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This article records new [[taxa]] of every kind of [[fossil]] [[archosaur]] that are scheduled to be [[Species description|described]] during 2024, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to the [[paleontology]] of archosaurs that will be published in 2024.
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== Pseudosuchians ==

=== New pseudosuchian taxa ===
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''[[Ahdeskatanka]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cossette |first1=A. P. |last2=Tarailo |first2=D. A. |year=2024 |title=Crocodylian diversity during the early Eocene climatic optimum in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota, U.S.A. |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=44 |issue=1 |at=e2403579 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2403579 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024JVPal..44E3579C }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Cossette & Tarailo
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[[Wasatchian]]
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[[Golden Valley Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|North Dakota}})
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A member of the family [[Alligatoridae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Alligatorinae]]. The type species is ''A. russlanddeutsche''.
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[[File:Ahdeskatanka russlanddeutsche.jpg|frameless]]
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''[[Aphaurosuchus|Aphaurosuchus kaiju]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Martins |first1=K. C. |last2=Queiroz |first2=M. V. |last3=Ruiz |first3=J. V. |last4=Langer |first4=M. C. |last5=Montefeltro |first5=F. C. |year=2024 |title=A new Baurusuchidae (Notosuchia, Crocodyliformes) from the Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous), with a revised phylogenetic analysis of Baurusuchia |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=153 |at=105680 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105680 |bibcode=2024CrRes.15305680M |s2cid=261182849 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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In press
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Martins ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Adamantina Formation]]
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A [[Baurusuchidae|baurusuchid]]. Announced in 2023; the final article version was published in 2024.
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''[[Araripesuchus|Araripesuchus manzanensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fernández Dumont |first1=M. L. |last2=Pol |first2=D. |last3=Bona |first3=P. |last4=Apesteguía |first4=S. |year=2024 |title=A new species of ''Araripesuchus'' with durophagous dentition increases the ecological disparity among uruguaysuchid crocodyliforms |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |at=2373987 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2373987 |bibcode=2024JSPal..2273987F }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Fernández Dumont ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
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[[Candeleros Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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''[[Asiatosuchus|Asiatosuchus oenotriensis]]''<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Narváez |first1=I. |last2=de Celis |first2=A. |last3=Escaso |first3=F. |last4=Martín de Jesús |first4=S. |last5=Pérez-García |first5=A. |last6=Ortega |first6=F. |title=A new Crocodyloidea from the middle Eocene of Zamora (Duero Basin, Spain) |year=2024 |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25422 |pmid=38444286 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Narváez ''et al.''
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Eocene (Lutetian)
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] member of [[Crocodyloidea]].
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|''[[Benggwigwishingasuchus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Nathan D. |last2=Klein |first2=Nicole |last3=Sander |first3=P. Martin |last4=Schmitz |first4=Lars |date=July 2024 |title=A new pseudosuchian from the Favret Formation of Nevada reveals that archosauriforms occupied coastal regions globally during the Middle Triassic |journal=Biology Letters |language=en |volume=20 |issue=7 |at=20240136 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2024.0136 |doi-access=free |pmid=38982977 |issn=1744-957X|pmc=11286145 }}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
|Valid
|Smith ''et al.''
|Middle Triassic (Anisian)
|[[Favret Formation]]
|{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Nevada}})
|A member of [[Paracrocodylomorpha]], probably belonging to the group [[Poposauroidea]]. The type species is ''B. eremicarminis''.
|[[File:Benggwigwishingasuchus.jpg|frameless|Benggwigwishingasuchus]]
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''[[Caipirasuchus|Caipirasuchus catanduvensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Iori |first1=F. V. |last2=Ghilardi |first2=A. M. |last3=Fernandes |first3=M. A. |last4=Dias |first4=W. A. F. |year=2024 |title=A new species of vocalizing crocodyliform (Notosuchia, Sphagesauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–12 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2364332 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Iori ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Adamantina Formation]]
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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''[[Enalioetes]]''<ref name="Enalioetes">{{Cite journal |last1=Sachs |first1=Sven |last2=Young |first2=Mark T. |last3=Hornung |first3=Jahn J. |last4=Cowgill |first4=Thomas |last5=Schwab |first5=Julia A. |last6=Brusatte |first6=Stephen L. |date=2024-12-31 |title=A new genus of metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany |journal=[[Journal of Systematic Palaeontology]] |language=en |volume=22 |issue=1 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2359946 |bibcode=2024JSPal..2259946S |issn=1477-2019}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Sachs ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)
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[[Stadthagen Formation]]
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{{Flag|Germany}}
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A [[metriorhynchid]]. The type species is ''E. schroederi''.
|[[File:Skull of Enalioetes schroederi.jpg|frameless]]
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''[[Epoidesuchus]]''<ref name="Epoidesuchus">{{Cite journal |last1=Ruiz |first1=Juan V. |last2=Queiroz |first2=Marcos V. L. |last3=Martins |first3=Kawan C. |last4=Godoy |first4=Pedro L. |last5=Iori |first5=Fabiano V. |last6=Langer |first6=Max C. |last7=Montefeltro |first7=Felipe C. |last8=Bronzati |first8=Mario |date=2024-08-29 |title=A new Peirosauridae (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from the Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous), with a revised phylogenetic analysis of Sebecia |journal=[[The Anatomical Record]] |language=en |doi=10.1002/ar.25559|pmid=39210546 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Ruiz ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)
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[[Adamantina Formation]]
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A [[peirosaurid]] [[notosuchia]]n. The type species is ''E. tavaresae''.
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''[[Garzapelta]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Reyes |first1=W. A. |last2=Martz |first2=J. W. |last3=Small |first3=B. J. |title=''Garzapelta muelleri'' gen. et sp. nov., a new aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Late Triassic (middle Norian) middle Cooper Canyon Formation, Dockum Group, Texas, USA, and its implications on our understanding of the morphological disparity of the aetosaurian dorsal carapace |year=2024 |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=307 |issue=4 |pages=1271–1299 |doi=10.1002/ar.25379 |pmid=38206046 |s2cid=266931123 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Reyes, Martz & Small
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Late Triassic (Norian)
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[[Cooper Canyon Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Texas}})
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An [[aetosaur]]. The type species is ''G. muelleri''.
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''[[Ophiussasuchus]]''<ref>{{cite journal|last1=López-Rojas |first1=V. |last2=Mateus |first2=S. |last3=Marinheiro |first3=J. |last4=Mateus |first4=O. |last5=Puértolas-Pascual |first5=E. |title=A new goniopholidid crocodylomorph from the Late Jurassic of Portugal |year=2024 |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=27 |issue=1 |at=27.1.5a |doi=10.26879/1316 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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López-Rojas ''et al.''
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Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian–Tithonian)
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[[Lourinhã Formation]]
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{{Flag|Portugal}}
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A [[Goniopholididae|goniopholidid]] crocodylomorph. The type species is ''O. paimogonectes''.
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|''[[Paranacaiman]]''<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Bona |first1=Paula |last2=Barrios |first2=Francisco |last3=Ezcurra |first3=Martín Daniel |last4=Fernandez Blanco |first4=María Victoria |last5=Cidade |first5=Giovanne Mendes |date=2024-12-31 |title=New taxa of giant caimans from the southernmost hyperdiverse wetlands of the South American late Miocene |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2024.2375027 |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |language=en |volume=22 |issue=1 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2375027 |bibcode=2024JSPal..2275027B |issn=1477-2019}}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
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|Bona ''et al.''
|Miocene
|[[Ituzaingó Formation]]
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|A [[caiman]]. The type species is ''P. bravardi.'' Fossils of this genus were previously referred to ''[[Caiman lutescens]]''.
|[[File:Caiman-lutescens-MACN-PV-13551-skull-in-A-dorsal-view-and-B-dorsolateral-view.jpg|frameless]]
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|''[[Paranasuchus]]''<ref name=":0" />
|Gen. et comb. nov
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|Bona ''et al.''
|Miocene
|Ituzaingó Formation
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|A caiman. The type species is ''"Caiman" gasparinae.''
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|''[[Parvosuchus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Müller |first=Rodrigo T. |date=2024-06-20 |title=A new small-sized predatory pseudosuchian archosaur from the Middle-Late Triassic of Southern Brazil |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=12706 |doi=10.1038/s41598-024-63313-3 |pmid=38902259 |pmc=11189902 |bibcode=2024NatSR..1412706M |issn=2045-2322}}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
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|Müller
|Triassic (Ladinian–Carnian)
|[[Santa Maria Formation|Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence]]
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|A [[Gracilisuchidae|gracilisuchid]] pseudosuchian. The type species is ''P. aurelioi.''
|[[File:Parvosuchus skull.png|frameless]]
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''[[Schultzsuchus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Desojo |first1=J. B. |last2=Rauhut |first2=O. W. M. |title=Reassessment of the enigmatic ''"Prestosuchus" loricatus'' (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Middle-Late Triassic of southern Brazil |year=2024 |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=307 |issue=4 |pages=974–1000 |doi=10.1002/ar.25401 |pmid=38344898 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Desojo & Rauhut
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Triassic (Ladinian–Carnian)
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Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A member of Paracrocodylomorpha, probably belonging to the group Poposauroidea. The type species is ''"Prestosuchus" loricatus'' von Huene (1938).
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''[[Sutekhsuchus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Burke |first1=P. M. J. |last2=Nicholl |first2=C. S. C. |last3=Pittard |first3=B. E. |last4=Sallam |first4=H. |last5=Mannion |first5=P. D. |year=2024 |title=The anatomy and taxonomy of the North African Early Miocene crocodylian ''{{‘}}Tomistoma{{’}} dowsoni'' and the phylogenetic relationships of gavialoids |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |at=2384548 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2384548 |bibcode=2024JSPal..2284548B |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Burke ''et al.''
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Miocene
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Moghra Formation
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{{Flag|Egypt}}<br/>
{{Flag|Libya}}
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A member of the family [[Gavialidae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Gavialinae]]. The type species is ''"Tomistoma" dowsoni'' Fourtau (1920).
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[[File:Sutekhsuchus lateral view.jpg|frameless]]
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''[[Varanosuchus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pochat-Cottilloux |first1=Yohan |last2=Lauprasert |first2=Komsorn |last3=Chanthasit |first3=Phornphen |last4=Manitkoon |first4=Sita |last5=Adrien |first5=Jérôme |last6=Lachambre |first6=Joël |last7=Amiot |first7=Romain |last8=Martin |first8=Jeremy E. |date=2024-01-09 |title=New Cretaceous neosuchians (Crocodylomorpha) from Thailand bridge the evolutionary history of atoposaurids and paralligatorids |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |issue=2 |volume=202 |pages= 1–27 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad195 |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad195/7513556 }}</ref>
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Gen et sp. nov
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In press
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Pochat-Cottilloux ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous
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[[Sao Khua Formation]]
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{{Flag|Thailand}}
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An [[atoposaurid]]. The type species is ''V. sakonnakhonensis''.
