2021 in reptile paleontology
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This list of fossil reptiles described in 2021 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2021, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2021.
Lizards and snakes
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Smith & Scanferla |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
In press |
Longrich et al. |
A mosasaurine mosasaur. Genus includes new species X. calminechari. |
Ichthyosauromorphs
- A study aiming to determine whether Cretaceous ichthyosaur remains from Australia can be attributed to the species Platypterygius australis on the basis of vertebral data alone is published by Vakil, Webb & Cook (2021).[3]
Sauropterygians
- Redescription of the anatomy of the skull of Thalassomedon haningtoni, and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of this species, is published by Sachs et al. (2021).[4]
Turtles
- New specimens of the tortoises Hadrianus majusculus and H. corsoni and geoemydids Echmatemys haydeni and E. naomi, including skull and juvenile material, and providing new information on the morphology, intraspecific variation and ontogeny of these turtles, are described from the Eocene Willwood Formation and Green River Formation (Wyoming, United States) by Lichtig, Lucas & Jasinski (2021).[5]
Archosauriformes
Other reptiles
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Ezcurra et al. |
A rhynchosaur. Genus includes new species E. carrolli. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Cisneros et al. |
A member of the family Acleistorhinidae. Genus includes new species K. fortunata. |
References
- ^ Smith, K. T.; Scanferla, A. (2021). "A nearly complete skeleton of the oldest definitive erycine boid (Messel, Germany)". Geodiversitas. 43 (1): 1–24. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a1.
- ^ Longrich, N. R.; Bardet, N.; Schulp, A. S.; Jalil, N.-E. (2021). "Xenodens calminechari gen. et sp. nov., a bizarre mosasaurid (Mosasauridae, Squamata) with shark-like cutting teeth from the upper Maastrichtian of Morocco, North Africa". Cretaceous Research. in press: Article 104764. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104764.
- ^ Vakil, V.; Webb, G. E.; Cook, A. G. (2021). "Can vertebral remains differentiate more than one species of Australian Cretaceous ichthyosaur?". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. in press. doi:10.1080/03115518.2020.1853809.
- ^ Sachs, S.; Lindgren, J.; Madzia, D.; Kear, B. P. (2021). "Cranial osteology of the mid-Cretaceous elasmosaurid Thalassomedon haningtoni from the Western Interior Seaway of North America". Cretaceous Research. in press: Article 104769. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104769.
- ^ Lichtig, A. J.; Lucas, S. G.; Jasinski, S. E. (2021). "Complete specimens of the Eocene testudinoid turtles Echmatemys and Hadrianus and the North American origin of tortoises". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 82: 161–174.
- ^ Ezcurra, M. D.; Fiorelli, L. E.; Trotteyn, M. J.; Martinelli, A. G.; Desojo, J. B. (2021). "The rhynchosaur record, including a new stenaulorhynchine taxon, from the Chañares Formation (upper Ladinian–?lowermost Carnian levels) of La Rioja Province, north-western Argentina". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (23): 1907–1938. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1856205.
- ^ Cisneros, J. C.; Kammerer, C. F.; Angielczyk, K. D.; Fröbisch, J.; Marsicano, C.; Smith, R. M. H.; Richter, M. (2021). "A new reptile from the lower Permian of Brazil (Karutia fortunata gen. et sp. nov.) and the interrelationships of Parareptilia". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (23): 1939–1959. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1863487.