2005 in paleontology


Plants

Newly named plants

Protozoa

New taxa

Arthropoda

New taxa

Xiphosurans

New taxa

Archosauromorphs

Newly named Non-Avian dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
NameStatusAuthorsAgeLocationNotesImages
AppalachiosaurusValid taxon
  • Carr
  • Williamson
  • Schwimmer
Late CretaceousA Tyrannosaurid from Appalachia'
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ArchaeodontosaurusValid taxon
Middle JurassicAn early Sauropod'
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AuroraceratopsValid taxon
Early Cretaceous'
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"Bakesaurus"Nomen nudum
  • Zhou S.
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BaurutitanValid taxon
  • Kellner
  • Campos
  • Trotta
Late Cretaceous'
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BrachytrachelopanValid taxon
  • Rauhut
  • Remes
  • et al.
Middle JurassicA short necked Sauropod'
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BuitreraptorValid taxon
  • Makovicky
  • Apesteguía
  • Agnolín
Late CretaceousA small fish eating raptor'
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CathartesauraValid taxon
  • Gallina
  • Apesteguía
Late Cretaceous'
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ChangchunsaurusValid taxon
  • Zan
  • Chen J.
  • et al.
Early Cretaceousa primitive Ornithopod'
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ChebsaurusValid taxon
  • Mahammed
  • Läng
  • et al.
from Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic'
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CondorraptorValid taxon
  • Rauhut
Middle Jurassic'
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DaanosaurusValid taxon
  • Ye
  • Gao Y.
  • Jiang
Late Jurassic'
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DashanpusaurusValid taxon
  • Peng G.
  • Ye
  • et al.
from middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic'
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DubreuillosaurusValid taxon
  • Allain
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FalcariusValid taxon
  • James Kirkland
  • Zanno
  • et al.
Early CretaceousAn early Therizinosaur'
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FerganocephaleValid taxon
  • Averianov
  • T. Martin
  • Bakirov
Middle JurassicAn early Pachycephalosaur'
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"Galveosaurus"Junior synonym
  • Sánchez-Hernández
Junior synonym of Galvesaurus.'

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Galvesaurus
Valid taxon
  • Barco
  • Canudo
  • et al.
Early Cretaceous'
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HagryphusValid taxon
  • Zanno
  • Sampson
Late Cretaceous'
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HexinlusaurusValid taxon
  • Barrett
  • Butler
  • Knoll
Middle Jurassic'
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HungarosaurusValid taxon
  • Ösi
Late Cretaceous'
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JinfengopteryxValid taxon
  • Ji Q.
  • Ji S.
  • et al.
Early Cretaceous'
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KarongasaurusValid taxon
  • Gomani
Early Cretaceous'
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LanzhousaurusValid taxon
  • You
  • Ji Q.
  • Li D.
Early Cretaceous'
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NemegtomaiaValid taxon
  • Lü
  • Tomida
  • et al.
Late Cretaceous'
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NeuquenraptorValid taxon
  • Novas Pol
Late CretaceousMay be a subjective junior synonym of Unenlagia.'

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PedopennaValid taxon
  • Xu X.
  • Zhang F.
Middle Jurassic'
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PenelopognathusValid taxon
  • Godefroit
  • Li H.
  • Shang
Early Cretaceous'
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PuertasaurusValid taxon
  • Novas
  • Salgado
  • et al.
Late Cretaceous'
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ShixinggiaValid taxon
  • Lü
  • Zhang B.
Late Cretaceous'
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StormbergiaValid taxon
  • Butler
Early JurassicA primitive Ornithischian'

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TanycolagreusValid taxon
  • Carpenter
  • Miles
  • Cloward
Late JurassicA primitive Tyrannosaur'
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TrigonosaurusValid taxon
  • Campos
  • Kellner
  • et al.
Late Cretaceous'
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TyrannotitanValid taxon
  • Novas
  • de Valais
  • et al.
Late Cretaceous'
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XinjiangovenatorValid taxon
  • Rauhut
  • Xu X.
Early Cretaceous'
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Newly named birds

Newly named pterosaurs

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

NameStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Irajatherium
Valid
  • Martinelli
  • Bonaparte
  • Schultz
  • Rubert
Upper Triassic
Caturrita Formation

The type species is Irajatherium hernadezi.

Madysaurus
Valid
Triassic
Magygen Formation

The type species is Madysaurus sharovi.

Putillosaurus
Valid
  • Surkov
Lower Triassic

The type species is Putillosaurus sennikovi.
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Footnotes

Complete author list

As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors.