This article records new taxa of every kind of fossil archosaur that were scheduled to be described during 2023, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to the paleontology of archosaurs that were published in 2023.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Alligator munensis[1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Darlim et al. | Middle Pleistocene to Holocene | An altirostral species of alligator closely related to the Chinese alligator. | |||
Antecrocodylus[2] | Gen. et sp. nov | Martin et al. | Miocene | An early diverging crocodile. The type species is A. chiangmuanensis. | ||||
Aphaurosuchus kaiju[3] | Sp. nov | Martins et al. | Late Cretaceous | Adamantina Formation | A baurusuchid. | |||
Baru iylwenpeny[4] | Sp. nov | Yates, Ristevski, & Salisbury | Late Miocene | Alcoota Fossil Beds | A member of the clade Mekosuchinae. | |||
Comahuesuchus bonapartei[5] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kellner, Figueiredo & Calvo | Late Cretaceous (Turonian to Coniacian) | Portezuelo Formation | |||
Dentaneosuchus[6] | Gen. et comb. nov | Martin et al. | Eocene (Bartonian) | Sables du Castrais Formation | A member of the family Sebecidae; a new genus for "Atacisaurus" crassiproratus Astre (1931). | |||
Huenesuchus[7] | Gen. nov. | Disputed | Kischlat | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Santa Maria Formation | Brazil | A replacement name for Prestosuchus Huene 1938, considered to be a nomen nudum. | |
Kryphioparma[8] | Gen. et sp. nov | Reyes, Parker, & Heckert | Late Triassic (Norian) | Chinle Formation | An aetosaur. The type species is K. caerula. | |||
Scolotosuchus[9] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sennikov | Early Triassic | Lipovskaya Formation | A member of the family Rauisuchidae. The type species is S. basileus. Published online in 2023, but the issue date is listed as December 2022. | ||
Torvoneustes jurensis[10] | Sp. nov | Valid | Girard et al. | Late Jurassic | Reuchenette Formation | |||
Turnersuchus[11] | Gen. et sp. nov | Wilberg et al. | Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) | Charmouth Mudstone Formation | An early diverging thalattosuchian. The type species is T. hingleyae. | |||
Venkatasuchus[12] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Haldar, Ray & Bandyopadhyay | Late Triassic (Norian to Rhaetian) | Dharmaram Formation | A typothoracine aetosaur. The type species is V. armatum. | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Ampelognathus[57] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tykoski, Contreras & Noto | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Lewisville Formation | A small-bodied ornithopod. The type species is A. coheni. | ||
Bustingorrytitan[58] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Simón & Salgado | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Huincul Formation | A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is B. shiva. | ||
Calvarius[59] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Prieto-Márquez & Sellés | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Talarn Formation | A small-bodied ornithopod belonging to the group Styracosterna. The type species is C. rapidus. | ||
Chucarosaurus[60] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Agnolin et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) | Huincul Formation | A colossosaurian titanosaur. The type species is C. diripienda. | ||
Furcatoceratops[61] | Gen. et sp. nov | Ishikawa, Tsuihiji & Manabe | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Judith River Formation | A centrosaurine ceratopsid. The type species is F. elucidans. | |||
Garumbatitan[62] | Gen. et sp. nov | Mocho et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Arcillas de Morella Formation | A sauropod belonging to the group Somphospondyli. The type species is G. morellensis. | |||
Gonkoken[63] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Alarcón-Muñoz et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Dorotea Formation | A non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid. The type species is G. nanoi. | ||
Gremlin[64] | Gen. et sp. nov | Ryan et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Oldman Formation | A leptoceratopsid ceratopsian. The type species is G. slobodorum. | |||
Iani[65] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zanno et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Cedar Mountain Formation | An iguanodontian ornithopod belonging to the group Rhabdodontomorpha. The type species is I. smithi. | ||