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=== General pseudosuchian research ===
* Evidence of the impact of function on the evolution of the lower jaw morphology in crocodile-line archosaurs is presented by Rawson ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rawson |first1=J. R. G. |last2=Deakin |first2=W. J. |last3=Stubbs |first3=T. L. |last4=Smith |first4=T. J. |last5=Rayfield |first5=E. J. |last6=Donoghue |first6=P. C. J. |year=2024 |title=Widespread convergence towards functional optimization in the lower jaws of crocodile-line archosaurs |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=291 |issue=2029 |at=20240720 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2024.0720 |pmid=39163982 |pmc=11335402 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A review of studies on the thermometabolism of crocodile-line archosaurs from the preceding 20 years is published by Faure-Brac (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Faure-Brac |first=M. G. |year=2024 |title=Pseudosuchian thermometabolism: A review of the past two decades |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25609 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Sennikov (2024) interprets [[Ornithosuchidae|ornithosuchids]] as macrophagous predators with specialized jaw apparatus, and notes analogs between them and saber-toothed [[therapsid]]s (including mammals).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sennikov |first=A. G. |year=2024 |title=Ornithosuchidae—Early Archosaurs with a Hyperspecialized Jaw Apparatus |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=1–19 |doi=10.1134/S0031030124010064 |bibcode=2024PalJ...58....1S }}</ref>
* A study on the locomotion of ''[[Riojasuchus|Riojasuchus tenuisceps]]'' is published by von Baczko ''et al.'' (2024), who reconstruct ''R. tenuisceps'' as having an erect posture and parasagittal gait, but do not conclusively resolve whether it was bipedal or quadrupedal.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=von Baczko |first1=M. B. |last2=Zariwala |first2=J. |last3=Ballentine |first3=S. E. |last4=Desojo |first4=J. B. |last5=Hutchinson |first5=J. R. |year=2024 |title=Biomechanical modeling of musculoskeletal function related to the terrestrial locomotion of ''Riojasuchus tenuisceps'' (Archosauria: Ornithosuchidae) |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25528 |doi-access=free |pmid=38943347 }}</ref>
* A study on the anatomy of the skull and on the neurology of ''[[Tarjadia|Tarjadia ruthae]]'' is published by Desojo ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Desojo |first1=J. B. |last2=von Baczko |first2=M. B. |last3=Ezcurra |first3=M. D. |last4=Fiorelli |first4=L. E. |last5=Martinelli |first5=A. G. |last6=Bona |first6=P. |last7=Trotteyn |first7=M. J. |last8=Lacerda |first8=M. |year=2024 |title=Cranial osteology and paleoneurology of ''Tarjadia ruthae'': An erpetosuchid pseudosuchian from the Triassic Chañares Formation (late Ladinian-?early Carnian) of Argentina |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=307 |issue=4 |pages=890–924 |doi=10.1002/ar.25382 |pmid=38263705 |s2cid=267198765 }}</ref>
* A study on the humeral bone histology of ''Benggwigwishingasuchus eremacarminis'' is published by Klein (2024), who finds no evidence of secondary aquatic adaptations, but reports evidence indicative a slower growth rate than in ''[[Effigia]]'' and ''[[Sillosuchus]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Klein |first=N. |year=2024 |title=Diverse growth rates in Triassic archosaurs—insights from a small terrestrial Middle Triassic pseudosuchian |journal=The Science of Nature |volume=111 |issue=4 |at=38 |doi=10.1007/s00114-024-01918-4 |pmid=38990382 |doi-access=free |pmc=11239758 |bibcode=2024SciNa.111...38K }}</ref>
* Redescription of the skeletal anatomy of ''[[Shuvosaurus|Shuvosaurus inexpectatus]]'' is published by [[Sterling Nesbitt|Nesbitt]] & [[Sankar Chatterjee|Chatterjee]] (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nesbitt |first1=S. J. |last2=Chatterjee |first2=S. |year=2024 |title=The osteology of ''Shuvosaurus inexpectatus'', a shuvosaurid pseudosuchian from the Upper Triassic Post Quarry, Dockum Group of Texas, USA |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=307 |issue=4 |pages=1175–1238 |doi=10.1002/ar.25376 |pmid=38258540 |doi-access=free |hdl=10919/117738 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* Mastrantonio ''et al.'' (2024) describe the anatomy of the postcranial skeleton of the most complete specimen of ''[[Prestosuchus|Prestosuchus chiniquensis]]'' reported to date,  and revise the diagnosis for ''P. chiniquensis''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mastrantonio |first1=B. M. |last2=Lacerda |first2=M. B. |last3=de Farias |first3=B. D. M. |last4=Pretto |first4=F. A. |last5=Rezende |first5=L. O. |last6=Desojo |first6=J. B. |last7=Schultz |first7=C. L. |year=2024 |title=Postcranial anatomy of ''Prestosuchus chiniquensis'' (Archosauria: Loricata) from the Triassic of Brazil |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=307 |issue=4 |pages=925–956 |doi=10.1002/ar.25383 |pmid=38299218 |s2cid=267362910 }}</ref>
* A study on growth patterns of ''Prestosuchus chiniquensis'', as indicated by microstructure of bone tissues of three specimens, is published by Farias ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Farias |first1=B. D. M. |last2=Carlisbino |first2=T. |last3=Mastrantonio |first3=B. M. |last4=Desojo |first4=J. B. |last5=Schultz |first5=C. L. |last6=Soares |first6=M. B. |year=2024 |title=The first ontogenetic model for non-crocodylomorph loricatans, based on osteohistology of the ontogenetic series of ''Prestosuchus chiniquensis'' from the Middle Triassic of Brazil |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25598 |pmid=39564788 }}</ref>
* Ponce, Cerda & Desojo (2024) describe partial fibula of ''[[Aetosauroides|Aetosauroides scagliai]]'' from the [[Ischigualasto Formation]] and partial tibia of ''[[Tarjadia|Tarjadia ruthae]]'' from the [[Chañares Formation]] diagnosed as affected by [[periostitis]], representing the first records of periostitis in non-crocodylomorph pseudosuchians reported to date.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ponce |first1=D. A. |last2=Cerda |first2=I. A. |last3=Desojo |first3=J. B. |year=2024 |title=First record of palaeopathologies in appendicular bones of the Triassic pseudosuchians Erpetosuchidae and Aetosauria based on microstructural approaches |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=395–402 |doi=10.4202/app.01141.2024 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

=== Aetosaur research ===
* Parker ''et al.'' (2024) study the anatomy and bone histology of a specimen of ''[[Coahomasuchus|Coahomasuchus kahleorum]]'' from the Triassic Dockum Group ([[Texas]], [[United States]]), providing evidence that the studied specimen is not a juvenile form of another known aetosaur, and providing new information on the anatomy of ''C. kahleorum''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Parker |first1=W. G. |last2=Stocker |first2=M. R. |last3=Reyes |first3=W. A. |last4=Werning |first4=S. |year=2024 |title=Anatomy and ontogeny of the "carnivorous aetosaur": New information on ''Coahomasuchus kahleorum'' (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of Texas |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25600 |pmid=39552562 }}</ref>

=== Crocodylomorph research ===
* Review of adaptations of crocodylomorphs to lifestyles other than semiaquatic (i.e. terrestrial or fully aquatic) throughout their evolutionary history is published by Pochat-Cottilloux (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pochat-Cottilloux |first=Y. |year=2024 |title=A review of the non-semiaquatic adaptations of extinct crocodylomorphs throughout their fossil record |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25586 |pmid=39587416 }}</ref>
* Description of the anatomy and bone histology of the postcranial skeleton of ''[[Terrestrisuchus|Terrestrisuchus gracilis]]'' is published by Spiekman, [[Richard J. Butler|Butler]] & [[Susannah Maidment|Maidment]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Spiekman |first1=S. N. F. |last2=Butler |first2=R. J. |last3=Maidment |first3=S. C. R. |year=2024 |title=The postcranial anatomy and osteohistology of ''Terrestrisuchus gracilis'' (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Wales |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=10 |issue=4 |at=e1577 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1577 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PPal...10E1577S }}</ref> 
* A study on the bone histology and growth patterns of ''[[Orthosuchus|Orthosuchus stormbergi]]'' is published by Weiss ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Weiss |first1=B. M. |last2=Dollman |first2=K. N. |last3=Choiniere |first3=J. N. |last4=Browning |first4=C. |last5=Botha |first5=J. |year=2024 |title=The osteohistology of ''Orthosuchus stormbergi'' using synchrotron radiation microcomputed tomography |journal=Journal of Anatomy |doi=10.1111/joa.14166 |pmid=39462998 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Woodward ''et al.'' (2024) note correlation between alligator femur volume and body mass, and use femur volume to determine body mass of [[Goniopholididae|goniopholidids]], [[Dyrosauridae|dyrosaurs]], [[notosuchia]]ns and [[thalattosuchia]]ns.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Woodward |first1=H. N. |last2=Aubier |first2=P. |last3=Sena |first3=M. V. A. |last4=Cubo |first4=J. |year=2024 |title=Evaluating extinct pseudosuchian body mass estimates using a femur volume-based model |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25452 |pmid=38634509 }}</ref>
* A study on the morphological diversity of the pelvic girdle of thalattosuchians and dyrosaurids throughout their evolutionary history is published by Scavezzoni ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Scavezzoni |first1=I. |last2=Fischer |first2=V. |last3=Johnson |first3=M. M. |last4=Jouve |first4=S. |title=Form and function of the pelvic girdle of Thalattosuchia and Dyrosauridae (Crocodyliformes) |year=2024 |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=46 |issue=6 |pages=135–326 |doi=10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a6 |hdl=2268/308796 |url=https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/46/6 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the anatomy and evolution of the pectoral girdles of thalattosuchians and dyrosaurids, an on the implications of the postcranial anatomy of crocodylomorphs for the studies of their phylogenetic relationships, is published by Scavezzoni ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Scavezzoni |first1=I. |last2=Johnson |first2=M. M. |last3=Jouve |first3=S. |last4=Fischer |first4=V. |year=2024 |title=Functional and phylogenetic signals in the pectoral girdle of Thalattosuchia and Dyrosauridae (Crocodylomorpha) |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25596 |pmid=39587815 }}</ref>
* Young ''et al.'' (2024) provide higher level systematization for Thalattosuchia under both the [[PhyloCode]] and the [[International Code of Zoological Nomenclature]], naming new taxa [[Neothalattosuchia]], [[Euthalattosuchia]] and [[Dakosaurina]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Young |first1=M. T. |last2=Wilberg |first2=E. W. |last3=Johnson |first3=M. M. |last4=Herrera |first4=Y. |last5=Brandalise de Andrade |first5=M. |last6=Brignon |first6=A. |last7=Sachs |first7=S. |last8=Abel |first8=P. |last9=Foffa |first9=D. |last10=Fernández |first10=M. S. |last11=Vignaud |first11=P. |last12=Cowgill |first12=T. |last13=Brusatte |first13=S. L. |year=2024 |title=The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=200 |issue=2 |pages=547–617 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad165 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the morphology of [[osteoderm]]s of ''[[Indosinosuchus]]'' and an unnamed member of [[Mesoeucrocodylia]] from the Late Jurassic Phu Noi excavation site ([[Thailand]]) is published by Bhuttarach ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bhuttarach |first1=S. |last2=Deesri |first2=U. |last3=Warapeang |first3=P. |last4=Taesuk |first4=N. |last5=Lauprasert |first5=K. |year=2024 |title=Morphology of teleosaurid osteoderms from the Phu Kradung Formation of Thailand |journal=Annales de Paléontologie |volume=109 |issue=4 |at=102653 |doi=10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102653 |s2cid=267691380 }}</ref>
* A study on the bone microstructure of ''[[Macrospondylus|Macrospondylus bollensis]]'' is published by Johnson ''et al.'' (2024), who report evidence of growth at a regular rate until the animal reached adult size, of bone compactness values within within the range of those of modern crocodilians, and of an amphibious lifestyle of ''M. bollensis'', while retaining the ability to move on land.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Johnson |first1=M. M. |last2=Scheyer |first2=T. M. |last3=Canoville |first3=A. |last4=Maxwell |first4=E. E. |year=2024 |title=Palaeohistology of ''Macrospondylus bollensis'' (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia: Teleosauroidea) from the Posidonienschiefer Formation (Toarcian) of Germany, with insights into life history and ecology |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25577 |doi-access=free |pmid=39340240 }}</ref> 
