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Newly named non-avian dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.- The dubious family, Ornitholestidae is named by Gregory Scott Paul.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Anserimimus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Barsbold | Late Cretaceous | Nemegt Formation | An ornithomimid theropod | ||
Cathetosaurus | Gen et sp nov | valid | Jensen | Late Jurassic | A camarasauromorph sauropod, type species C. lewisi | |||
"Chassternbergia" | Subgen Nov | Junior synonym | Bakker | Campanian | Dinosaur Park Formation | Jr syn of Edmontonia | ||
Denversaurus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Bakker | late Maastrichtian | Lance Formation | A nodosaurid | ||
Giraffatitan | Gen et comb nov | Valid | Paul | Late Jurassic | Tendaguru formation | new genus for Brachiosaurus brancai | ||
"Hironosaurus" | Gen nov | Nomen nudum | Hisa | Late Cretaceous | A possible hadrosaurid, undescribed | |||
"Kagasaurus" | Gen nov | Nomen nudum | Hisa | Early Cretaceous | A possible dromeosaurid, undescribed | |||
Kotasaurus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Yadagiri | Early Jurassic | Kota Formation | A basal sauropod | ||
Nanotyrannus | Gen et comb nov | Valid? | Bakker, Williams, & Currie | Late Cretaceous | Lance Formation | Possible junior synonym of Tyrannosaurus. | ||
Orodromeus | Gen ex sp nov | Valid | Horner & Weishampel | Campanian | Two Medicine Formation | An ornithopod | ||
"Protognathus" | Gen et sp nov | Senior synonym | Zhang | Middle Jurassic | Shaximiao Formation | Jr homonym of Protognathus Basilewsky renamed Protognathosaurus by Olshevsky, 1991 | ||
"Stenotholus" | Gen et sp nov | Junior synonym | Giffin, Gabriel, & Johnson | Late Cretaceous | Hell Creek Formation | Junior synonym of Stygimoloch'' |