sidersaura[38] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lerzo et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) | Huincul Formation | Argentina | A rebbachisaurid sauropod. The type species is S. marae. | |
Thyreosaurus[39] | Gen. et sp. nov | Zafaty et al. | Middle Jurassic | El Mers Group | Morocco | A stegosaurian. The type species is T. atlasicus. | ||
Tietasaura[40] | Gen. et sp. nov | Bandeira et al. | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian–Hauterivian) | Marfim Formation | Brazil | An elasmarian ornithopod. The type species is T. derbyiana. | ||
Gen. et sp. nov |
Pérez-Moreno et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) |
A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is T. gimenezi. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Dalman et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) |
A tyrannosaurine; a species of Tyrannosaurus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
In press |
Soto et al. |
Late Cretaceous |
A titanosaur sauropod belonging to the group Saltasauroidea. The type species is U. celeste. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Longrich et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) |
A hypsilophodontid. The type species is V. insularis. Announced in 2023; the final article version was published in 2024. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Jia et al. |
Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
A stegosaurian. The type species is Y. ultimus. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Ardenna buchananbrowni[116] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Tennyson et al. |
A species of Ardenna. |
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Eocypselus geminus[117] | Sp. nov | In press | Mayr & Kitchener | Eocene | London Clay | United Kingdom | A species of Eocypselus. | |
Eocypselus grandissimus[117] | Sp. nov | In press | Mayr & Kitchener | Eocene | London Clay | United Kingdom | A species of Eocypselus. | |
Eocypselus paulomajor[117] | Sp. nov | In press | Mayr & Kitchener | Eocene | London Clay | United Kingdom | A species of Eocypselus. | |
Gen. et sp. nov |
In press |
Wang et al. |
An enantiornithine. The type species is I. attenboroughi. |
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Paralyra[119] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Zelenkov |
Pliocene and Pleistocene |
A grouse; a new genus for "Lagopus lagopus" atavus Jánossy (1974), originally described from the Rębielice Królewskie 1 locality in Poland, subsequently also described from the Taurida Cave in Crimea.[119] |
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Pristineanis[120] |
Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Mayr & Kitchener |
Eocene |
London Clay |
A possible member of Piciformes. The type species is P. minor; genus also includes new species P. major, as well as "Neanis" kistneri Feduccia (1973). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Mayr & Kitchener |
Eocene (Ypresian) |
London Clay |
A stem group roller belonging or related to the family Primobucconidae. |
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Waltonirrisor[120] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Mayr & Kitchener |
Eocene (Ypresian) |
London Clay |
A member of Upupiformes. The type species is W. tendringensis. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
In press |
De Mendoza, Degrange & Tambussi |
Las Flores Formation |
A member of Anseriformes of uncertain affinites; a new genus for "Telmabates" howardae. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Ceoptera[143] | Gen. et sp. nov | Martin-Silverstone et al. | Middle Jurassic | Kilmaluag Formation | United Kingdom | A darwinopteran. The type species is C. evansae. |