* Weryński ''et al.'' (2024) identify a [[Teleosauroidea|teleosauroid]] rostrum from the Częstochowa Sponge Limestone Formation ([[Poland]]) as belonging to a non-[[Machimosaurini|machimosaurin]] [[Machimosauridae|machimosaurid]] feeding on large prey, with morphological similarities to ''[[Neosteneosaurus|Neosteneosaurus edwardsi]]'' and ''[[Proexochokefalos|Proexochokefalos heberti]]'', providing evidence that such teleosauroids were present outside of Western Europe during the [[Oxfordian (stage)|Oxfordian]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Weryński |first1=Ł. |last2=Błażejowski |first2=B. |last3=Szczygielski |first3=T. |last4=Young |first4=M. T. |year=2024 |title=The first occurrence of machimosaurid crocodylomorphs from the Oxfordian of south-central Poland provides new insights into the distribution of macrophagous teleosauroids |journal=PeerJ |volume=12 |at=e17153 |doi=10.7717/peerj.17153 |pmid=38560470 |pmc=10981889 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Scheyer ''et al.'' (2024) describe teleosauroid tooth crowns associated with ichthyosaur remains (with scavenging traces also produced by a teleosauroid) from the [[Bajocian]] [[Hauptrogenstein Formation]] ([[Switzerland]]), representing the oldest fossil material of a member of the tribe Machimosaurini reported to date.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Scheyer |first1=T. M. |last2=Johnson |first2=M. M. |last3=Bastiaans |first3=D. |last4=Miedema |first4=F. |last5=Maxwell |first5=E. E. |last6=Klug |first6=C. |year=2024 |title=Oldest record of Machimosaurini (Thalattosuchia, Teleosauroidea): teeth and scavenging traces from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) of Switzerland |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=11 |issue=4 |at=240071 |doi=10.1098/rsos.240071 |pmid=38601027 |pmc=11004672 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024RSOS...1140071S }}</ref>
* Cubo ''et al.'' (2024) interpret ''[[Pelagosaurus|Pelagosaurus typus]]'' as an amphibious thalattosuchian likely able to wander over land, with high resting metabolic rate compared to extant [[ectotherm]]s but unlikely to be an [[endotherm]], and interpret its hunting behavior as likely involving slow sustained swimming and rapid sideways movements of the head to capture prey.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cubo |first1=J. |last2=Sena |first2=M. V. A. |last3=Pellarin |first3=R. |last4=Faure-Brac |first4=M. G. |last5=Aubier |first5=P. |last6=Cheyron |first6=C. |last7=Jouve |first7=S. |last8=Allain |first8=R. |last9=Jalil |first9=N.-E. |year=2024 |title=Integrative paleophysiology of the metriorhynchoid ''Pelagosaurus typus'' (Pseudosuchia, Thalattosuchia) |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25548 |pmid=39180142 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the endocranial anatomy of ''[[Thalattosuchus|Thalattosuchus superciliosus]]'', providing evidence of anatomical differences between geosaurine and non-geosaurine metriorhynchids, is published by Higgins ''et al.'' (2024), who argue that geosaurines and metriorhynchines likely underwent parallel shifts to a pursuit predator [[ecomorphology]] throughout their evolutionary histories.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Higgins |first1=R. R. |last2=Cowgill |first2=T. |last3=Young |first3=M. T. |last4=Schwab |first4=J. A. |last5=Herrera |first5=Y. |last6=Witmer |first6=L. M. |last7=Katsamenis |first7=O. L. |last8=Bowman |first8=C. |last9=Brusatte |first9=S. L. |year=2024 |title=The internal braincase anatomy of ''Thalattosuchus superciliosus'' – with implications for the endocranial evolution of metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–12 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2427096 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* The first fossil material of a member or a relative of the genus ''[[Plesiosuchus]]'' from [[France]] reported to date is described from the Kimmeridgian strata of the Argiles d'Ecqueville formation in Normandy by Hua (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hua |first=S. |year=2024 |title=First Record of Aff. ''Plesiosuchus'' sp. (Mesosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) in the Kimmeridgian of Le Havre (Normandy, North-Western France): Biometry, Profile of Locomotion, and Paleobiological Consequences |journal=Life |volume=14 |issue=12 |at=1595 |doi=10.3390/life14121595 |doi-access=free }}</ref> 
* Hua, Liston & Tabouelle (2024) describe a specimen of ''[[Metriorhynchus]]'' [[cf.]] ''superciliosus'' from the [[Callovian]] strata from the "Vaches Noires" cliffs of Villers-sur-Mer ([[France]]), preserved with gastric contents that include remains of the gill apparatus of ''[[Leedsichthys]]'', and interpret the studied specimen as providing evidence of ''Metriorhynchus'' scavenging on the remains of ''Leedsichthys''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hua |first1=S. |last2=Liston |first2=J. |last3=Tabouelle |first3=J. |title=The Diet of ''Metriorhynchus'' (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae): Additional Discoveries and Paleoecological Implications |year=2024 |journal=Fossil Studies |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=66–76 |doi=10.3390/fossils2010002 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Young ''et al.'' (2024) study the evolution of the paratympanic and paranasal sinuses in Crocodylomorpha (with a focus on thalattosuchians), and argue that the expansive snout sinus system of metriorhynchids likely prevented them from deep diving.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Young |first1=M. T. |last2=Schwab |first2=J. A. |last3=Dufeau |first3=D. |last4=Racicot |first4=R. A. |last5=Cowgill |first5=T. |last6=Bowman |first6=C. I. W. |last7=Witmer |first7=L. M. |last8=Herrera |first8=Y. |last9=Higgins |first9=R. |last10=Zanno |first10=L. |last11=Xu |first11=X. |last12=Clark |first12=J. |last13=Brusatte |first13=S. L. |year=2024 |title=Skull sinuses precluded extinct crocodile relatives from cetacean-style deep diving as they transitioned from land to sea |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=11 |issue=10 |at=241272 |doi=10.1098/rsos.241272 |doi-access=free |pmid=39479241 |pmc=11523105 |bibcode=2024RSOS...1141272Y }}</ref>
* Leardi ''et al.'' (2024) review the phylogenetic nomenclature of [[Notosuchia]], define notosuchian clades according to the ''[[PhyloCode]]'' standards and name a new clade [[Peirosauria]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Leardi |first1=J. M. |last2=Pol |first2=D. |last3=Montefeltro |first3=F. |last4=Marinho |first4=T. S. |last5=Ruiz |first5=J. V. |last6=Bravo |first6=G. G. |last7=Pinheiro |first7=A. E. P. |last8=Godoy |first8=P. L. |last9=Nicholl |first9=C. S. C. |last10=Lecuona |first10=A. |last11=Larsson |first11=H. C. E. |title=Phylogenetic nomenclature of Notosuchia (Crocodylomorpha; Crocodyliformes) |year=2024 |journal=Bulletin of Phylogenetic Nomenclature |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=44–82 |doi=10.11646/bpn.1.3.2 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the bone histology of ''[[Araripesuchus|Araripesuchus buitreraensis]]'', providing evidence of generally slow, annually interrupted growth rate, is published by Navarro ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Navarro |first1=T. G. |last2=Cerda |first2=I. A. |last3=Fernández Dumont |first3=M. L. |last4=Apesteguía |first4=S. |last5=Pol |first5=D. |year=2024 |title=New data on the bone histology of ''Araripesuchus buitreraensis'' (Crocodylomorpha: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Argentinean Patagonia |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2023.2301140 |s2cid=266948988 }}</ref>
* Fernández-Dumont (2024) describes juvenile specimens of ''Araripesuchus'' from the La Buitrera Paleontological Area (Argentina) and provides a list of characters indicating ontogenetic status of specimens of ''Araripesuchus''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fernández-Dumont |first=M. L. |year=2024 |title=Juvenile notosuchian crocodiles from the La Buitrera Paleontological area with comments on qualitative ontogenetic characters |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–14 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2383715 }}</ref>
* Evidence of a continuous and coordinated tooth replacement in ''[[Armadillosuchus|Armadillosuchus arrudai]]'', ensuring that the animal would not lose too many teeth simultaneously and that its feeding abilities were not affected by tooth loss, is presented by Borsoni, Carvalho & Marinho (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Borsoni |first1=B. T. |last2=Carvalho |first2=I. S. |last3=Marinho |first3=T. S. |title=''Armadillosuchus arrudai'' (Sphagesauridae, Crocodyliformes), Adamantina Formation (Turonian - Santonian), Bauru Basin, southeastern Brazil: Dental development aspects |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=158 |at=105838 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105838 |bibcode=2024CrRes.15805838D |s2cid=267077357 }}</ref>
* Dos Santos ''et al.'' (2024) describe the skeletal anatomy of the most complete juvenile [[Baurusuchidae|baurusuchid]] specimen reported to date, and report evidence of differences in skull ornamentation and muscle development between juvenile and adult baurusuchid specimens which might be indicative of [[Ontogeny|ontogenetic]] [[niche partition]]ing.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=dos Santos |first1=D. M. |last2=de Carvalho |first2=J. C. |last3=de Oliveira |first3=C. E. M. |last4=de Andrade |first4=M. B. |last5=Santucci |first5=R. M. |title=Cranial and postcranial anatomy of a juvenile baurusuchid (Notosuchia, Crocodylomorpha) and the taxonomical implications of ontogeny |year=2024 |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25419 |pmid=38429867 |s2cid=268121558 }}</ref>
* A study on tooth replacement patterns in members of the genus ''[[Caipirasuchus]]'' is published by Borsoni & Carvalho (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Borsoni |first1=B. T. |last2=Carvalho |first2=I. S. |year=2024 |title=Dental replacement in ''Caipirasuchus'' (Crocodyliformes) from the Brazilian Cretaceous |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=146 |at=105084 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105084 |bibcode=2024JSAES.14605084D }}</ref>
* Redescription of the skull anatomy and a study on the phylogenetic affinities of ''[[Barreirosuchus|Barreirosuchus franciscoi]]'' is published by Fachini ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Fachini |first1=T. S. |last2=Godoy |first2=P. L. |last3=Montefeltro |first3=F. C. |last4=Langer |first4=M. C. |title=Cranial morphology and phylogenetic reassessment of ''Barreirosuchus franciscoi'' (Crocodylomorpha, Notosuchia), a Peirosauria from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil |year=2024 |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25607 |pmid=39620317 }}</ref>
* Fossil material of a [[Goniopholididae|goniopholidid]], interpreted as a [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] form that shared several anatomical traits with derived members of the group, is described from the Lower Cretaceous [[Kitadani Formation]] ([[Japan]]) by Obuse & Shibata (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Obuse |first1=S. |last2=Shibata |first2=M. |year=2024 |title=New goniopholidid specimens from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Tetori Group, Japan |journal=Annales de Paléontologie |volume=110 |issue=1 |at=102661 |doi=10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102661 |bibcode=2024AnPal.11002661O |s2cid=268190726 }}</ref>
* Forêt ''et al.'' (2024) study factors driving [[tethysuchia]]n evolution, reporting evidence of a turnover after the [[Cenomanian-Turonian boundary event]] when a dyrosaurid-dominated fauna replaced a [[Pholidosauridae|pholidosaurid]]-dominated one, of increased tethysuchian biodiversity after the [[Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event]], and of a positive correlation between body length and temperature.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Forêt |first1=T. |last2=Aubier |first2=P. |last3=Jouve |first3=S. |last4=Cubo |first4=J. |year=2024 |title=Biotic and abiotic factors and the phylogenetic structure of extinction in the evolution of Tethysuchia |journal=Paleobiology |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=285–307 |doi=10.1017/pab.2024.5 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024Pbio...50..285F }}</ref>
* Fossil material of an early-diverging, long-snouted dyrosaurid is described from the Campanian [[Quseir Formation]] ([[Egypt]]) by Saber ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Saber |first1=S. |last2=Salem |first2=B. S. |last3=Ouda |first3=K. |last4=Gohar |first4=A. S. |last5=El-Sayed |first5=S. |last6=Sallam |first6=H. M. |year=2024 |title=A long-snouted dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Campanian Quseir Formation of Egypt |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=165 |at=105982 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105982 }}</ref>
* Jouve & Rodríguez-Jiménez (2024) describe a dyrosaurid vertebra from the [[Thanetian]] Cuervos Formation ([[Colombia]]), providing evidence of survival of dyrosaurids in South America until the end of the Paleocene.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Jouve |first1=S. |last2=Rodríguez-Jiménez |first2=J. V. |title=The youngest known South American dyrosaurid (Late Paleocene of Colombia), and evolution of Dyrosauridae (Crocodyliformes: Tethysuchia) |year=2024 |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=46 |issue=17 |pages=931–953 |doi=10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a17 |url=https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/46/17 }}</ref>
* Kuzmin ''et al.'' (2024) present the reconstruction of the ''[[Kansajsuchus|Kansajsuchus extensus]]'' and note the presence of significant differences in the braincase structure of pholidosaurids and dyrosaurids, questioning the close affinity of the two groups.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kuzmin |first1=I. T. |last2=Sichinava |first2=E. A. |last3=Mazur |first3=E. V. |last4=Gombolevskiy |first4=V. A. |year=2024 |title=Virtual reconstruction of the neurocranial anatomy of ''Kansajsuchus extensus'' (Neosuchia: Paralligatoridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Tadzhikistan with a review of braincase osteology in Neosuchia |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=164 |at=105959 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105959 |bibcode=2024CrRes.16405959K }}</ref>
* Redescription of the anatomy of the skull of ''[[Acynodon|Acynodon adriaticus]]'' is published by Muscioni ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Muscioni |first1=M. |last2=Chiarenza |first2=A. A. |last3=Haro Fernandez |first3=D. B. |last4=Dreossi |first4=D. |last5=Bacchia |first5=F. |last6=Fanti |first6=F. |year=2024 |title=Cranial anatomy of ''Acynodon adriaticus'' and extreme durophagous adaptations in Eusuchia (Reptilia: Crocodylomorpha) |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=307 |issue=12 |pages=3653–3684 |doi=10.1002/ar.25574 |doi-access=free |pmid=39267238 }}</ref> 