Igai[66] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gorscak et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Quseir Formation | A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is I. semkhu. | ||
Inawentu[67] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Filippi et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Bajo de la Carpa Formation | A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is I. oslatus. Announced in 2023; the final article version will be published in 2024. | ||
Jaculinykus[68] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kubo et al. | Late Cretaceous | Barun Goyot Formation | A parvicursorine alvarezsaurid theropod. The type species is J. yaruui. | ||
Jiangxititan[69] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mo et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Nanxiong Formation | A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is J. ganzhouensis. | ||
Malefica[70] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Prieto-Márquez & Wagner | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Aguja Formation | A basally-branching hadrosaurid. Genus includes new species M. deckerti. Announced in 2022; the final article version was published in 2023. | ||
Migmanychion[71] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Wang et al. | Early Cretaceous | Longjiang Formation | A coelurosaurian theropod. The type species is M. laiyang. | ||
Minimocursor[72] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Manitkoon et al. | Late Jurassic | Phu Kradung Formation | A basal member of Neornithischia. The type species is M. phunoiensis. | ||
Oblitosaurus[73] | Gen. et sp. nov | Sánchez-Fenollosa, Verdú, & Cobos | Late Jurassic | Villar del Arzobispo Formation | An iguanodontian ornithopod belonging to the group Ankylopollexia. The type species is O. bunnueli. | |||
Platytholus[74] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Horner, Goodwin & Evans | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Hell Creek Formation | A pachycephalosaurid. The type species is P. clemensi. | ||
Protathlitis[75] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Santos-Cubedo et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Arcillas de Morella Formation | A baryonychine spinosaurid theropod. The type species is P. cinctorrensis. | ||
Qianlong[76] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Han et al. | Early Jurassic (probably Sinemurian) | Ziliujing Formation | A basal member of Sauropodomorpha. The type species is Q. shouhu. | ||
Sphaerotholus lyonsi[77] | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodruff, Schott & Evans | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Dinosaur Park Formation | A pachycephalosaurine; a species of Sphaerotholus. | ||
Sphaerotholus triregnum | Sp. nov | Valid | Woodruff, Schott & Evans | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Hell Creek Formation | A pachycephalosaurine; a species of Sphaerotholus. | ||
Tharosaurus[78] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bajpai et al. | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) | Jaisalmer Formation | A dicraeosaurid sauropod. The type species is T. indicus. | ||
Tyrannomimus[79] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hattori et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Kitadani Formation | An ornithomimosaur theropod. The type species is T. fukuiensis. | ||
Vectidromeus[80] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Longrich et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Wessex Formation | A hypsilophodontid. The type species is V. insularis. Announced in 2023; the final article version will be published in 2024. | ||
Vectipelta[81] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pond et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Wessex Formation | A nodosaurid. The type species is V. barretti. | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images | |
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Anachronornis[263] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Houde, Dickson & Camarena | Thanetian | Willwood Formation | A basal anseriform of the new family Anachronornithidae. The type species is A. anhimops. | |||
Avolatavis europaeus[264] | Sp. nov | Valid | Mayr & Kitchener | Eocene | London Clay | A member of the family Vastanavidae. | |||
Caerulonettion[265] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Zelenkov | Miocene | A duck; a new genus for "Anas" natator Milne-Edwards (1867). | ||||
Castignovolucris[266] | Gen. et sp. nov | Buffetaut, Angst & Tong | Late Cretaceous (probably late Campanian) | Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation | A member of Enantiornithes. The type species is C. sebei. | ||||
