2015 in archosaur paleontology

This article records new taxa of fossil archosaurs of every kind that are scheduled described during the year 2015, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that are scheduled to occur in the year 2015.

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Pseudosuchians

Research

  • Revision of the type material of Rauisuchus tiradentes is published by Lautenschlager and Rauhut (2015).[1]
  • A study on the changes in the morphology of vertebrae caused by increased adaptation to aquatic locomotion in the evolution of crocodylomorphs is published by Molnar et al. (2015).[2]
  • A study of the evolutionary history of the clade Crocodyliformes is published by Bronzati, Montefeltro and Langer (2015).[3]
  • A study of impact of the climate changes on the evolution and biodiversity of pseudosuchian archosaurs is published by Mannion et al. (2015).[4]
  • A study on the phylogenetic position of thalattosuchians within Crocodylomorpha is published by Wilberg (2015).[5]
  • A review of the diagnostic features of the species assigned to the genus Machimosaurus is published by Martin, Vincent & Falconnet (2015).[6]
  • An isolated metriorhynchid tooth is described from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Hybla Formation (Sicily, Italy) by Chiarenza et al. (2015), extending the known geological range of Metriorhynchidae and Thalattosuchia by approximately 7–8 million years;[7] Fischer et al. (2015) subsequently caution that it might potentially be a pliosaurid tooth instead.[8]

New taxa

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Albertosuchus[9]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Wu & Brinkman

Latest Cretaceous

Scollard Formation

 Canada

A crocodylian, probably a crocodyloid. The type species is Albertosuchus knudsenii.

Allodaposuchus hulki[10]

Sp. nov

Valid

Blanco et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Tremp Formation

 Spain

A eusuchian crocodylomorph, a species of Allodaposuchus.

Caiman wannlangstoni[11]

Sp. nov

Valid

Salas-Gismondi et al.

Late Middle Miocene

Pebas Formation

 Peru

A caiman, a species of Caiman.

Carnufex[12]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Zanno et al.

Late Triassic (Carnian)

Pekin Formation

 United States

An early member of Crocodylomorpha. The type species is Carnufex carolinensis.

Dagasuchus[13]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Lacerda, Schultz & Bertoni-Machado

Triassic (late Ladinian/early Carnian)

Santa Maria Formation

 Brazil

A non-crocodylomorph loricatan. The type species is Dagasuchus santacruzensis.

Gnatusuchus[11]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Salas-Gismondi et al.

Late Middle Miocene

Pebas Formation

 Peru

A caiman. The type species is Gnatusuchus pebasensis.

Gorgetosuchus[14]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Heckert et al.

Late Triassic

Pekin Formation

 United States

An aetosaur. The type species is Gorgetosuchus pekinensis.

Koumpiodontosuchus[15]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Sweetman, Pedreira-Segade & Vidovic

Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

Wessex Formation

 United Kingdom

A crocodyliform related to Bernissartia. The type species is Koumpiodontosuchus aprosdokiti.

Kuttanacaiman[11]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Salas-Gismondi et al.

Late Middle Miocene

Pebas Formation

 Peru

A caiman. The type species is Kuttanacaiman iquitosensis.

Lohuecosuchus[16]

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

Valid

Narváez et al.

Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian)

 France
 Spain

A eusuchian crocodyliform related to Allodaposuchus. The type species is Lohuecosuchus megadontos; genus also contains Lohuecosuchus mechinorum.

Zoneait[17]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Wilberg

Middle Jurassic (Aalenian–Bajocian)

Snowshoe Formation

 United States

A thalattosuchian crocodylomorph. The type species is Zoneait nargorum.

Non-avian dinosaurs

Research

New taxa

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Augustynolophus[24]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Prieto-Márquez et al.

Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)

Moreno Formation

 United States

A hadrosaurid; a new genus for "Saurolophus" morrisi Prieto-Márquez & Wagner (2013).

Boreonykus[25]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Bell & Currie

Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)

Wapiti Formation

 Canada

A dromaeosaurid theropod. The type species is Boreonykus certekorum.