* Rocchi & Vila (2024) describe fossil material of ''[[Allodaposuchus]]'' [[cf.]] ''subjuniperus'' from the lower [[Maastrichtian]] deposits of the Suterranya-Mina de lignit locality ([[La Posa Formation]]; Lleida, [[Spain]]), providing evidence of the presence of a third early Maastrichtian species of ''Allodaposuchus'' (in addition to ''A. palustris'' and ''A. hulki'') in the Tremp Group.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rocchi |first1=R. |last2=Vila |first2=B. |year=2024 |title=New eusuchian cranial remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the southern Pyrenees |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–9 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2350551 }}</ref>
* Yates & Stein (2024) interpret ''[[Ultrastenos|Ultrastenos willisi]]'' and ''"Baru" huberi'' as [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonymous]], but maintain ''Ultrastenos'' as a distinct [[Mekosuchinae|mekosuchine]] genus, resulting in a new combination ''Ultrastenos huberi''.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Yates |first1=A. M. |last2=Stein |first2=M. |title=A reinterpretation and taxonomic revision of ''Ultrastenos willisi'' Stein, Hand and Archer, 2016, a short-snouted mekosuchine crocodylian from the Oligocene of northern Australia |year=2024 |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=27 |issue=1 |at=27.1.a22 |doi=10.26879/1355 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Purported sebecosuchian teeth from the Pliocene Otibanda Formation ([[Papua New Guinea]]) are reinterpreted as more likely to be mekosuchine teeth by Ristevski, Molnar & Yates (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ristevski |first1=J. |last2=Molnar |first2=R. E. |last3=Yates |first3=A. M. |year=2024 |title=Reassessment of isolated reptilian teeth confirms the presence of ziphodont crocodylians during the Pliocene of New Guinea |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–24 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2429585 }}</ref>
* Review of the fossil record and [[osmoregulation]] of members of [[Alligatoroidea]] is published by Stout (2024), who argues that fossil members of the group might have been salt-tolerant and more ocean-going than extant alligatoroids.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stout |first=J. B. |year=2024 |title=Osmoregulation in Alligatoroidea: shifting the paradigm untethers biogeographic questions |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–6 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2379029 }}</ref>
* Redescription of ''[[Arambourgia|Arambourgia gaudryi]]'' is published by Conedera ''et al.'' (2024), who recover ''A. gaudryi'' as an [[Alligatorinae|alligatorine]], and interpret it as a semi-terrestrial animal.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Conedera |first1=D. |last2=Pochat-Cottilloux |first2=Y. |last3=Rinder |first3=N. |last4=Adrien |first4=J. |last5=Martin |first5=J. E. |year=2024 |title=An anatomical reappraisal of the dwarf crocodylian ''Arambourgia gaudryi'' from the Eocene of Quercy (France) using CT data and its implications for the phylogeny and paleoecology of basally branching alligatoroids |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=43 |issue=4 |at=e2313612 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2313612 }}</ref>
* Paiva ''et al.'' (2024) recostruct ancestral body sizes across the evolutionary history of caimanines, and interpret evolution of large body sizes in the lineages including ''[[Mourasuchus]]'' and ''[[Purussaurus]]'' as related to warmer climatic conditions with less seasonal temperature variation in the western Amazonian region of South America during the Miocene.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Paiva |first1=A. L. S. |last2=Godoy |first2=P. L. |last3=Dunne |first3=E. M. |last4=Farnsworth |first4=A. |last5=Valdes |first5=P. J. |last6=Lunt |first6=D. J. |last7=Klein |first7=W. |last8=Langer |first8=M. C. |last9=Hsiou |first9=A. S. |year=2024 |title=The role of climate on the emergence of giant caimanines (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) from the Miocene western Amazonian region |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=656 |at=112582 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112582 |bibcode=2024PPP...65612582P }}</ref>
* A study on the skull anatomy of ''[[Eosuchus|Eosuchus lerichei]]'' is published by Burke ''et al.'' (2024), who report possible evidence of the presence of salt glands, and interpret ''Eosuchus'' as a [[Gavialoidea|gavialoid]] that wasn't closely related to "thoracosaurs".<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Burke |first1=P. M. J. |last2=Boerman |first2=S. A. |last3=Perrichon |first3=G. |last4=Martin |first4=J. E. |last5=Smith |first5=T. |last6=Vellekoop |first6=J. |last7=Mannion |first7=P. D. |year=2024 |title=Endocranial anatomy and phylogenetic position of the crocodylian ''Eosuchus lerichei'' from the late Paleocene of northwestern Europe and potential adaptations for transoceanic dispersal in gavialoids |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25569 |doi-access=free |pmid=39228104 }}</ref>
* Redescription of ''[[Crocodylus palaeindicus]]'' and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of members of [[Crocodyloidea]] is published by Chabrol ''et al.'' (2024), who consider ''Crocodylus sivalensis'' to be a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|junior synonym]] of ''C. palaeindicus'', find evidence of a close relationship of ''[[Crocodylus checchiai]]'' and ''[[Crocodylus falconensis]]'' with extant American crocodiles, recover ''[[Kinyang (reptile)|Kinyang]]'' as a [[Crocodylinae|crocodyline]] rather than [[Osteolaeminae|osteolaemine]], recover ''[[Albertosuchus|Albertosuchus knudsenii]]'', ''[[Prodiplocynodon|Prodiplocynodon langi]]'' and ''[["Crocodylus" affinis]]'' outside Crocodyloidea, and consider an [[Alligatoroidea|alligatoroid]] placement for the clade [[Orientalosuchina]] to be highly labile.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chabrol |first1=N. |last2=Jukar |first2=A. M. |last3=Patnaik |first3=R. |last4=Mannion |first4=P. D. |year=2024 |title=Osteology of ''Crocodylus palaeindicus'' from the late Miocene–Pleistocene of South Asia and the phylogenetic relationships of crocodyloids |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |at=2313133 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2313133 |bibcode=2024JSPal..2213133C }}</ref>

== Non-avian dinosaurs ==

=== New dinosaur taxa ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" align="center"
!Name
!Novelty
!Status
!Authors
!Age
!Type locality
!Country
!Notes
!Images
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''[[Alpkarakush]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rauhut |first1=O. W. M. |last2=Bakirov |first2=A. A. |last3=Wings |first3=O. |last4=Fernandes |first4=A. E. |last5=Hübner |first5=T. R. |title=A new theropod dinosaur from the Callovian Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan |year=2024 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=201 |issue=4 |at=zlae090 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae090 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Rauhut ''et al.''
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Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
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[[Balabansai Formation]]
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{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
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A [[Metriacanthosauridae|metriacanthosaurid]] [[Theropoda|theropod]]. The type species is ''A. kyrgyzicus''.
|[[File:Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus.png|frameless]]
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''[[Archaeocursor]]''<ref name="Archaeocursor">{{Cite journal |last1=Xi |first1=Yao |last2=Zhao |first2=Qi |last3=Ren |first3=Tingcong |last4=Wei |first4=Guangbiao |last5=Xu |first5=Xing |date=2024-12-19 |title=New evidence for the earliest ornithischian dinosaurs from Asia |journal=iScience |issue=in press |doi=10.1016/j.isci.2024.111641}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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In press
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Yao ''et al.''
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Early Jurassic (Sinemurian–Pliensbachian)
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[[Ziliujing Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] [[ornithischia]]n. The type species is ''A. asiaticus''.
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|''[[Ardetosaurus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=van der Linden |first1=Tom |last2=Tschopp |first2=Emanuel |last3=Sookias |first3=Roland |last4=Wallaard |first4=Jonathan |last5=Holwerda |first5=Femke |last6=Schulp |first6=Anne |date=October 2024 |title=A new diplodocine sauropod from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA |journal=[[Palaeontologia Electronica]] |volume=27 |issue=3 |doi=10.26879/1380 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
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|van der Linden ''et al.''
|Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)
|[[Morrison Formation]]
|{{Flag|United States}}<br />({{Flag|Wyoming}})
|A [[Diplodocinae|diplodocine]] sauropod. The type species is ''A. viator.''
|[[File:Ardetosaurus viator.png|frameless]]
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''[[Asiatyrannus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zheng |first1=W. |last2=Jin |first2=X. |last3=Xie |first3=J. |last4=Du |first4=T. |year=2024 |title=The first deep-snouted tyrannosaur from Upper Cretaceous Ganzhou City of southeastern China |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |at=16276 |doi=10.1038/s41598-024-66278-5 |issn=2045-2322|doi-access=free |pmid=39054316 |pmc=11272791 |bibcode=2024NatSR..1416276Z }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Zheng ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous ([[Maastrichtian]])
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[[Nanxiong Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[tyrannosaurine]] theropod. The type species is ''A. xui''.
|[[File:Asiatyrannus xui.png|frameless]]
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''[[Baiyinosaurus]]''<ref name="Baiyinosaurus">{{Cite journal |last1=Ning |first1=Li |last2=Maidment |first2=Susannah C. R. |author-link2=Susannah Maidment |last3=Daqing |first3=Li |last4=Hailu |first4=You |last5=Guangzhao |first5=Peng |date=2024-07-02 |title=A new stegosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu Province, China |journal=[[Scientific Reports]] |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=15241 |doi=10.1038/s41598-024-66280-x |pmid=38956140 |pmc=11219857 |bibcode=2024NatSR..1415241N |issn=2045-2322}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Ning  ''et al.''
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Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)
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[[Wangjiashan Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] [[stegosauria]]n. The type species is ''B. baojiensis''.
|[[File:Baiyinosaurus baojiensis.png|frameless]]
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''[[Caletodraco]]''<ref name="Caletodraco">{{Cite journal |last1=Buffetaut| first1=E. |last2=Tong |first2=H. |last3=Girard |first3=J. |last4=Hoyez |first4=B. |last5=Párraga |first5=J. |date=2024 |title=''Caletodraco cottardi'': A New Furileusaurian Abelisaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian Chalk of Normandy (North-Western France). |journal=Fossil Studies | volume=2 | issue=3 |language=en |pages=177–195 |doi=10.3390/fossils2030009 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Buffetaut ''et. al''
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
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[[Chalk of the Pays de Caux]]
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{{Flag|France}}
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An [[Abelisauridae|abelisaurid]] theropod. The type species is ''C. cottardi''.
|[[File:Caletodraco cottardi.png|frameless]]
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''[[Campananeyen]]''<ref name="Campananeyen">{{Cite journal |last1=Lerzo |first1=Lucas N. |last2=Fernández-Baldor |first2=Fidel Torcida |last3=Canale |first3=Juan I. |last4=Whitlock |first4=John A. |last5=Otero |first5=Alejandro |last6=Gallina |first6=Pablo A. |date=2024-08-13 |title=They all floated in the Cretaceous: new rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) with a highly pneumatized skeleton from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian) of Patagonia, Argentina |journal=[[Historical Biology]] |language=en |pages=1–14 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2383708 |issn=0891-2963}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Lerzo ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
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[[Candeleros Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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An [[rebbachisaurid]] sauropod. The type species is ''C. fragilissimus''.
|[[File:Campananeyen fragilissimus.png|frameless]]
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''[[Chakisaurus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Alvarez Nogueira |first1=R. |last2=Rozadilla |first2=S. |last3=Agnolín |first3=F. L. |last4=Garcia Marsà |first4=J. A. |last5=Motta |first5=M. J. |last6=Novas |first6=F. E. |title=A new ornithopod from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Implications on elasmarian postcranial anatomy |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=159 |at=105874 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105874 |bibcode=2024CrRes.15905874N }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Alvarez Nogueira ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian)
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[[Huincul Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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An [[elasmaria]]n ornithopod. The type species is ''C. nekul''.
