Molluscs Bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Fordilla gen et sp nov Valid Barrande Early Cambrian early Cambrian bivalve genus Nucula ponderata sp nov synonym Barrande Ordovician
moved to the genus Concavodonta as C. ponderata in 1972
Dinosaurs Newly named dinosaurs
Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes ''Crataeomus'' Nomen dubium Harry Govier Seeley Possible subjective synonym of Struthiosaurus. ''Diracodon'' Nomen dubium Othniel Charles Marsh Possible subjective synonym of Stegosaurus. Doratodon Misidentification Harry Govier Seeley Misidentified crocodilian. Hallopus Misidentification. Othniel Charles Marsh Misidentified crocodilian. ''Hoplosaurus'' Nomen dubium Harry Govier Seeley synonym of Pelorosaurus. Mochlodon Valid Harry Govier Seeley
A Dwarf Iguanodont. ''Oligosaurus'' Nomen dubium Harry Govier Seeley Possible subjective synonym of Rhabdodon. ''Ornithomerus'' Jr. synonym Harry Govier Seeley Junior subjective synonym of Rhabdodon. ''Pleuropeltus'' Nomen dubium Harry Govier Seeley Possible subjective synonym of Struthiosaurus. Rhadinosaurus Nomen dubium Harry Govier Seeley
Pterosaurs New taxa
Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Dermodactylus Valid Marsh Laopteryx Valid Marsh Nyctodactylus Jr. synonym. Marsh Jr. synonym of Nyctosaurus.
Synapsids Non-mammalian
Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images Aelurosaurus Valid Owen257 Million of years ago A Saber-Toothed Gorgonopsian.
Paleontologists Death of the Reverend William Fox a significant early collector of dinosaur fossils from the Isle of Wight.
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