Chilesaurus[26]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Novas et al.

Late Jurassic (Tithonian)

Toqui Formation

 Chile

A dinosaur of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally classified as a theropod dinosaur (a basal member of Tetanurae), but subsequently argued to be an ornithischian.[27] The type species is Chilesaurus diegosuarezi.

Crichtonpelta[28]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid[29]

Arbour & Currie

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian)

Sunjiawan Formation

 China

An ankylosaurine ankylosaurid; a new genus for "Crichtonsaurus" benxiensis Lü, Ji, Gao & Li (2007).

Dakotaraptor[30]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

DePalma et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Hell Creek Formation

 United States

A member of Dromaeosauridae. The type species is Dakotaraptor steini.

Eucnemesaurus entaxonis[31]

Sp. nov

Valid

McPhee et al.

Late Triassic

Lower Elliot Formation

 South Africa

A non-sauropod sauropodomorph, a species of Eucnemesaurus.

Galeamopus[18]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Tschopp, Mateus & Benson

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)

Morrison Formation

 United States

A diplodocid sauropod; a new genus for "Diplodocus" hayi Holland (1924).

Gspsaurus[32] Gen. et comb. nov Dubious Malkani Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Pab Formation  Pakistan A titanosauriform sauropod. The type species is G. Pakistani.

Haestasaurus [33]

Gen. et comb. nov.

Valid

Upchurch, Mannion & Taylor

Early Cretaceous (late Berriasian—Valanginian)

Hastings Beds

 United Kingdom

A macronarian sauropod of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Pelorosaurus" becklesii Mantell (1852).

Horshamosaurus[34]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Blows

Early Cretaceous

 United Kingdom

A new genus for "Polacanthus" rudgwickensis Blows (1996).

Hualianceratops [35]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Han et al.

Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)

Shishugou Formation

 China

A basal ceratopsian, possibly a member of Chaoyangsauridae. The type species is Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis.

Huanansaurus[36]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

et al.

Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)

Nanxiong Formation

 China

An oviraptorid theropod. The type species is Huanansaurus ganzhouensis.

Iguanodon galvensis[37]

Sp. nov

Valid

Verdú et al.

Early Cretaceous (early Barremian)

Galve, Teruel

 Spain

An ornithopod, a species of Iguanodon.

Ischioceratops[38]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

He et al.

Late Cretaceous

Wangshi Group

 China

A leptoceratopsid ceratopsian. The type species is Ischioceratops zhuchengensis.

Koshisaurus[39]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Shibata & Azuma

Early Cretaceous

Kitadani Formation

 Japan

A non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid. The type species is Koshisaurus katsuyama.

Kunbarrasaurus[40]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Leahey et al.

Cretaceous (late Albian–(?)early Cenomanian)

Allaru Mudstone

 Australia

An ankylosaur. The type species is Kunbarrasaurus ieversi.

Lepidocheirosaurus[41]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Disputed

Alifanov & Saveliev

Late Jurassic (Tithonian?)

Ukureyskaya Formation

 Russia

A dinosaur of uncertain phylogenetic placement; considered to be a theropod dinosaur related to Nqwebasaurus by the authors of its description,[41] but subsequently argued to be an ornithischian, possibly synonymous with Kulindadromeus.[42][43] The type species is Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis.

Lepidus[44]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Nesbitt & Ezcurra

Late Triassic

Dockum Group

 United States

A coelophysoid theropod. The type species is Lepidus praecisio.

Morelladon[45]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Gasulla et al.

Early Cretaceous (probably late Barremian)

Arcillas de Morella Formation

 Spain

An ornithopod dinosaur, a basal member of Styracosterna. The type species is Morelladon beltrani.

Mosaiceratops[46]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Zheng, Jin & Xu

Late Cretaceous (early-middle Turonian—middle Campanian)

Xiaguan Formation

 China

A basal neoceratopsian. The type species is Mosaiceratops azumai.

Nebulasaurus[47]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Xing et al.

Middle Jurassic (Aalenian or Bajocian)

Zhanghe Formation

 China

A eusauropod sauropod. The type species is Nebulasaurus taito.