|<div style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Chakisaurus UDL.png|frameless]]</div>
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|''[[Coahuilasaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Longrich|first1=N.R.|last2=Ramirez Velasco|first2=A.A.|last3=Kirkland|first3=J.|last4=Bermúdez Torres|first4=A.E.|last5=Serrano-Brañas|first5=C.I.|title=''Coahuilasaurus lipani'', a New Kritosaurin Hadrosaurid from the Upper Campanian Cerro Del Pueblo Formation, Northern Mexico.|journal=Diversity|year=2024|volume=16|issue=9 |pages=531|doi=10.3390/d16090531|doi-access=free }}</ref>
| Gen. et sp. nov
| Valid
| Longrich ''et al.''
| Late Cretaceous ([[Campanian]])
| [[Cerro del Pueblo Formation]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| A [[saurolophine]] hadrosaurid belonging to the tribe [[Kritosaurini]]. The type species is ''C. lipani''.
|[[File:Coahuilasaurus lipani.png|frameless]]
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|''[[Comptonatus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lockwood |first1=Jeremy A. F. |last2=Martill |first2=David M. |last3=Maidment |first3=Susannah C. R. |date=2024-12-31 |title=Comptonatus chasei , a new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, southern England |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |language=en |volume=22 |issue=1 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2346573 |issn=1477-2019|doi-access=free |bibcode=2024JSPal..2246573L }}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
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|Lockwood ''et al.''
|Early Cretaceous ([[Barremian]])
|[[Wessex Formation]]
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| An [[iguanodontid]] ornithopod. The type species is ''C. chasei''.
|[[File:Comptonatus chasei.png|frameless]]
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''[[Datai]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Xing |first1=L. |last2=Niu |first2=K. |last3=Mallon |first3=J. |last4=Miyashita |first4=T. |year=2024 |title=A new armored dinosaur with double cheek horns from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern China |journal=Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Paleontology |volume=11 |pages=113–132 |doi=10.18435/vamp29396 |url=https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/29396 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Xing ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Early Coniacian)
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[[Zhoutian Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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An [[ankylosaurid]]. The type species is ''D. yingliangis''.
|[[File:Datai yingliangis.png|frameless]]
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''[[Diuqin]]''<ref name=Diuqin>{{Cite journal |last1=Porfiri |first1=Juan D. |last2=Baiano |first2=Mattia A. |last3=dos Santos |first3=Domenica D. |last4=Gianechini |first4=Federico A. |last5=Pittman |first5=Michael |last6=Lamanna |first6=Matthew C. |date=2024-06-14 |title=''Diuqin lechiguanae'' gen. et sp. nov., a new unenlagiine (Theropoda: Paraves) from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group, Upper Cretaceous) of Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina |journal=BMC Ecology and Evolution |language=en |volume=24 |issue=1 |page=77 |doi=10.1186/s12862-024-02247-w |doi-access=free |pmid=38872101 |pmc=11177497 |bibcode=2024BMCEE..24...77P |issn=2730-7182}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Porfiri ''et al''.
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Late Cretaceous (Santonian)
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[[Bajo de la Carpa Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[unenlagiine]] theropod. The type species is ''D. lechiguanae''.
|[[File:Diuqin lechiguanae.png|frameless]]
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''[[Dornraptor]]''<ref name="Dornraptor">{{Cite journal |last=Baron |first=Matthew G. |date=2024-04-29 |title=A new name for old bones: A reassessment of Early Jurassic theropod remains from Dorset, England |url=https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024/5067-on-an-early-jurassic-theropod |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |language=English |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=1–12 |doi=10.26879/1346 |issn=1094-8074|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Baron
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Early Jurassic (Hettangian–Sinemurian)
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[[Blue Lias Formation]]
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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An [[averostra]]n theropod. The type species is ''D. normani''.
|[[File:Dornraptor normani.png|frameless]]
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''[[Emiliasaura]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Coria |first1=R. A. |last2=Cerda |first2=A. A. |last3=Escaso |first3=F. |last4=Baiano |first4=M. A. |last5=Bellardini |first5=F. |last6=Braun |first6=A. |last7=Coria |first7=L. M. |last8=Gutierrez |first8=J. M. |last9=Pino |first9=D. |last10=Windholz |first10=G. J. |last11=Currie |first11=P. J. |last12=Ortega |first12=F. |title=First Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from Patagonia |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=166 |at=106027 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106027 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Coria ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)
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[[Mulichinco Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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An ornithopod belonging to the group [[Rhabdodontomorpha]]. The type species is ''E. alessandrii''.
|[[File:Emiliasaura_alessandrii.png|frameless]]
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''[[Eoneophron]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Atkins-Weltman |first1=K. L. |last2=Simon |first2=D. J. |last3=Woodward |first3=H. N. |last4=Funston |first4=G. F. |last5=Snively |first5=E. |title=A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the end-Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation of North America |year=2024 |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=19 |issue=1 |at=e0294901 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0294901 |pmid=38266012 |pmc=10807829 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PLoSO..1994901A }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Atkins-Weltman ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
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[[Hell Creek Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}<br/>({{Flag|South Dakota}})
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A [[Caenagnathidae|caenagnathid]] theropod. The type species is ''E. infernalis''.
|[[File:Eoneophron infernalis.png|frameless]]
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|''[[Fona]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Avrahami |first1=Haviv M. |last2=Makovicky |first2=Peter J. |last3=Tucker |first3=Ryan T. |last4=Zanno |first4=Lindsay E. |date=2024-07-09 |title=A new semi-fossorial thescelosaurine dinosaur from the Cenomanian-age Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=307 |issue=12 |pages=3717–3781 |language=en |doi=10.1002/ar.25505 |pmid=38979930 |issn=1932-8486|doi-access=free }}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
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|Avrahami ''et al.''
|Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
|[[Cedar Mountain Formation]]
|{{Flag|United States}}<br />({{Flag|Utah}})
|A [[Thescelosauridae|thescelosaurid]] ornithischian. The type species is ''F. herzogae.''
|[[File:Fona herzogae.png|frameless]]
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''[[Gandititan]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Han |first1=F. |last2=Yang |first2=L. |last3=Lou |first3=F. |last4=Sullivan |first4=C. |last5=Xu |first5=X. |last6=Qiu |first6=W. |last7=Liu |first7=H. |last8=Yu |first8=J. |last9=Wu |first9=R. |last10=Ke |first10=Y. |last11=Xu |first11=M. |last12=Hu |first12=J. |last13=Lu |first13=P. |year=2024 |title=A new titanosaurian sauropod, ''Gandititan cavocaudatus'' gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of southern China |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |at=2293038 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2023.2293038 |bibcode=2024JSPal..2293038H |s2cid=267107071 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2023.2293038 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Han ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian)
|[[Zhoutian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Titanosauria|titanosaur]] sauropod. The type species is ''G. cavocaudatus''.
|<div style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Gandititan UDL.png|frameless]]</div>
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''[[Harenadraco]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lee |first1=S. |last2=Lee |first2=Y.-N. |last3=Park |first3=J.-Y. |last4=Kim |first4=S.-H. |last5=Badamkhatan |first5=Z. |last6=Idersaikhan |first6=D. |last7=Tsogtbaatar |first7=K. |title=The first troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia |year=2024 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=43 |issue=6 |at=e2364746 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2364746 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Lee ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Barun Goyot Formation]]
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{{Flag|Mongolia}}
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A [[Troodontidae|troodontid]] theropod. The type species is ''H. prima''.
|[[File:Harenadraco prima.png|frameless]]
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''[[Hesperonyx]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rotatori |first1=F. M. |last2=Ferrari |first2=L. |last3=Sequero |first3=C. |last4=Camilo |first4=B. |last5=Mateus |first5=O. |last6=Moreno-Azanza |first6=M. |title=An unexpected early-diverging iguanodontian dinosaur (Ornithischia, Ornithopoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal |year=2024 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=43 |issue=4 |at=e2310066 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2310066 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Rotatori ''et al.''
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Late Jurassic
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[[Lourinhã Formation]]
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{{Flag|Portugal}}
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An early diverging [[iguanodontia]]n ornithopod, possibly a [[dryomorpha]]n. The type species is ''H. martinhotomasorum''.
|[[File:Hesperonyx martinhotomasorum.png|frameless]] 
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|''[[Huaxiazhoulong]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zhu |first1=Ziheng |last2=Wu |first2=Jie |last3=You |first3=Yue |last4=Jia |first4=Yingli |last5=Chen |first5=Chujiao |last6=Yao |first6=Xi |last7=Zheng |first7=Wenjie |last8=Xu |first8=Xing |date=2024-11-08 |title=A new ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, southern China |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2024.2417208 |journal=Historical Biology |language=en |pages=1–17 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2417208 |issn=0891-2963}}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
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|Zhu ''et al.''
|Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
|[[Tangbian Formation]]
|{{Flag|China}}
|An ankylosaurid. The type species is ''H. shouwen''.
|[[File:Huaxiazhoulong shouwen.png|frameless]]
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''[[Hypnovenator]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kubota |first1=K. |last2=Kobayashi |first2=Y. |last3=Ikeda |first3=T. |title=Early Cretaceous troodontine troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Ohyamashimo Formation of Japan reveals the early evolution of Troodontinae |year=2024 |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=14 |issue=1 |at=16392 |doi=10.1038/s41598-024-66815-2 |doi-access=free |pmid=39054320 |pmc=11272788 |bibcode=2024NatSR..1416392K }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Kubota, Kobayashi & Ikeda
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Early Cretaceous (Albian)
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[[Ohyamashimo Formation]]
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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A troodontid theropod. The type species is ''H. matsubaraetoheorum''.
|[[File:Hypnovenator matsubaraetoheorum.png|frameless]]
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''[[Inawentu]]''<ref name="Inawentu">{{Cite journal |last1=Filippi |first1=Leonardo S. |last2=Juárez Valieri |first2=Rubén D. |last3=Gallina |first3=Pablo A. |last4=Méndez |first4=Ariel H. |last5=Gianechini |first5=Federico A. |last6=Garrido |first6=Alberto C. |date=2024 |title=A rebbachisaurid-mimicking titanosaur and evidence of a Late Cretaceous faunal disturbance event in South-West Gondwana |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=154 |language=en |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105754 |bibcode=2024CrRes.15405754F |s2cid=264792693 |issn=0195-6671}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Filippi ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Santonian)
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[[Bajo de la Carpa Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is ''I. oslatus''. Announced in 2023; the final article version was published in 2024.
|[[File:Inawentu oslatus.png|frameless]]
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''[[Jingiella]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ren |first1=X.-X. |last2=Wang |first2=X.-R. |last3=Ji |first3=Y.-N. |last4=Guo |first4=Z. |last5=Ji |first5=Q. |year=2024 |title=The first mamenchisaurid from the Upper Jurassic Dongxing Formation of Guangxi, southernmost China |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–14 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2309287 |s2cid=267947729 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Ren ''et al.''
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Late Jurassic
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[[Dongxing Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Mamenchisauridae|mamenchisaurid]] sauropod. The type species is ''J. dongxingensis''. The initially proposed name is preoccupied by ''[[Jingia]]'' Chen, 1983.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/heliothinae/jingia/ | title=Jingia }}</ref> The replacement name was published in an addendum.<ref name="Addendum">{{Cite journal |date=2024-04-15 |title=Addendum |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2024.2325806 |journal=Historical Biology |language=en |pages=1 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2325806 |issn=0891-2963}}</ref>
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''[[Kiyacursor]]''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Averianov |first1=A. O. |last2=Skutschas |first2=P. P. |last3=Atuchin |first3=A. A. |last4=Slobodin |first4=D. A. |last5=Feofanova |first5=O. A. |last6=Vladimirova |first6=O. N. |year=2024 |title=The last ceratosaur of Asia: a new noasaurid from the Early Cretaceous Great Siberian Refugium |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=291 |issue=2023 |at=20240537 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2024.0537 |pmid=38747705 |pmc=11285863 |pmc-embargo-date=May 15, 2025 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Averianov  ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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[[Ilek Formation]]
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{{Flag|Russia}}<br/>({{Flag|Kemerovo Oblast}})
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A [[Noasauridae|noasaurid]] theropod. The type species is ''K. longipes''.
