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New Dinosaurs of 2018


Carnoferox

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A list of the 23 new non-avialan dinosaur species named in 2018 (so far) with links to the papers describing them. New dinosaurs will be added as they are published.

Acantholipan gonzalezi

Akainacephalus johnsoni

Anodontosaurus inceptus, Platypelta coombsi, & Scolosaurus thronus

Anomalipes zhaoi

Arkansaurus fridayi

Avimimus nemegtensis

Bagualosaurus agudoensis

Bannykus wulatensis & Xiyunykus pengi

Bayannurosaurus perfectus

Caihong juji

Choconsaurus baileywillisi

Choyrodon barsboldi

Diluvicursor pickeringi

Dryosaurus elderae

Ingentia prima

Jinyunpelta sinensis

Lingwulong shenqi

Mansourasaurus shahinae

Sibirotitan astrosacralis

Tratayenia rosalesi

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I though this thread was about me..im an old dino..

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Well, that was cool, and a little overwhelming. I had no idea there was a species of raptor that had shortened forearms with one digit each for digging. Far out.

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5 hours ago, Carnoferox said:

Macrocollum itaquii

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I'm fascinated by the fact that is basically a upright brontosaur

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15 minutes ago, Piney said:

I'm fascinated by the fact that is basically a upright brontosaur

Indeed, and it shows that the elongation of the cervical vertebrae occurred very early on in sauropod evolution.

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8 minutes ago, Carnoferox said:

Indeed, and it shows that the elongation of the cervical vertebrae occurred very early on in sauropod evolution.

I always thought the early ones were short necked. But this gave them a advantage in feeding and keeping a eye out for predators.

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