Padillasaurus[48]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Carballido et al.

Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

Paja Formation

 Colombia

A brachiosaurid sauropod. The type species is Padillasaurus leivaensis.

Probrachylophosaurus[49]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Freedman Fowler & Horner

Late Cretaceous (Campanian)

Judith River Formation

 United States

A hadrosaurid. The type species is Probrachylophosaurus bergei.

Pulanesaura[50]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

McPhee et al.

Early Jurassic (probably late Hettangian to Sinemurian)

Upper Elliot Formation

 South Africa

A basal sauropod. The type species is Pulanesaura eocollum.

Qijianglong[51]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Xing et al.

Late Jurassic

Suining Formation

 China

A mamenchisaurid sauropod. The type species is Qijianglong guokr.

Regaliceratops[52]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Brown & Henderson

Late Cretaceous (probably middle Maastrichtian)

St. Mary River Formation

 Canada

A chasmosaurine ceratopsid. The type species is Regaliceratops peterhewsi.

Saurornitholestes sullivani[53]

Sp. nov

Valid

Jasinski

Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)

Kirtland Formation

 United States

A member of Dromaeosauridae, a species of Saurornitholestes.

Sefapanosaurus[54]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Otero et al.

Late Triassic or Early Jurassic

Elliot Formation

 South Africa

A non-sauropod sauropodomorph. The type species is Sefapanosaurus zastronensis.

Sirindhorna[55]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Shibata et al.

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

Khok Kruat Formation

 Thailand

A basal member of Hadrosauroidea. The type species is Sirindhorna khoratensis.

Ugrunaaluk[56]

Gen. et sp. nov

Disputed

Mori, Druckenmiller & Erickson

Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)

Prince Creek Formation

 United States

A saurolophine hadrosaurid. The type species is Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis. The genus Ugrunaaluk was considered to be a junior synonym of the genus Edmontosaurus by Takasaki et al. (2020).[57]

Wendiceratops [58]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Evans & Ryan

Late Cretaceous (Campanian)

Oldman Formation

 Canada

A centrosaurine ceratopsid. The type species is Wendiceratops pinhornensis.

Yi[59]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Xu et al.

Jurassic (Callovian or Oxfordian)

Tiaojishan Formation

 China

A scansoriopterygid theropod. The type species is Yi qi.

Zhenyuanlong[60]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Lü & Brusatte

Early Cretaceous

Yixian Formation

 China

A dromaeosaurid theropod. The type species is Zhenyuanlong suni.

Birds

Research

  • Balaur bondoc, originally interpreted as a member of Dromaeosauridae, is argued to be a basal member of Avialae by Cau, Brougham and Naish (2015).[61]
  • Estimates of likely mass and flight capability of the extinct Chatham duck (Anas chathamica), as indicated by measurements of major bones, are published by Williams (2015).[62]
  • New cranial material of the Oligo-Miocene relative of flamingos, Harrisonavis croizeti, is described by Torres et al. (2015).[63]
  • New specimens of the Eocene relative of swifts, Scaniacypselus szarskii, are described by Mayr (2015).[64]
  • A specimen of a stem-coliiform Masillacolius brevidactylus with preserved skull is described by Mayr (2015).[65]
  • A study of the phylogenetic relationships of Psittacopes, Pumiliornis and Morsoravis, indicating their close relationship to the passerines and extinct family Zygodactylidae, is published by Mayr (2015); the author also introduced a new name, Parapasseres, for the clade containing Passeriformes and Zygodactylidae but not Psittacopes.[66]
  • A study of preserved specimens of the Puerto Rican conure (previously considered to be an extinct subspecies of the Hispaniolan parakeet) is published by Olson (2015), who raises it to the rank of a separate species Psittacara maugei.[67]
  • A Dwarf Emu was found in the Miocene of Alcoota in Central Australia.[68]
  • Jones et al. (2015) describe a distal end of the left tibiotarsus of a member of the genus Caracara of uncertain specific assignment from the late Pleistocene of Argentina, estimated to be the largest member of the family Falconidae described thus far.[69]
  • A description of the skeletal anatomy of two well-preserved specimens of the dodo is published by Claessens, Meijer and Hume (2015).[70]

New taxa

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Aegypius tugarinovi [71]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Manegold & Zelenkov

Early Pliocene, Ruscinian

 Moldova

An Old World vulture, Accipitridae, related to the cinereous vulture.