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[[File:Kiyacursor longipes.png|frameless]]
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''[[Koleken]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pol |first1=Diego |last2=Baiano |first2=Mattia Antonio |last3=Černý |first3=David |last4=Novas |first4=Fernando E. |last5=Cerda |first5=Ignacio A. |last6=Pittman |first6=Michael |date=2024-05-21 |title=A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the end Cretaceous of Patagonia and evolutionary rates among the Ceratosauria |journal=Cladistics |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=307–356 |language=en |doi=10.1111/cla.12583 |pmid=38771085 |issn=0748-3007|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Pol ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)
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[[La Colonia Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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An abelisaurid theropod. The type species is ''K. inakayali.''
|[[File:Koleken inakayali.png|frameless]]
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''[[Labocania aguillonae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rivera-Sylva |first1=Héctor E. |last2=Longrich |first2=Nicholas R. |title=A New Tyrant Dinosaur from the Late Campanian of Mexico Reveals a Tribe of Southern Tyrannosaurs |year=2024 |journal=Fossil Studies |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=245–272 |doi=10.3390/fossils2040012 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Rivera-Sylva & Longrich
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
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[[Cerro del Pueblo Formation]]
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{{Flag|Mexico}}
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A [[teratophonein]] tyrannosaurine; a species of ''[[Labocania]]''.
|[[File:Labocania aguillonae (skeletal reconstruction).jpg|frameless]]
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''[[Lishulong]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zhang |first1=Q. |last2=Jia |first2=L. |last3=Wang |first3=T. |last4=Zhang |first4=Y. |last5=You |first5=H. |title=The largest sauropodomorph skull from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of China |year=2024 |journal=PeerJ |volume=12 |at=e18629 |doi=10.7717/peerj.18629 |pmc=11646418 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Zhang ''et al.''
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Early Jurassic (Sinemurian–Toarcian)
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[[Lufeng Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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An early member of [[Sauropodiformes]]. The type species is ''L. wangi''.
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[[File:Lishulong wangi.png|frameless]]
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''[[Lokiceratops]]''<ref name="Lokiceratops">{{Cite journal |last1=Loewen |first1=Mark A. |last2=Sertich |first2=Joseph J. W. |last3=Sampson |first3=Scott |author-link3=Scott D. Sampson |last4=O’Connor |first4=Jingmai K. |author-link4=Jingmai O'Connor |last5=Carpenter |first5=Savhannah |last6=Sisson |first6=Brock |last7=Øhlenschlæger |first7=Anna |last8=Farke |first8=Andrew A. |last9=Makovicky |first9=Peter J. |last10=Longrich |first10=Nick |last11=Evans |first11=David C. |author-link11=David C. Evans (paleontologist) |date=2024-06-20 |title=''Lokiceratops rangiformis'' gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs |journal=[[PeerJ]] |language=en |volume=12 |pages=e17224 |doi=10.7717/peerj.17224 |doi-access=free |pmid=38912046 |pmc=11193970 |issn=2167-8359 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Loewen ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
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[[Judith River Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}<br/>({{Flag|Montana}})
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A [[centrosaurine]] ceratopsian. The type species is ''L. rangiformis.''
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[[File:Lokiceratops rangiformis.png|frameless]]
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''[[Minqaria]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Longrich |first1=Nicholas R. |last2=Pereda-Suberbiola |first2=Xabier |last3=Bardet |first3=Nathalie |last4=Jalil |first4=Nour-Eddine |title=A new small duckbilled dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Morocco and dinosaur diversity in the late Maastrichtian of North Africa |year=2024 |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=14 |issue=1 |at=3665 |doi=10.1038/s41598-024-53447-9 |pmid=38351204 |pmc=10864364 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024NatSR..14.3665L }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Longrich ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
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[[Ouled Abdoun Basin]]
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{{Flag|Morocco}}
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A [[Lambeosaurinae|lambeosaurine]] hadrosaurid belonging to the tribe [[Arenysaurini]]. The type species is ''M. bata''.
|[[File:Minqaria bata.png|frameless]] 
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| ''[[Musankwa]]''<ref name="Musankwa">{{Cite journal |last1=Barrett |first1=Paul M. |author-link1=Paul Barrett (palaeobiologist) |last2=Chapelle |first2=Kimberley E.J. |last3=Sciscio |first3=Lara |last4=Broderick |first4=Timothy J. |last5=Zondo |first5=Michel |last6=Munyikwa |first6=Darlington |last7=Choiniere |first7=Jonah N. |title=A new Late Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe |journal=[[Acta Palaeontologica Polonica]] |date=2024 |volume=69 |issue=2 |pages=227–241 |doi=10.4202/app.01100.2023|doi-access=free }}</ref>
| Gen. et sp. nov
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| Barrett ''et al.''
| [[Late Triassic]] ([[Norian]])
| [[Pebbly Arkose Formation]]
| {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
| A [[massopoda]]n sauropodomorph. The type species is ''M. sanyatiensis''.
|[[File:Musankwa sanyatiensis.png|frameless]]
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|''[[Qianjiangsaurus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dai |first1=Hui |last2=Ma |first2=Qingyu |last3=Xiong |first3=Can |last4=Lin |first4=Yu |last5=Zeng |first5=Hui |last6=Tan |first6=Chao |last7=Wang |first7=Jun |last8=Zhang |first8=Yuguang |last9=Xing |first9=Hai |date=2024-08-27 |title=A new late-diverging non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from southwest China: support for interchange of dinosaur faunas across East Asia during the Late Cretaceous |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019566712400168X?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=166 |pages=105995 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105995 |issn=0195-6671}}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
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|Dai ''et al.''
|Late Cretaceous
|[[Zhengyang Formation]]
|{{Flag|China}}
|An early-diverging [[Hadrosauromorpha|hadrosauromorph]]. The type species is ''Q. changshengi.''
|[[File:Qianjiangsaurus changshengi.png|frameless]]
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''[[Qunkasaura]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mocho |first1=P. |last2=Escaso |first2=F. |last3=Marcos-Fernández |first3=F. |last4=Páramo |first4=A. |last5=Sanz |first5=J. L. |last6=Vidal |first6=D. |last7=Ortega |first7=F. |title=A Spanish saltasauroid titanosaur reveals Europe as a melting pot of endemic and immigrant sauropods in the Late Cretaceous |year=2024 |journal=Communications Biology |volume=7 |issue=1 |at=1016 |doi=10.1038/s42003-024-06653-0 |doi-access=free |pmid=39232208 |pmc=11375222 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Mocho ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)
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[[Villalba de la Sierra Formation]]
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[Saltasauroidea|saltasauroid]] titanosaur. The type species is ''Q. pintiquiniestra''.
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[[File:Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra.png|frameless]]

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''[[Riojavenatrix]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Isasmendi |first1=E. |last2=Cuesta |first2=E. |last3=Díaz-Martínez |first3=I. |author4= Julio Company |last5=Sáez-Benito |first5=P. |last6=Viera |first6=L. I. |last7=Torices |first7=A. |last8=Pereda-Suberbiola |first8=Xabier |year=2024 |title=Increasing the theropod record of Europe: a new basal spinosaurid from the Enciso Group of the Cameros Basin (La Rioja, Spain). Evolutionary implications and palaeobiodiversity |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=202 |issue=3 |pages=zlad193 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad193 |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad193/7564790 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Isasmendi ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian)
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[[Enciso Group]]
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[Spinosauridae|spinosaurid]] theropod. The type species is ''R. lacustris''.
|[[File:Riojavenatrix lacustris.png|frameless]]
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| ''[[Sasayamagnomus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tanaka |first1=Tomonori |last2=Chiba |first2=Kentaro |last3=Ikeda |first3=Tadahiro |last4=Ryan |first4=Michael J. |title=A new neoceratopsian (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation (Albian), southwestern Japan |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |date=September 2024 |volume=10 |issue=5 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1587|bibcode=2024PPal...10E1587T }}</ref>
| Gen. et sp. nov.
| Valid
| Tanaka ''et al.''
| Early Cretaceous ([[Albian]])
| [[Ohyamashimo Formation]]
| {{flag|Japan}}
| A basal member of [[Neoceratopsia]]. The type species is ''S. saegusai''.
|[[File:Sasayamagnomus saegusai.png|frameless]]
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''[[Sidersaura]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lerzo |first1=Lucas Nicolás |last2=Gallina |first2=Pablo Ariel |last3=Canale |first3=Juan Ignacio |last4=Otero |first4=Alejandro |last5=Carballido |first5=José Luis |last6=Apesteguía |first6=Sebastián |last7=Makovicky |first7=Peter Juraj |date=2024-01-03 |title=The last of the oldies: a basal rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) of Patagonia, Argentina |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2023.2297914 |journal=Historical Biology |language=en |pages=1–26 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2023.2297914 |s2cid=266865502 |issn=0891-2963}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Lerzo ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian)
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[[Huincul Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Rebbachisauridae|rebbachisaurid]] sauropod. The type species is ''S. marae''. 
|<div style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Sidersaura UDL.png|frameless]]</div>
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''[[Thyreosaurus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zafaty |first1=Omar |last2=Oukassou |first2=Mostafa |last3=Riguetti |first3=Facundo |author4= Julio Company |last5=Bendrioua |first5=Saad |last6=Tabuce |first6=Rodolphe |last7=Charrière |first7=André |last8=Pereda-Suberbiola |first8=Xabier |date=2024-03-29 |title=A new stegosaurian dinosaur (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) with a remarkable dermal armour from the Middle Jurassic of North Africa |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X24000674 |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=131 |pages=344–362 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2024.03.009 |bibcode=2024GondR.131..344Z |issn=1342-937X}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Zafaty ''et al.''
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Middle Jurassic
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[[El Mers Group]]
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{{Flag|Morocco}}
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A stegosaurian. The type species is ''T. atlasicus.''
|[[File:Thyreosaurus Skeletal.svg|frameless]]
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''[[Tiamat valdecii|Tiamat]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pereira |first1=P. V. L. G. C. |last2=Bandeira |first2=K. L. N. |last3=Vidal |first3=L. S. |last4=Ribeiro |first4=T. B. |last5=Candeiro |first5=C. R. A. |last6=Bergqvist |first6=L. P. |title=A new sauropod species from north-western Brazil: biomechanics and the radiation of Titanosauria (Sauropoda: Somphospondyli) |year=2024 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae054 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Pereira  ''et al.''
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Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian)
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[[Açu Formation]]
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] titanosaur sauropod. The type species is ''T. valdecii''.
|[[File:Tiamat Skeletal.svg|frameless]]
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| ''[[Tietasaura]]''<ref name=Bandeira />
| Gen. et sp. nov
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| Bandeira ''et al.''
| Early Cretaceous ([[Valanginian]]–[[Hauterivian]])
| [[Marfim Formation]]
| {{flag|Brazil}}
| An elasmarian ornithopod. The type species is ''T. derbyiana''.
|[[File:Tietasaura Skeletal.svg|frameless]]
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''[[Titanomachya]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pérez-Moreno |first1=A. |last2=Salgado |first2=L. |last3=Carballido |first3=J. L. |last4=Otero |first4=A. |last5=Pol |first5=D. |year=2024 |title=A new titanosaur from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Chubut Province, Argentina |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–20 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2332997 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Pérez-Moreno ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)
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[[La Colonia Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is ''T. gimenezi''.
|<div style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Titanomachya UDL.png|frameless]]</div>
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''[[Tyrannosaurus#Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis|Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dalman |first1=S. G |last2=Loewen |first2=M. A. |last3=Pyron |first3=R. A. |last4=Jasinski |first4=S. E. |last5=Malinzak |first5=D. E. |last6=Lucas |first6=S. G. |last7=Fiorillo |first7=A. R. |last8=Currie |first8=P. J. |last9=Longrich |first9=N. R. |date=2024 |title=A giant tyrannosaur from the Campanian–Maastrichtian of southern North America and the evolution of tyrannosaurid gigantism |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=13 |issue=1 |at=Article number 22124 |doi=10.1038/s41598-023-47011-0 |pmid=38212342 |pmc=10784284 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Dalman ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)
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[[Hall Lake Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|New Mexico}})
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A tyrannosaurine; a species of ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]''.