Charadriisimilis[267] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mayr & Kitchener | Eocene | London Clay | A member of Charadriiformes most closely resembling members of the group Charadrii. The type species is C. essexensis. | |||
Clymenoptilon[268] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mayr et al. | Paleocene | Waipara Greensand | A member of the stem group of Phaethontiformes. The type species is C. novaezealandicum. | |||
Cratonavis[269] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | A non-ornithothoracine pygostylian. The type species is C. zhui. | |||
Danielsavis | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Houde, Dickson & Camarena | Ypresian | London Clay Formation | A member of Galloanseres of uncertain affinities; originally described as a basal anseriform, but subsequently argued to share possible derived characteristics with the Galliformes by Mayr, Carrió & Kitchener (2023). The type species is D. nazensis. | |||
Dynatoaetus[270] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov. | Valid | Mather et al. | Chibanian | Mairs Cave | An Accipitrid, the type species is D. gaffae. It also includes the species D. pachyosteus.[271] | |||
Eotrogon[272] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mayr, De Pietri & Kitchener | Eocene (Ypresian) | London Clay | A trogon. The type species is E. stenorhynchus. | |||
Eudyptula wilsonae[273] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thomas et al. | Pliocene (Piacenzian) | Tangahoe Formation | A penguin, a species of Eudyptula. | |||
Falco powelli[274] | Sp. nov | Valid | Emslie & Mead | Late Quaternary | A kestrel. | ||||
Fujianvenator[275] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Xu et al. | Late Jurassic (Tithonian) | Nanyuan Formation | An anchiornithid. The type species is F. prodigiosus. | |||
Kumimanu fordycei[276] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ksepka et al. | Paleocene (Teurian) | Moeraki Formation | An early penguin. | |||
Lavanttalornis[277] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bocheński et al. | Miocene | A duck. The type species is L. hassleri. | ||||
Macronectes tinae[278] | Sp. nov | Valid | Tennyson & Salvador | Pliocene (Waipipian) | Tangahoe Formation | A member of the genus Macronectes. | |||
Mionetta defossa | Sp. nov | Valid | Zelenkov | Miocene | A duck. | ||||
Mioquerquedula palaeotagaica[279] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zelenkov | Miocene | A duck. | ||||
Murgonornis[280] | Gen. et sp. nov | Worthy et al. | Eocene | A presbyornithid. The type species is M. archeri | |||||
Papasula abbotti nelsoni[281] | Ssp. nov | Valid | Hume | Holocene | A subspecies of Abbott's booby. | ||||
Papulavis[282] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Mourer-Chauviré et al. | Eocene (Ypresian) | A bird classified as cf. Aramidae. The type species is P. annae. | ||||
Pelecanus paranensis[283] | Sp. nov | Noriega et al. | Miocene | Paraná Formation | A pelican. | ||||
Perplexicervix paucituberculata[284] | Sp. nov | Valid | Mayr, Carrió & Kitchener | Eocene (Ypresian) | London Clay | Possibly a relative of bustards, assigned to the family Perplexicervicidae. | |||
Petradyptes | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ksepka et al. | Paleocene (Teurian) | Moeraki Formation | An early penguin. The type species is P. stonehousei. | |||
Plotornis archaeonautes[285] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ksepka et al. | Miocene (Aquitanian) | Mount Harris Formation | A member of Pan-Diomedeidae. | |||
Porzana payevskyi[286] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zelenkov et al. | Early Pleistocene | A rail; a species of Porzana. | ||||
Praecarbo[287] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kessler & Horváth | Oligocene | Mányi Formation | A cormorant. The type species is P. strigoniensis. | |||
Pterocles bosporanus[288] | Sp. nov | Zelenkov | Pleistocene | Crimea | A sandgrouse; a species of Pterocles. | ||||
?Pulchrapollia eximia[289] | Sp. nov | Mayr & Kitchener | Eocene | London Clay | A member of the family Halcyornithidae. | ||||
?Pulchrapollia tenuipes | Sp. nov | Mayr & Kitchener | Eocene | London Clay | A member of the family Halcyornithidae. | ||||
Rhynchaeites litoralis[290] | Sp. nov | Valid | Mayr & Kitchener | Eocene (Ypresian) | London Clay | A member of the family Threskiornithidae. | |||
Selenonetta | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zelenkov | Miocene | A duck. Genus includes new species S. lacustrina. | ||||