Alopecoenas norfolkensis [72]

Sp. nov

Valid

Forshaw

Holocene

 Australia

A new scientific name for the Norfolk ground dove. The previous name used to refer to this species, Columba norfolciensis Latham (1801), was suppressed by ICZN in 2010.[73]

Anas kurochkini [74]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Zelenkov & Panteleyev

Late Miocene

 Russia

An Anatidae.

Archaeornithura [75]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Wang et al.

Hauterivian

Huajiying Formation

 China

A Hongshanornithidae. Type species A. meemannae.

Athene inexpectata [76]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Pavia, Manegold, & Haarhoff

Early Pliocene

Varswater Formation

 South Africa

A Strigidae

Circaetus haemusensis [77]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Boev

Early Pleistocene

 Bulgaria

A snake eagle

Cratoavis [78]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Carvalho et al.

Aptian

Crato Member, Santana Formation

 Brazil

A member of Euenantiornithes of uncertain phylogenetic placement.[78][79]
The type species is C. cearensis.

Dunhuangia [80]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Wang et al.

Early Cretaceous

Xiagou Formation

 China

A member of Enantiornithes. The type species is D. cuii.

Eopachypteryx [81]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Mayr

Eocene

Messel Formation

 Germany

A bird of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Type species E. praeterita.

Feitianius [82]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

O’Connor et al.

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

Xiagou Formation

 China

A member of Enantiornithes. The type species is Feitianius paradisi.

Foshanornis [83]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Zhao et al.

Early Eocene

Buxin Formation

 China

A bird of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of trogons. Type species F. songi.

Fumicollis [84]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Bell & Chiappe

Late Cretaceous (late Coniacian—early Campanian)

The Smoky Hill Member of the Niobrara Chalk

 United States

A member of Hesperornithiformes. The type species is Fumicollis hoffmani.

Gallinago azovica [74]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Zelenkov & Panteleyev

Middle Turolian

 Russia

A snipe, Scolopacidae.

Hakawai [85]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid[86]

De Pietri et al.

Early Miocene (19–16 Ma)

Bannockburn Formation

 New Zealand

A member of Scolopaci of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Hakawai melvillei.

Holbotia [87]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid[88]

Zelenkov & Averianov

Early Cretaceous

 Mongolia

A member of Enantiornithes, probably a relative of Gobipteryx. Type species H. ponomarenkoi.

Houornis [89]

Gen. et comb. nov.

Valid[90]

Wang & Liu

Early Cretaceous

Jiufotang Formation

 China

A member of Enantiornithes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Cathayornis" caudatus Hou (1997).

Hypsipetes cowlesi [91]

Sp. nov.

Valid[92]

Hume

Holocene

 Rodrigues

A bulbul, Pycnonotidae

Juehuaornis [93]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Wang, Wang & Hu

Early Cretaceous

Jiufotang Formation

 China

A basal member of Ornithuromorpha. Type species J. zhangi.

Kuntur [94]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Stucchi et al.

Late Miocene

Pisco Formation

 Peru

A condor. Type species K. cardenasi.

Lavadytis [95]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid[96]

Stidham & Hilton

Miocene (16.1–14.6 Ma)

 United States

A member of Anatidae; a member or a relative of members of the subfamily Oxyurinae. The type species is Lavadytis pyrenae.

Llallawavis[97]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Degrange et al.

Late Pliocene

Playa Los Lobos Allo Formation

 Argentina

A mesembriornithine phorusrhacid. Type species L. scagliai.

Makahala [98]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Mayr

Latest Eocene or early Oligocene

Makah Formation

 United States

A member of Procellariiformes. Type species M. mirae.