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[[File:Tyrannosaurus_mcraeensis_(skull_reconstruction).png|frameless]]
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''[[Udelartitan]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Soto |first1=M. |last2=Carballido |first2=J. L. |last3=Langer |first3=M. C. |last4=Silva Junior |first4=J. C. G. |last5=Montenegro |first5=F. |last6=Perea |first6=D. |title=Phylogenetic relationships of a new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Uruguay |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=160 |at=105894 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105894 |bibcode=2024CrRes.16005894S }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Soto ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Guichón Formation]]
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{{Flag|Uruguay}}
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A titanosaur sauropod belonging to the group [[Saltasauroidea]]. The type species is ''U. celeste''.
|<div style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Udelartitan UDL.png|frameless]]</div>
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''[[Urbacodon norelli]]''<ref name=U.norelli>{{Cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Shuo |last2=Ding |first2=Nuo |last3=Tan |first3=Qingwei |last4=Yang |first4=Rui |last5=Zhang |first5=Qiyue |last6=Tan |first6=Lin |date=2024-07-17 |title=A new ''Urbacodon'' (Theropoda, Troodontidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Iren Dabasu Formation, China: Implications for troodontid phylogeny and tooth biology |journal=Cladistics |language=en |doi=10.1111/cla.12592 |pmid=39016633 |issn=0748-3007}}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Wang ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Iren Dabasu Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A troodontid theropod; a species of ''[[Urbacodon]]''.
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''[[Vectidromeus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Longrich |first1=Nicholas R. |last2=Martill |first2=David M. |last3=Munt |first3=Martin |last4=Green |first4=Mick |last5=Penn |first5=Mark |last6=Smith |first6=Shaun |date=2024 |title=Vectidromeus insularis, a new hypsilophodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, England |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667123002355 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=154 |pages=105707 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105707 |bibcode=2024CrRes.15405707L |s2cid=261933503 |issn=0195-6671}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Longrich ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
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[[Wessex Formation]]
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A [[hypsilophodont]]id. The type species is ''V. insularis.'' Announced in 2023; the final article version was published in 2024.
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<div style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Vectidromeus UDL.png|frameless]]</div>
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''[[Yanbeilong]]''<ref name="Yanbeilong2">{{Cite journal |last1=Jia |first1=Lei |last2=Li |first2=Ning |last3=Dong |first3=Liyang |last4=Shi |first4=Jianru |last5=Kang |first5=Zhishuai |last6=Wang |first6=Suozhu |last7=Xu |first7=Shichao |last8=You |first8=Hailu |date=2024-01-31 |title=A new stegosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China |journal=[[Historical Biology]] |language=en |pages=1–10 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2308214 |s2cid=267465456 |issn=0891-2963}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Jia ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous (Albian)
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[[Zuoyun Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A stegosaurian. The type species is ''Y. ultimus''.
|[[File:Yanbeilong ultimus.png|frameless]]
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''[[Yuanyanglong]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hao |first1=M. |last2=Li |first2=Z. |last3=Wang |first3=Z. |last4=Wang |first4=S. |last5=Ma |first5=F. |author6=Qinggele |last7=King |first7=J. L. |last8=Pei |first8=R. |last9=Zhao |first9=Q. |last10=Xu |first10=X. |title=A new oviraptorosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Miaogou Formation of western Inner Mongolia, China |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=167 |at=106023 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106023 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Hao ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous
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[[Miaogou Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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An oviraptorosaur theropod. The type species is ''Y. bainian''.
|[[File:Yuanyanglong bainian.png|frameless]]
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=== General non-avian dinosaur research ===
* Review of studies on the phylogenetic relationships of main dinosaur groups from the preceding years is published by Lovegrove, Upchurch & Barrett (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lovegrove |first1=J. |last2=Upchurch |first2=P. |last3=Barrett |first3=P. M. |year=2024 |title=Untangling the tree or unravelling the consensus? Recent developments in the quest to resolve the broad-scale relationships within Dinosauria |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |at=2345333 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2345333 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024JSPal..2245333L }}</ref>
* Review of studies on the [[macroecology]] of non-avian dinosaurs from the preceding years is published by Chiarenza (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chiarenza |first=A. A. |year=2024 |title=The macroecology of Mesozoic dinosaurs |journal=Biology Letters |volume=20 |issue=11 |at=20240392 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2024.0392 |doi-access=free |pmid=39535111 |pmc=11558851 }}</ref>
* A study on diversity of Mesozoic dinosaurs throughout their evolutionary history is published by Mannion (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mannion |first=P. D. |year=2024 |title=The spatiotemporal distribution of Mesozoic dinosaur diversity |journal=Biology Letters |volume=20 |issue=12 |at=20240443 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2024.0443 |doi-access=free |pmid=39660360 |pmc=11632528 }}</ref>
* Review of main obstacles in the study of neurology of Mesozoic dinosaurs, and of advances in the study of dinosaur neurology, is published by Balanoff (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Balanoff |first=A. |year=2024 |title=Dinosaur palaeoneurology: an evolving science |journal=Biology Letters |volume=20 |issue=12 |at=20240472 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2024.0472 |doi-access=free |pmid=39689851 |pmc=11651910 }}</ref>
* Evidence indicating that the evolution of rostral keratin cover was associated with partial tooth reduction throughout the evolutionary history of dinosaurs, but does not explain the complete loss of teeth in dinosaur lineages, is presented by Aguilar-Pedrayes, Gardner & Organ (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Aguilar-Pedrayes |first1=I. |last2=Gardner |first2=J. D. |last3=Organ |first3=C. L. |year=2024 |title=The coevolution of rostral keratin and tooth distribution in dinosaurs |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=291 |issue=2015 |at=20231713 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2023.1713 |doi-access=free |pmid=38229513 |pmc=10792295 }}</ref>
* A study on the evolutionary rates of biting mechanics in herbivorous dinosaurs is published by Kunz and Sakamoto (2024), who interpret their findings as indicating that biomechanic evolution rates can reveal ecological signatures in different lineages and ontogenetic stages.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kunz |first1=C |last2=Sakamoto |first2=M |date=2024 |title=Elevated evolutionary rates of biting biomechanics reveal patterns of extraordinary craniodental adaptations in some herbivorous dinosaurs |url= |journal=Palaeontology |volume= 67|issue= 1|page=12689 |doi=10.1111/pala.12689 |access-date=|doi-access=free |bibcode=2024Palgy..6712689K }}</ref>
* Caspar ''et al.'' (2024) present revised estimates of [[encephalization]] and [[telencephalic]] [[neuron]] counts in dinosaurs, contesting neuron count and relative brain size estimates presented in the study of [[Suzana Herculano-Houzel|Herculano-Houzel]] (2023),<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Herculano-Houzel |first=S.|title=Theropod dinosaurs had primate-like numbers of telencephalic neurons|journal=Journal of Comparative Neurology|year=2023|volume=531|issue=9|pages=962–974|doi=10.1002/cne.25453|pmid=36603059|s2cid=249994109 }}</ref> and in particular contesting estimates of exceptional neuron counts and relative brain size in large-bodied theropods compared to other dinosaurs presented by the cited author.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Caspar |first1=K. R. |last2=Gutiérrez-Ibáñez |first2=C. |last3=Bertrand |first3=O. C. |last4=Carr |first4=T. |last5=Colbourne |first5=J. A. D. |last6=Erb |first6=A. |last7=George |first7=H. |last8=Holtz |first8=T. R. |last9=Naish |first9=D. |last10=Wylie |first10=D. R. |last11=Hurlburt |first11=G. R. |year=2024 |title=How smart was ''T. rex''? Testing claims of exceptional cognition in dinosaurs and the application of neuron count estimates in palaeontological research |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=307 |issue=12 |pages=3685–3716 |doi=10.1002/ar.25459 |doi-access=free |pmid=38668805 }}</ref>
* Evidence from the study of an ontogenetic series of endocasts of ''[[Psittacosaurus|Psittacosaurus lujiatunesis]]'' and immature specimens of other non-avian dinosaur taxa, interpreted as indicating that non-avian dinosaurs had a distinct developmental trajectory of the brain compared to extant birds and crocodilians, is presented by King ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=King |first1=L. |last2=Zhao |first2=Q. |last3=Dufeau |first3=D. L. |last4=Kawabe |first4=S. |last5=Witmer |first5=L. |last6=Zhou |first6=C.-F. |last7=Rayfield |first7=E. J. |last8=Benton |first8=M. J. |last9=Watanabe |first9=A. |title=Endocranial development in non-avian dinosaurs reveals an ontogenetic brain trajectory distinct from extant archosaurs |journal=Nature Communications |year=2024 |volume=15 |issue=1 |at=7415 |doi=10.1038/s41467-024-51627-9 |doi-access=free|pmid=39198439 |pmc=11358377 |bibcode=2024NatCo..15.7415K }}</ref>
* Atterholt ''et al.'' (2024) report evidence of widespread presence of bony ridges in the neural canals in the caudal vertebrae of non-avian dinosaurs, and interpret the studied structures as likely bony spinal cord supports.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Atterholt |first1=J. |last2=Wedel |first2=M. J. |last3=Tykoski |first3=R. |last4=Fiorillo |first4=A. R. |last5=Holwerda |first5=F. |last6=Nalley |first6=T. K. |last7=Lepore |first7=T. |last8=Yasmer |first8=J. |year=2024 |title=Neural canal ridges: A novel osteological correlate of postcranial neuroanatomy in dinosaurs |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25558 |doi-access=free |pmid=39192616 }}</ref>
* A study on the evolution of the dinosaurian climatic niche landscape throughout the Mesozoic is published by Chiarenza ''et al.'' (2024), who report that the distribution of sauropodomorphs indicates their preference for warm environments, while ornithischians and theropods explored a broader range of environments with varied climates, and interpret the colonization of areas with colder climates by theropods since the Early Jurassic as likely related to the evolution of endothermy.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chiarenza |first1=A. A. |last2=Cantalapiedra |first2=J. L. |last3=Jones |first3=L. A. |last4=Gamboa |first4=S. |last5=Galván |first5=S. |last6=Farnsworth |first6=A. J. |last7=Valdes |first7=P. J. |last8=Sotelo |first8=G. |last9=Varela |first9=S. |title=Early Jurassic origin of avian endothermy and thermophysiological diversity in dinosaurs |year=2024 |journal=Current Biology |volume=34 |issue=11 |pages=2517–2527.e4 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.051 |pmid=38754424 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024CBio...34.2517C }}</ref>
* Upchurch & Chiarenza (2024) review the studies of the [[biogeography]] of non-avian dinosaurs.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Upchurch |first1=P. |last2=Chiarenza |first2=A. A. |title=A brief review of non-avian dinosaur biogeography: state-of-the-art and prospectus |year=2024 |journal=Biology Letters |volume=20 |issue=10 |at=20240429 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2024.0429 |pmid=39471833 |pmc=11529633 }}</ref>
* Qvarnström ''et al.'' (2024) reconstruct food webs from five tetrapod communities from the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic of [[Poland]] on the basis of data from [[bromalite]]s, and interpret changes in bromalite morphologies and their contents as related to shifts in faunal composition, with increased abundance of dinosaurs coinciding with decline of formerly dominant tetrapod groups; the authors also interpret their findings as indicating that early herbivorous dinosaurs had different feeding habits than [[Dicynodontia|dicynodonts]] and [[aetosaur]]s, and interpret the studied fossils as recording stepwise rise of dinosaurs to supremacy across 30 million years of evolution.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Qvarnström |first1=M. |last2=Vikberg Wernström |first2=J. |last3=Wawrzyniak |first3=Z. |last4=Barbacka |first4=M. |last5=Pacyna |first5=G. |last6=Górecki |first6=A. |last7=Ziaja |first7=J. |last8=Jarzynka |first8=A. |last9=Owocki |first9=K. |last10=Sulej |first10=T. |last11=Marynowski |first11=L. |last12=Pieńkowski |first12=G. |last13=Ahlberg |first13=P. E. |last14=Niedźwiedzki |first14=G. |year=2024 |title=Digestive contents and food webs record the advent of dinosaur supremacy |journal=Nature |volume=636 |issue=8042 |pages=397–403 |doi=10.1038/s41586-024-08265-4 |doi-access=free |pmid=39604731 |pmc=11634772 }}</ref>