Sericuloides[291] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nguyen | Oligocene | Riversleigh World Heritage Area | A bowerbird. The type species is S. marynguyenae. | |||
Sibirionetta formozovi | Sp. nov | Valid | Zelenkov et al. | Early Pleistocene | A duck; a species of Sibirionetta. | ||||
Sororavis[292] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mayr & Kitchener | Eocene (Ypresian) | London Clay | A member of the family Morsoravidae. The type species S. solitarius. | |||
Tagayanetta | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zelenkov | Miocene | A duck. Genus includes new species T. palaeobaikalensis. | ||||
Tegulavis | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Mourer-Chauviré et al. | Eocene (Ypresian) | A bird classified as cf. Galliformes. The type species is T. corbalani. | ||||
Thegornis sosae[293] | Sp. nov | Valid | Agnolín | Late Miocene (Tortonian) | Andalhualá Formation | A member of the family Falconidae. | |||
Titanoperdix | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zelenkov et al. | Early Pleistocene | A phasianid. The type species is T. felixi. | ||||
Tynskya brevitarsus | Sp. nov | Valid | Mayr & Kitchener | Eocene | London Clay | A member of the family Messelasturidae. | |||
Tynskya crassitarsus | Sp. nov | Valid | Mayr & Kitchener | Eocene | London Clay | A member of the family Messelasturidae. | |||
Vultur messii[294] | Sp. nov | Degrange et al. | Pliocene | A New World vulture. | |||||
Yarquen[295] | Gen. et sp. nov | Tambussi et al. | Miocene | Collón Curá Formation | An owl in the family Strigidae. The type species is Y. dolgopolae. | ||||
Ypresiglaux[296] | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Mayr & Kitchener | Early Eocene | London Clay | An owl. The type species is Y. michaeldanielsi; genus also includes "Eostrix" gulottai Mayr (2016). Announced in 2022; the final article version was published in 2023. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images | |
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Balaenognathus[358] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Martill et al. | Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian to Tithonian) | Torleite Formation | A member of the family Ctenochasmatidae. The type species is B. maeuseri. | |||
Cratonopterus[359] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jiang et al. | Early Cretaceous | Huajiying Formation | China | A member of the family Ctenochasmatidae. The type species is C. huabei. | ||
Eopteranodon yixianensis[360] | Sp. nov | Zhang et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of the family Tapejaridae. | ||||
Huaxiadraco[361] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Pêgas et al. | Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | A member of the family Tapejaridae. The type species is "Huaxiapterus" corollatus Lü et al. (2006). | |||
Lusognathus[362] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fernandes et al. | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) | Lourinhã Formation | A member of the family Ctenochasmatidae belonging to the subfamily Gnathosaurinae. The type species is L. almadrava. | |||
Meilifeilong[363] | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) | Jiufotang Formation | A member of the family Chaoyangopteridae. The type species is M. youhao; genus also includes "Shenzhoupterus" sanyainus Ji, Zhang & Lu (2023). | |||
Petrodactyle[364] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hone et al. | Late Jurassic | Mörnsheim Formation | A member of the family Gallodactylidae. The type species is P. wellnhoferi. | frameless | ||
Shenzhoupterus sanyainus[365] | Sp. nov | In press | Ji et al. | Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | A member of the family Chaoyangopteridae. Originally described as a species of Shenzhoupterus; Wang et al. (2023) transferred it to the genus Meilifeilong. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Amanasaurus[389] | Gen. et sp. nov | Müller & Garcia | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Candelária Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence | A member of the family Silesauridae. The type species is A. nesbitti. | |||
Mambachiton[390] | Gen. et sp. nov | Nesbitt et al. | Late Triassic | Isalo II | A basal member of Avemetatarsalia. The type species is M. fiandohana. | |||
Venetoraptor[391] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Müller et al. | Late Triassic | Candelária Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence | A member of the family Lagerpetidae. The type species is V. gassenae. | ||