Arthropods Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDolichoderus vectensisSp novvalidDonisthorpeLate EoceneBembridge MarlsA dolichoderine antEmplastus emeryiSp novjr synonymDonisthorpeLate EoceneBembridge MarlsA dolichoderine antjr synonym of Emplastus britannicusDolichoderus gurnetensisSp novjr synonymDonisthorpeLate EoceneBembridge MarlsA dolichoderine antjr synonym of Emplastus gurnetensis
Archosauromorphs Crocodilians New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTomistoma dowsoniSp. novValidFourtauBurdigalianMoghra FormationA member of the Gavialoidea. It was later placed in a distinct genus, Sutekhsuchus, by Burke et al. in 2024.
Dinosaurs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Aristosaurus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium van Hoepen Pliensbachian Clarens Formation A prosauropod sometimes synonymized with Massospondylus Dromicosaurus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium van Hoepen Late Triassic-Early Jurassic Elliot Formation A prosauropod sometimes synonymized with Massospondylus ElaphrosaurusJanensch, W. 1920. Uber Elaphrosaurus bambergi und die Megalosaurier aus den Tendaguru-Schichten Deutsch-Ostafricas. Sitzungsberichte Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Berlin 8: pp. 225-235. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Janensch Kimmeridgian Tendaguru Formation A slender theropod Eucnemesaurus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid van Hoepen Norian Elliot Formation A prosauropod Kritosaurus incurvimanus Sp. nov. Valid Parks Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation A species of Kritosaurus Procheneosaurus Gen. nov.? Jr. synonym Matthew Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation A genus lacking a species name, sometimes considered a nomen nudum. A synonym of Lambeosaurus
Synapsids Non-mammalian
Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesAlopecopsisValidBroom257 Millions of years ago. BroomisaurusValidJoleaudMoschorhinusValidBroom250 Millions of years ago. ProtacmonValidWatson245 Millions of years ago.
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