Mangystania[99]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Zvonok, Zelenkov & Danilov

Eocene (Bartonian)

Shorym Formation

 Kazakhstan

Possibly a member of Suliformes. The type species is Mangystania humilicristata.

Miobaptus huzhiricus [100]

Sp. nov

Valid

Zelenkov

Miocene

 Russia

A grebe

Mioporphyrula [101]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Zelenkov in Zelenkov & Kurochkin

Late Miocene

 Moldova

A member of Rallidae. A new genus for "Tertiariaporphyrula" lungi Kurochkin & Ganea (1972).

Mwalau [102]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Worthy et al.

Holocene

 Vanuatu

A megapode. The type species is M. walterlinii.

Namapsitta [103]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Mourer-Chauviré, Pickford, & Senut

Middle Eocene

 Namibia

A Psittaciformes incertae sedis. Type species N. praeruptorum.

Nyctisoma [104]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Elżanowski & Zelenkov

Middle Miocene

Öoshin Formation

 Mongolia

An Ardeidae. Type species N. robusta.

Oligonomus [105]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

De Pietri, Camens, & Worthy

Late Oligocene

 Australia

A member of Charadriiformes related to the plains-wanderer. Type species O. milleri.

Opisthodactylus horacioperezi [106]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Agnolin & Chafrat

Early Miocene

Chichinales Formation

 Argentina

A rheid ratite

Parapengornis [107]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Hu, O’Connor & Zhou

Early Cretaceous

Jiufotang Formation

 China

A member of Enantiornithes, a relative of Pengornis. Type species P. eurycaudatus.

Patagorhacos [106]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Agnolin & Chafrat

Early Miocene

Chichinales Formation

 Argentina

A member of Phorusrhacidae. Type species P. terrificus.

Petrosushkinia [101]

Nom. nov

Valid

Zelenkov in Zelenkov & Kurochkin

Late Miocene

 Kazakhstan

A member of Falconidae. A replacement name for Sushkinia Tugarinov (1935) (preoccupied).

Porzana botunensis [108]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Boev

Early Pleistocene

 Bulgaria

A member of Rallidae, a species of crake.

Pterodroma imberi [109]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tennyson, Cooper & Shepherd

Holocene

 New Zealand

A member of Procellariidae, a species of gadfly petrel.

Pterygornis [110]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid [111]

Wang, Hu & Li

Early Cretaceous

Jiufotang Formation

 China

A member of Enantiornithes. Type species P. dapingfangensis.

Rallus adolfocaesaris [112]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Alcover et al.

Holocene

 Madeira (Porto Santo Island)

A member of Rallidae, a species of Rallus

Rallus carvaoensis [112]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Alcover et al.

Holocene

 Azores (São Miguel Island)

A member of Rallidae, a species of Rallus

Rallus lowei [112]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Alcover et al.

Holocene

 Madeira (Madeira Island)

A member of Rallidae, a species of Rallus

Rallus minutus [112]

Sp. nov.

Junior homonym

Alcover et al.

Holocene

 Azores (São Jorge Island)

A member of Rallidae, a species of Rallus. The specific name is a junior homonym of Rallus minutus Pallas (1776), Rallus minutus Gmelin (1789) and Rallus minutus Forster (1844). Alcover et al. (2016) coined a replacement name Rallus nanus.[113]

Rallus montivagorum [112]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Alcover et al.

Holocene

 Azores (Pico Island)

A member of Rallidae, a species of Rallus

Ramphastosula aguirrei [114]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Stucchi, Varas-Malca & Urbina-Schmitt

Miocene

Pisco Formation

 Peru

A member of Sulidae, a species of Ramphastosula.

Scolopax brachycarpa [115]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Takano & Steadman

Late Holocene

 Haiti

A woodcock.

Scopelortyx [103]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Mourer-Chauviré, Pickford, & Senut

Middle Eocene

 Namibia

A Paraortygidae, Galliformes. Type species S. klinghardtensis.

