New taxa

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Higher Level

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Name Novelty Status Authors Notes

Macrocheiriformes

Clade nov.

Valid

Cuesta et al.

Defined as minimum-clade including Pelecanimimus and Ornithomimus

Diamantinasauria

Clade nov.

Valid

Poropat et al.

Defined as maximum-clade including Diamantinasaurus but not Saltasaurus

Corythosauria Euceratopsia Saphornithischia Panoplosaurini Struthiosaurini Unenlagiina

Genera and species

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Arackar[1]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Rubilar-Rogers et al.

Late Cretaceous (CampanianMaastrichtian)

Hornitos Formation

  Chile

A lithostrotian titanosaur sauropod. The type species is A. licanantay.

 

Arrudatitan[2]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Silva Junior et al.

Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)

Adamantina Formation

  Brazil

A titanosaur sauropod; a new genus for "Aeolosaurus" maximus.

 

Australotitan[3]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Hocknull et al.

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-? Turonian)

Winton Formation

  Australia

A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is A. cooperensis.

 

Berthasaura[4]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

De Souza et al.

Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)

Goio-Erê Formation

  Brazil

A noasaurid theropod. The type species is B. leopoldinae.

 
  1. ^ Rubilar-Rogers D, Vargas AO, Riga BG, Soto-Acuña S, Alarcón-Muñoz J, Iriarte-Díaz J, Arévalo C, Gutstein CS (2021). "Arackar licanantay gen. et sp. nov. a new lithostrotian (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Atacama Region, northern Chile". Cretaceous Research. 124: Article 104802. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104802. S2CID 233780252.
  2. ^ Silva Junior JC, Martinelli AG, Iori FV, Marinho TS, Hechenleitner EM, Langer MC (2021). "Reassessment of Aeolosaurus maximus, a titanosaur dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Southeastern Brazil". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. in press: 1–9. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1920016. S2CID 235526860.
  3. ^ Hocknull SA, Wilkinson M, Lawrence RA, Konstantinov V, Mackenzie S, Mackenzie R (2021). "A new giant sauropod, Australotitan cooperensis gen. et sp. nov., from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia". PeerJ. 9: e11317. doi:10.7717/peerj.11317. PMC 8191491. PMID 34164230.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  4. ^ de Souza GA, Soares MB, Weinschütz LC, Wilner E, Lopes RT, de Araújo OM, Kellner AW (2021). "The first edentulous ceratosaur from South America". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): Article number 22281. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01312-4. PMC 8602317. PMID 34795306.