Carnoferox Posted August 24, 2018 #1 Share Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) 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 Rivera-Sylva, H., Frey, E., Stinnesbeck, W., Carbot-Chanona, G., Sanchez-Uribe, I.E., & Guzmán-Gutiérrez, J.R. (2018). Paleodiversity of Late Cretaceous Ankylosauria from Mexico and their phylogenetic significance. Swiss Journal of Paleontology, 137(1), 83-93. Akainacephalus johnsoni Wiersma, J.P., & Irmis, R.B. (2018). A new southern Laramidian ankylosaurid, Akainacephalus johnsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the upper Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah, USA. PeerJ, 6: e5016. doi:10.7717/peerj.5016 Anodontosaurus inceptus, Platypelta coombsi, & Scolosaurus thronus Penkalski, P. (2018). Revised systematics of the armoured dinosaur Euoplocephalus and its allies. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 287(3), 261-306. Anomalipes zhaoi Yu, Y., Wang, K., Chen, S., Sullivan, C., Wang, S., Wang, P., & Xu, X. (2018). A new caegnathid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Wangshi Group of Shandong, China, with comments on size variation among oviraptorosaurs. Scientific Reports, 8: 5030. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-23252-2 Arkansaurus fridayi Hunt, R.K., & Quinn, J.H. (2018). A new ornithomimosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group of Arkansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 38(1): e1421209. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1421209 Avimimus nemegtensis Funston, G.F., Mendonca, S.E., Currie, P.J., & Barsbold, R. (2018). Oviraptorosaur anatomy, diversity, and ecology in the Nemegt Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 494, 101-120. Bagualosaurus agudoensis Pretto, F.A., Langer, M.C., & Schultz, C.L. (2018). A new dinosaur (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Brazil provides insights on the evolution of saurpodomorph body plan. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: zly028. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly028 Bannykus wulatensis & Xiyunykus pengi Xu, X., Choiniere, J., Tan, Q., Benson, R.B.J., Clark, J., Sullivan, C., Zhao, Q., Han, F., Ma, Q., He, Y., Wang, S., Xing, H., & Tan, L. (2018). Two Early Cretaceous fossils document transitional stages in alvarezsaurian dinosaur evolution. Current Biology, 28, 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.057 Bayannurosaurus perfectus Xu, X., Tan, Q., Gao, Y., Bao, Z., Yin, Z., Guo, B., Wang, J., Tan, L., Zhang, Y., & Xing, H. (2018). A large-sized basal ankylopollexian from East Asia, shedding light on early biogeographic history of Iguanodontia. Science Bulletin, 63(9), 556-563. Caihong juji Hu, D., Clarke, J.A., Eliason, C.M., Qiu, R., Li, Q., Shawkey, M.D., Zhao, C., D’Alba, L., Jiang, J., & Xu, X. (2018). A bony-crested Jurassic dinosaur with evidence of iridescent plumage highlights complexity in early paravian evolution. Nature Communications, 9: 217. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02515-y Choconsaurus baileywillisi Simón, E., Salgado, L., & Calvo, J.O. (2018). A new titanosaur sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Neuquén Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana, 55(1), 1-29. Choyrodon barsboldi Gates, T.A., Tsogtbaatar, K., Zanno, L.E., Chinzorig, T., & Watabe, M. (2018). A new iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. PeerJ, 6: e5300. doi:10.7717/peerj.5300 Diluvicursor pickeringi Herne, M.C., Tait, A.M., Weisbecker, V., Hall, M., Nair, J.P., Cleeland, M., & Salisbury, S.W. (2018). A new small-bodied ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from a deep, high-energy Early Cretaceous river of the Australian-Antarctic rift system. PeerJ, 5: e4113. doi:10.7717/peerj.4113 Dryosaurus elderae Carpenter, K., & Galton, P.M. (2018). A photo documentation of bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, USA. Geology of the Intermountain West, 5, 167-207. Ingentia prima Apaldetti, C., Martínez, R.N., Cerda, I.A., Pol, D., & Alcober, O. (2018). An early trend towards gigantism in Triassic sauropodmorph dinosaurs. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, 1227-1232. Jinyunpelta sinensis Zheng, W., Jin, X., Azuma, Y., Wang, Q., Miyata, K., & Xu, X. (2018). The most basal ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Albian-Cenomanian of China, with implications for the evolution of the tail club. Scientific Reports, 8: 3711. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-21924-7 Lingwulong shenqi Xu, X., Upchurch, P., Mannion, P.D., Barrett, P.M., Regalado-Fernandez, O.R., Mo, J., Ma, J., & Liu, H. (2018). A new Middle Jurassic diplodocoid suggests an earlier dispersal and diversification of sauropod dinosaurs. Nature Communications, 9: 2700. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05128-1 Mansourasaurus shahinae Sallam, H.M., Gorscak, E., O’Connor, P.M., El-Dawoudi, I.A., El-Sayed, S., Saber, S., Kora, M.A., Sertich, J.J.W., Seiffert, E.R., & Lamanna, M.C. (2018). New Egyptian sauropod reveals Late Cretaceous dinosaur dispersal between Europe and Africa. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, 445-451. Sibirotitan astrosacralis Averianov, A., Ivantsov, S., Skutschas, P., Faingertz, A., & Leshchinskiy, S. (2018). A new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Ilek Formation, Western Siberia, Russia. Geobios, 51(1), 1-14. Tratayenia rosalesi Porfiri, J.D., Valieri, R.D.J., Santos, D.D.D., & Lamanna, M.C. (2018). A new megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of northwestern Patagonia. Cretaceous Research, 89, 302-319. Edited August 24, 2018 by Carnoferox 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted August 24, 2018 Author #2 Share Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) Invictarx zephyri McDonald, A.T., & Wolfe, D.G. (2018). A new nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation of New Mexico. PeerJ, 6: e5435. doi:10.7717/peerj.5435 Edited August 24, 2018 by Carnoferox 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted August 29, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Pilmatueia faundezi Coria, R.A., Windholz, G.J., Ortega, F., & Currie, P.J. (2018). A new dicraeosaurid sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous (Mulichinco Formation, Valanginian, Neuquén Basin) of Argentina. Cretaceous Research. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.019 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted September 7, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Yizhousaurus sunae Zhang, Q.N., You, H.L., Wang, T., & Chatterjee, S. (2018). A new sauropodiform dinosaur with a ‘sauropodan’ skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China. Scientific Reports, 8: 13464. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31874-9 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted September 12, 2018 Author #5 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Qiupanykus zhangi Lü, J.C., Xu, L., Chang, H.L., Jia, S.H., Zhang, J.M., Gao, D.S., Zhang, Y.Y., Zhang, C.J., & Ding, F. (2018). A new alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan, Henan Province, central China. China Geology, 1, 28-35. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted September 19, 2018 Author #6 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Anhuilong diboensis Ren, X.X., Huang, J.D., & You, H.L. (2018). The second mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Eastern China. Historical Biology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1515935 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted September 25, 2018 Author #7 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Liaoningotitan sinensis Zhou, C., Wu, W., Sekiya, T., & Dong, Z. (2018). A new titanosauriformes dinosaur from Jehol Biota of western Liaoning, China. Global Geology, 37(2), 327-333. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Walt' E. Kurtz Posted September 25, 2018 #8 Share Posted September 25, 2018 I though this thread was about me..im an old dino.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted September 27, 2018 Author #9 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Ledumahadi mafube McPhee, B.W., Benson, R.B.J., Botha-Brink, J., Bordy, E.M., & Choiniere, J.N. (2018). A giant dinosaur from the earliest Jurassic of South Africa and the transition to quadrupedality in early sauropodomorphs. Current Biology, 28, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.063 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted October 9, 2018 Author #10 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Dynamoterror dynastes McDonald, A.T., Wolfe, D.G., & Dooley, A.C. Jr. (2018). A new tyrannosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation of New Mexico. PeerJ, 6: e5749. doi:10.771/peerj.5749 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDocMartens Posted October 9, 2018 #11 Share Posted October 9, 2018 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted October 29, 2018 Author #12 Share Posted October 29, 2018 (edited) Lavocatisaurus agrioensis Canudo, J.I., Carballido, J.L., Garrido, A., & Salgado, L. (2018). A new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Aptian–Albian, Lower Cretaceous Rayoso Formation, Neuquén, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (in press). Edited October 29, 2018 by Carnoferox 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted November 2, 2018 Author #13 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Crittendenceratops krzyzanowskii Dalman, S.G., Hodnett, J-P. M., Lichtig, A.J., & Lucas, S.G. (2018). A new ceratopsid dinosaur (Centrosaurinae: Nasutoceratopsini) from the Fort Crittenden Formation, Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Arizona. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 79, 141-164. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted November 16, 2018 Author #14 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Thanos simonattoi Delcourt, R., & Iori, F.V. (2018). A new Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from São José do Rio Preto Formation, Upper Cretaceous of Brazil and comments on the Bauru Group fauna. Historical Biology (in press). doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1546700 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted November 21, 2018 Author #15 Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) Macrocollum itaquii Müller, R.T., Langer, M.C., & Dias-da-Silva, S. (2018). An exceptionally preserved association of complete dinosaur skeletons reveals the oldest long-necked sauropodomorphs. Biology Letters, 14(11), 20180633. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0633 Edited November 21, 2018 by Carnoferox 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 21, 2018 #16 Share Posted November 21, 2018 5 hours ago, Carnoferox said: Macrocollum itaquii I'm fascinated by the fact that is basically a upright brontosaur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted November 21, 2018 Author #17 Share Posted November 21, 2018 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 21, 2018 #18 Share Posted November 21, 2018 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 22, 2018 #19 Share Posted November 22, 2018 8 hours ago, Carnoferox said: Macrocollum itaquii Müller, R.T., Langer, M.C., & Dias-da-Silva, S. (2018). An exceptionally preserved association of complete dinosaur skeletons reveals the oldest long-necked sauropodomorphs. Biology Letters, 14(11), 20180633. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0633 https://phys.org/news/2018-11-ancient-skeletons-ancestors-giant-dinosaurs.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted December 4, 2018 Author #20 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Weewarrasaurus pobeni Bell, P.R., Herne, M.C., Brougham, T., & Smith, E.T. (2018). Ornithopod diversity in the Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian), New South Wales, Australia. PeerJ, 6, e6008. doi:10.7717/peerj.6008 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted December 6, 2018 Author #21 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Adynomosaurus arcanus Prieto-Márquez, A., Fondevilla, V., Sellés, A.G., Wagner, J.R., & Galobart, A. (2018). Adynomosaurus arcanus, a new lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Ibero-Armorican Island of the European Archipelago. Cretaceous Research (in press). doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.12.002 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted December 6, 2018 Author #22 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Volgatitan simbirskiensis Averianov, A., & Efimov, V. (2018). The oldest titanosaurian sauropod of the Northern Hemisphere. Biological Communications, 63(3), 145-162. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted December 17, 2018 Author #23 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Baalsaurus mansillai Calvo, J.O., & Riga, B.G. (2018). Baalsaurus mansillai gen. et sp. nov. a new titanosaurian sauropod (Late Cretaceous) from Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (in press). doi:10.1590/0001-3765201820180661 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted December 19, 2018 Author #24 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Saltriovenator zanellai Dal Sasso, C., Maganuco, S., & Cau, A. (2018). The oldest ceratosaurian (Dinosauria: Theropoda), from the Lower Jurassic of Italy, sheds light on the evolution of the three-fingered hand of birds. PLoS ONE, 6, e5976. doi:10.7717/peerj.5976 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted January 25, 2019 Author #25 Share Posted January 25, 2019 The total of dinosaur species named in 2018 comes out to an even 40. Here is the new thread for 2019: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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