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Mollusks

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[2]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Notes
Anningia	Gen et sp nov	Nomen dubium	Broom	Middle Permian		A member of Varanopidae.
Cynosaurus	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Schmidt	Late Permian	Dicynodon Assemblage Zone	A member of Galesauridae.
Permocynodon	Gen et sp nov	Junior synonym	Sushkin	Late Permian	Vyatkian Horizon	A junior synonym of Dvinia.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Aulophyseter	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kellogg	Middle Miocene (Langhian)	Temblor Formation		A close relative of the sperm whale.
Stenodelphis sternbergi	Sp. nov	Valid	Gregory & Kellogg	Late Pliocene (Piacenzian)	San Diego Formation	(	A close relative of the baiji; now referred to Parapontoporia

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