Shiriyanetta [116]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Watanabe & Matsuoka

Pleistocene

 Japan

A duck. The type species is Shiriyanetta hasegawai.

Spheniscus anglicus [117]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Benson

Late Miocene

Bahía Inglesa Formation

 Chile

A banded penguin.

Stemec [118]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Kaiser, Watanabe & Johns

Late Oligocene

Sooke Formation

 Canada

A member of Plotopteridae. The type species is Stemec suntokum.

Sula brandi [114]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Stucchi, Varas-Malca & Urbina-Schmitt

Miocene

Pisco Formation

 Peru

A booby.

Sula figueroae [114]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Stucchi, Varas-Malca & Urbina-Schmitt

Miocene

Pisco Formation

 Peru

A booby.

Tyto cravesae [119]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Suárez & Olson

Quaternary (probably late Pleistocene)

 Cuba

A barn-owl, a species of Tyto.

Tyto richae [76]

Sp. nov

Valid

Pavia, Manegold, & Haarhoff

Early Pliocene

Varswater Formation

 South Africa

A Tytonidae barn-owl.

Yuanjiawaornis [120]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Hu et al.

Early Cretaceous

Jiufotang Formation

 China

A member of Enantiornithes. Type species Yuanjiawaornis viriosus.

Pterosaurs

Research

  • A study on the terrestrial locomotion of non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs is published by Witton (2015).[121]
  • A specimen of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri with preserved soft tissues or impressions of soft tissues, stomach contents and possibly a coprolite is described by Hone et al. (2015).[122]
  • Eleutério et al. (2015) study the bone microstructure characterization of two pterosaurs belonging to the group Anhangueria.[123]
  • The paleoenvironments of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan are studied by Averianov et al. (2015).[124]
  • Martill et al. (2015) describe a jaw bone attributed to the mid-Cretaceous pterosaur species Alanqa saharica from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco.[125]

New taxa

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Arcticodactylus[126]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Kellner

Late Triassic (?Norian-Rhaetian)

Fleming Fjord Formation

 Greenland

A non-pterodactyloid pterosaur of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Eudimorphodon" cromptonellus Jenkins et al. (2001).

Austriadraco[126]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Kellner

Late Triassic (late Norian)

Seefeld Formation

 Austria

A non-pterodactyloid pterosaur of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Austriadraco dallavecchiai.

Banguela[127]

Gen. et sp. nov

Disputed

Headden & Campos

Early Cretaceous

Romualdo Formation

 Brazil

The type species is Banguela oberlii. Originally described as a dsungaripterid; Pêgas, Costa & Kellner (2018) considered the genus Banguela to be a junior synonym of the genus Thalassodromeus, and transferred the species B. oberlii to the latter genus.[128]

Bergamodactylus[126]

Gen. et sp. nov

Disputed

Kellner

Late Triassic (Alaunian)

Calcari di Zorzino Formation

 Italy

Originally interpreted as a relative of Campylognathoides. The type species is Bergamodactylus wildi. Dalla Vecchia (2018) considers B. wildi to be a junior synonym of Carniadactylus rosenfeldi.[129]

Cimoliopterus dunni[130]

Sp. nov

Valid

Myers

Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)

Britton Formation

 United States

A member of Pterodactyloidea, probably a pteranodontoid; a species of Cimoliopterus.

Daohugoupterus[131]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Cheng et al.

Late Jurassic

Daohugou Beds

 China

A non-pterodactyloid pterosaur. The type species is Daohugoupterus delicatus.

Linlongopterus[132]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Rodrigues et al.

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

Jiufotang Formation

 China

A member of Pteranodontoidea, possibly related to anhanguerians. The type species is Linlongopterus jennyae.

Orientognathus[133]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

et al.

Late Jurassic

Tuchengzi Formation

 China

A rhamphorhynchid. The type species is Orientognathus chaoyngensis.

Rhamphorhynchus etchesi[134]

Sp. nov

Valid

O'Sullivan & Martill

Late Jurassic

Kimmeridge Clay Formation

 United Kingdom

A species of Rhamphorhynchus.

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