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Dinosaurs
NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages Mandschurosaurus laosensisHoffet J.-H. 1943 Description des ossements les plus caractéristiques appartenant à des Avipelviens du Sénonien du Bas-Laos Comptes Rendus des Séances du Conseil des Recherches Scientifiques de l'Indochine 1944 179–186 Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Hoffet Aptian-Albian Grès supérieurs Formation Laos A species of Mandschurosaurus PachycephalosaurusBrown, B. and E.M. Schlaikjer. 1943. A study of the troodont dinosaurs with the description of a new genus and four new species. Bull. Am. Museum. Nat. Hist. 82: pp. 121-149. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Brown & Schlaikjer Maastrichtian Lance Formation USA A new genus which at the time had the type species P. grangeri and includes the new combination for Troodon wyomingensis, P. grangeri is a synonym of P. wyomingensis which is a conserved name Troodon sternbergi Sp. nov. Valid Brown & Schlaikjer Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Canada A species of Troodon now Hanssuesia sternbergi Troodon edmontonensis Sp. nov. Valid Brown & Schlaikjer Maastrichtian Horseshoe Canyon Formation Canada A species of Troodon now Sphaerotholus edmontonense
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
Name Status Authors LocationImages
Alzadasaurus
syn of Thalassomedon
Welles USA (Montana)
Aphrosaurus
Valid
Welles USA (California)
Fresnosaurus
Valid
Welles USA (California)
Hydralmosaurus
Synonym of Styxosaurus.
Welles
Hydrotherosaurus
Valid
Welles USA (California)
Morenosaurus
Valid
Welles USA (California)
Thalassomedon
Valid
Welles USA (Colorado and Montana)thumb|Thalassomedon
Thalassonomosaurus
Synonym of Styxosaurus.
Welles
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name Status Authors Age Location Notes ImagesDinodontosaurusValidRomer237 millions of years ago Argentina
BrazilThe Dicinodont with terrible teeth.thumb|Dinodontosaurusthumb|ExaeretodonExaeretodonValidCabrera226 millions of years ago Argentina
Brazil
IndiaThis was a plant-eating Cynodont.TheropsisValid
References
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