Dinosaurs
New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Hylaeosaurus armatus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Mantell Early Cretaceous Tilgate Forest, Grinstead Clay Formation, Westfalen Hylaeosaurus was named in 1833 by Mantell for most of a skeleton including an isolated tail. This material was then later described in more detail by Mantell and Alexander Gordon Melville in an 1849 publication.
Pterosaurs
New taxa Name Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Gnathosaurus subulatus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid von Meyer Tithonian Solnhofen Limestone A gnathosaurine ctenochasmatid. This is one of two species assigned to Gnathosaurus, the other being G. macrurus. Aurorazhdarcho is a potential junior synonym of Gnathosaurus subulatus. Gnathosaurus as well as related genera such as Germanodactylus, Ctenochasma, and Pterodactylus all possessed large soft tissue crests. All four genera are from the Solnhofen Limestone, and share a common ancestor which, presumably, also had a crest. Fish
New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Lepidosaurus Gen. nov. Jr. synonym von Meyer Toarcian, 150 mya Whitby, Holzmaden, Dobbertin, La Caine , , This genus is now considered a junior synonym of Lepidotes. Although previously known from species ranging between 205 and 100 mya, a 2012 study found only species from the Late Jurassic to be in the genus, and reassigned the rest.
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