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=== Crocodylomorph research ===
=== Crocodylomorph research ===
*A collection of isolated [[gavialoid]] teeth is reported from the shallow marine deposits of Eocene [[Turnu Roșu]], Romania by Venczel ''et al.'' (2022), who recognize a minimum of five morphotypes.<ref name=VenczelCodreaTrif>{{Cite journal|last1=Venczel| first1=M.|last2=Codrea|first2=M.|last3=Trif|first3=N.|year=2023|title=Eocene gavialoid teeth from southern Transylvania with notes on the diversity of Paleogene crocodilians from Romania|url= https://biozoojournals.ro/nwjz/content/onf/nwjz_e231901_Venczel.pdf|journal=North-Western Journal of Zoology|volume=19|issue=1}}</ref>
*A collection of isolated [[gavialoid]] teeth is reported from the shallow marine deposits of Eocene [[Turnu Roșu]], Romania by Venczel ''et al.'' (2023), who recognize a minimum of five morphotypes.<ref name=VenczelCodreaTrif>{{Cite journal|last1=Venczel| first1=M.|last2=Codrea|first2=M.|last3=Trif|first3=N.|year=2023|title=Eocene gavialoid teeth from southern Transylvania with notes on the diversity of Paleogene crocodilians from Romania|url= https://biozoojournals.ro/nwjz/content/onf/nwjz_e231901_Venczel.pdf|journal=North-Western Journal of Zoology|volume=19|issue=1}}</ref>
*A collection of eightteen isolated [[neosuchian]] teeth as well as a single isolated crocodyliform osteoderm are reported from the Berriasian–Valanginian [[Feliz Deserto Formation]], Brazil by Lacerda ''et al.'' (2023), who recognize a minimum of three morphotypes among the teeth.<ref name=LacerdaFelizDeserto>{{Cite journal|last1=Lacerda|first1=M.B.S.|last2=de Andrade|first2=M.B.|last3=Sales|first3=M.A.F.|last4=Aragão|first4=P.R.L.|last5=Vieira| first5=F.S.|last6=Bittencourt|first6=J.S.last7=Liparini|first7=A.|year=2023|title=The vertebrate fossil record from the Feliz Deserto Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Sergipe, NE Brazil: paleoecological, taphonomic, and paleobiogeographic implications|journal=Cretaceous Research|issn=0195-6671|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105463}}</ref>


== Non-avian dinosaurs ==
== Non-avian dinosaurs ==

Revision as of 11:27, 3 January 2023

List of years in archosaur paleontology
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This article records new taxa of every kind of fossil archosaur that are scheduled to be described during 2023, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to the paleontology of archosaurs that will be published in 2023.

Pseudosuchians

New pseudosuchian taxa

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

General pseudosuchian research

Aetosaur research

Crocodylomorph research

  • A collection of isolated gavialoid teeth is reported from the shallow marine deposits of Eocene Turnu Roșu, Romania by Venczel et al. (2023), who recognize a minimum of five morphotypes.[1]
  • A collection of eightteen isolated neosuchian teeth as well as a single isolated crocodyliform osteoderm are reported from the Berriasian–Valanginian Feliz Deserto Formation, Brazil by Lacerda et al. (2023), who recognize a minimum of three morphotypes among the teeth.[2]

Non-avian dinosaurs

New dinosaur taxa

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Malefica[3]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Prieto-Márquez & Wagner

Late Cretaceous (Campanian)

Aguja Formation

 United States
( Texas)

A basally branching hadrosaurid. Genus includes new species M. deckerti. Announced in 2022; the final article version will be published in 2023.

General non-avian dinosaur research

Saurischian research

Theropod research

Sauropodomorph research

Ornithischian research

Thyreophoran research

Cerapod research

Birds

New bird taxa

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Cratonavis[4]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Li et al.

Early Cretaceous

Jiufotang Formation

 China

A non-ornithothoracine pygostylian. The type species is C. zhui.

Ypresiglaux[5]

Gen. et sp. et comb. nov

In press

Mayr & Kitchener

Early Eocene

London Clay

 United Kingdom
 United States
( Virginia)

An owl. The type species is Y. michaeldanielsi; genus also includes "Eostrix" gulottai Mayr (2016). Announced in 2022; the final article version will be published in 2023.

Avian Research

Pterosaurs

New pterosaur taxa

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Pterosaur research

Other archosaurs

Other archosaur research

General research

References

  1. ^ Venczel, M.; Codrea, M.; Trif, N. (2023). "Eocene gavialoid teeth from southern Transylvania with notes on the diversity of Paleogene crocodilians from Romania" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 19 (1).
  2. ^ Lacerda, M.B.S.; de Andrade, M.B.; Sales, M.A.F.; Aragão, P.R.L.; Vieira, F.S.; Bittencourt, J.S.last7=Liparini (2023). "The vertebrate fossil record from the Feliz Deserto Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Sergipe, NE Brazil: paleoecological, taphonomic, and paleobiogeographic implications". Cretaceous Research. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105463. ISSN 0195-6671. {{cite journal}}: |first7= missing |last7= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Prieto-Márquez A, Wagner JR (2022). "A new 'duck-billed' dinosaur (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) from the upper Campanian of Texas points to a greater diversity of early hadrosaurid offshoots". Cretaceous Research. 105416. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105416.
  4. ^ Li Z, Wang M, Stidham TA, Zhou Z (2023). "Decoupling the skull and skeleton in a Cretaceous bird with unique appendicular morphologies". Nature Ecology & Evolution: 1–12. doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01921-w.
  5. ^ Mayr G, Kitchener AC (2022). "Early Eocene fossil illuminates the ancestral (diurnal) ecomorphology of owls and documents a mosaic evolution of the strigiform body plan". Ibis. doi:10.1111/ibi.13125. S2CID 251455832.