* Putative bone fragments of large-bodied dinosaurs from [[Rhaetian]] strata in [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[United Kingdom]] are reinterpreted as fossil material of large-bodied [[ichthyosaur]]s by Perillo & Sander (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Perillo |first1=M. |last2=Sander |first2=P. M. |year=2024 |title=The dinosaurs that weren't: osteohistology supports giant ichthyosaur affinity of enigmatic large bone segments from the European Rhaetian |journal=PeerJ |volume=12 |at=e17060 |doi=10.7717/peerj.17060 |pmid=38618574 |pmc=11011611 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Romilio ''et al''. (2024) describe dinosaur tracks from the Early Jurassic ([[Sinemurian]]) [[Razorback Beds]] (Australia), representing the oldest dinosaur tracks from the country to date.<ref>{{cite journal|last1= Romilio|first1= A.|last2= Dick|first2=R.|last3=Skinner|first3=H.|last4= Millar|first4=J.|year=2024|title= Uncovering hidden footprints: revision of the Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian) Razorback Beds – home to Australia's earliest reported dinosaur trackway|journal= Historical Biology|pages= 1–8|doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2320184|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* Troiano ''et al.'' (2024) report the discovery of an association of Early Cretaceous dinosaur tracks and [[petroglyph]]s from the Serrote do Letreiro Site ([[Brazil]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Troiano |first1=L. P. |last2=dos Santos |first2=H. B. |last3=Aureliano |first3=T. |last4=Ghilardi |first4=A. M. |year=2024 |title=A remarkable assemblage of petroglyphs and dinosaur footprints in Northeast Brazil |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=14 |issue=1 |at=6528 |doi=10.1038/s41598-024-56479-3 |pmid=38499621 |pmc=10948842 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024NatSR..14.6528T }}</ref>
* Review of the fossil record of Late Triassic and Jurassic dinosaurs from [[India]] is published by Khosla & [[Spencer G. Lucas|Lucas]] (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Khosla |first1=A. |last2=Lucas |first2=S. G. |year=2024 |title=Triassic-Jurassic dinosaurs from India, their ages and palaeobiogeographic significance |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–26 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2336992 }}</ref>
*[[Susannah Maidment|Maidment]] (2024) describes the diversity of dinosaurs from the upper [[Morrison Formation]] (United States) in time and space, and finds evidence supporting [[cladogenesis]] as a means of increasing [[diplodocine]] diversity over time, as well as spatial segregation of ''[[Allosaurus]]'' and ''[[Camarasaurus]]'' species.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Maidment|first=S.C.R.|year=2024|title=Diversity through time and space in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, western U.S.A.|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=43 |issue=5 |at= e2326027|doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2326027}}</ref>
* Tracks of medium to large theropods and small ornithopods are described from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian-Aptian) Wonthaggi Formation (Victoria, Australia) by Martin ''et al.'' (2024), confirming the presence of large theropods in the polar regions of Australia during the Early Cretaceous.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Martin |first1=A. J. |last2=Lowery |first2=M. |last3=Hall |first3=M. |last4=Rich |first4=T. H. |last5=Seegets-Villiers |first5=D. E. |last6=Swinkels |first6=P. |last7=Broomfield |first7=J. |last8=Vickers-Rich |first8=P. |title=Polar dinosaur tracks of the Wonthaggi Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Victoria, Australia and their palaeontological significance |year=2024 |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |pages=1–23 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2024.2392498 }}</ref>
* Bandeira ''et al.'' (2024) revise dinosaur remains from the Lower Cretaceous Massacará and Ilhas groups (Recôncavo Basin, [[Brazil]]) collected between 1859 and 1906, and interpret the studied fossils as indicative of the presence of an Early Cretaceous dinosaur assemblage including theropods, sauropods and ornithopods.<ref name=Bandeira>{{Cite journal|last1=Bandeira |first1=K. L. N. |last2=Navarro |first2=B. A. |last3=Pêgas |first3=R. V. |last4=Brilhante |first4=N. S. |last5=Brum |first5=A. S. |last6=de Souza |first6=L. G. |last7=da Silva |first7=R. C. |last8=Gallo |first8=V. |year=2024 |title=A reassessment of the historical fossil findings from Bahia State (Northeast Brazil) reveals a diversified dinosaur fauna in the Lower Cretaceous of South America |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–42 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2318406 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* New dinosaur tracksite, preserving ornithopod, sauropod and theropod tracks, is described from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Duoni Formation (Tibet, China) by Li ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Li |first1=Y. |last2=Zhao |first2=H. |last3=Foster |first3=W. J. |last4=Yu |first4=Y. |last5=Xing |first5=L. |last6=Ye |first6=Q. |last7=Wang |first7=C. |last8=Yao |first8=H. |year=2024 |title=First discovery of dinosaur tracks from the Lower Cretaceous Duoni Formation in eastern Tibet, China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=166 |at=106009 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106009 }}</ref>
*[[James I. Kirkland|Kirkland]] ''et al''. (2024) describe the biodiversity of Cretaceous dinosaurs from [[Utah]] (United States).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kirkland|first1=J.I.|last2=Sertich|first2=J.J.W.|last3=Titus|first3=A.L.|year=2024|title=Dinosaur biostratigraphy of the Nonmarine Cretaceous of Utah|journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications|volume=545|issue=1 |page=211 |doi=10.1144/SP545-2023-211|bibcode=2024GSLSP.545..211K }}</ref>
* Han ''et al.'' (2024) find that rising temperatures and rainfall intensity coincided with decline and eventual disappearance of dinosaurs from the Shanyang Basin (China) during the latest Cretaceous, and argue that the recorded decline of dinosaurs in the studied area was likely caused by increased rainfall that reduced availability of suitable nesting sites for dinosaurs.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Han |first1=F. |last2=Han |first2=Y. |last3=Zhou |first3=X. |last4=Wang |first4=H. |last5=Qin |first5=H. |last6=Wang |first6=Q. |last7=Deng |first7=C. |year=2024 |title=Climate change contributed to the disappearance of the latest Cretaceous dinosaurs in the Shanyang Basin, Central China |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=653 |at=112421 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112421 |bibcode=2024PPP...65312421H }}</ref>
* A study on the diversification of non-avian dinosaurs, inferred from available dinosaur phylogenies, is published by Allen ''et al.'' (2024), who find it impossible to decisively conclude whether dinosaurs experienced a decline in diversity before the [[Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event]] on the basis of available data, noting the impact of the phylodynamic models used in the study (specifically their assumptions about sampling and changes in the number of species through time) on estimates of dinosaur evolutionary rates.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Allen |first1=B. J. |last2=Volkova Oliveira |first2=M. V. |last3=Stadler |first3=T. |last4=Vaughan |first4=T. G. |last5=Warnock |first5=R. C. M. |year=2024 |title=Mechanistic phylodynamic models do not provide conclusive evidence that non-avian dinosaurs were in decline before their final extinction |journal=Cambridge Prisms: Extinction |volume=2 |at=e6 |doi=10.1017/ext.2024.5 |doi-access=free |hdl=20.500.11850/669070 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

=== Saurischian research ===
* A study on the [[Femur|femoral]] histology of amniotes from the Triassic [[Ischigualasto Formation]] ([[Argentina]]), including early dinosaurs ''[[Chromogisaurus|Chromogisaurus novasi]]'', ''[[Eodromaeus|Eodromaeus murphi]]'', ''[[Eoraptor|Eoraptor lunensis]]'', ''[[Herrerasaurus|Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis]]'' and ''[[Sanjuansaurus|Sanjuansaurus gordilloi]]'', is published by [[Kristina Curry Rogers|Curry Rogers]] ''et al.'' (2024), who find that early dinosaurs known from this formation grew at least as quickly as sauropodomorph and theropod dinosaurs from the later Mesozoic, and that their elevated growth rates did not set them apart from other amniotes living at the same time.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Curry Rogers |first1=K. |last2=Martínez |first2=R. N. |last3=Colombi |first3=C. |last4=Rogers |first4=R. R. |last5=Alcober |first5=O. |title=Osteohistological insight into the growth dynamics of early dinosaurs and their contemporaries |year=2024 |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=19 |issue=4 |at=e0298242 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0298242 |pmid=38568908 |pmc=10990230 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PLoSO..1998242C }}</ref>
* New dinosaur tracksites from the Middle Jurassic Dongdaqiao Formation (China), preserving tracks of large-bodied theropods and small-bodied sauropods, are described by Chen ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chen |first1=X. |last2=Xing |first2=L. |last3=Zhang |first3=H. |last4=Chen |first4=Q. |last5=Yang |first5=J. |last6=Jin |first6=Y. |last7=Zhu |first7=N. |last8=Teng |first8=C. |year=2024 |title=Newly discovered tracksites from Middle Jurassic Chaya Group of Eastern Tibet, China, with the implications of saurischian distribution in around the eastern Tethys |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2439936 }}</ref>
* Yuan ''et al.'' (2024) describe new tracks of sauropods and theropods from the Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Houcheng Formation (Hebei, China), and interpret the studied tracks as suggestive of successive evolution of the [[Yanliao Biota]] and the [[Jehol Biota]], with no evidence of a complete turnover or extinction of biotas, as well as suggesting that the dinosaur diversity in the North China during the earliest Cretaceous was influenced by volcanic activity.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yuan |first1=T. |last2=Xu |first2=H. |last3=Jiang |first3=X. |last4=Liu |first4=Y. |last5=Kuang |first5=H. |last6=Peng |first6=N. |last7=Chen |first7=J. |last8=Cen |first8=C. |title=Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous dinosaur track assemblages from northwestern Hebei Province, China: implications for paleoenvironment and paleoecology |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=163 |at=105960 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105960 |bibcode=2024CrRes.16305960Y }}</ref>
* Paio et al. (2024) describe a new [[rib]] fragment from the Campanian–Maastrichtian aged [[Marília Formation]] ([[Brazil]]), and interpret it as representing an indeterminate [[saurischian]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Paio |first1=Vinícius José Maróstica |last2=Jurigan |first2=Isabela |last3=Delcourt |first3=Rafael |last4=de Faria |first4=Rafael Souza |last5=Batezelli |first5=Alessandro |last6=Ricardi-Branco |first6=Fresia |date=2024-08-01 |title=Taphonomy and paleohistology of a dinosaur rib from Marília Formation, Bauru Group, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667124000727 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=160 |pages=105899 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105899 |bibcode=2024CrRes.16005899P |issn=0195-6671}}</ref>

==== Theropod research ====
* Manafzadeh ''et al.'' (2024) argue that the knees of early theropod dinosaurs were restricted to hinge-like motion, and that the reduction of the [[fibula]] during the theropod evolution had significant biomechanical consequences for theropod locomotion, freeing the fibula from the ankle joint and ultimately enabling extreme knee long-axis rotation of extant birds.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Manafzadeh |first1=A. M. |last2=Gatesy |first2=S. M. |last3=Nyakatura |first3=J. A. |last4=Bhullar |first4=B.-A. S. |year=2024 |title=Fibular reduction and the evolution of theropod locomotion |journal=Nature |pages=1–5 |doi=10.1038/s41586-024-08251-w |pmid=39567698 }}</ref>
* A study on the femoral shape variation in theropods, providing evidence of evolution of similar adaptations to gigantism in large-bodied theropods regardless of their phylogenetic affinities, is published by Pintore ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pintore |first1=R. |last2=Hutchinson |first2=J. R. |last3=Bishop |first3=P. J. |last4=Tsai |first4=H. P. |last5=Houssaye |first5=A. |year=2024 |title=The evolution of femoral morphology in giant non-avian theropod dinosaurs |journal=Paleobiology |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=308–329 |doi=10.1017/pab.2024.6 |doi-access=free |pmid=38846629 |pmc=7616063 |bibcode=2024Pbio...50..308P }}</ref>
* Barker ''et al.'' (2024) identify spinosaurid, tyrannosauroid and dromaeosaurid material in the assemblage of theropod teeth from the [[Valanginian]] [[Wadhurst Clay Formation]] ([[United Kingdom]]), and interpret the studied assemblage as likely distinct from other theropod assemblages known from Wealden Supergroup strata.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Barker |first1=C. T. |last2=Handford |first2=L. |last3=Naish |first3=D. |last4=Wills |first4=S. |last5=Hendrickx |first5=C. |last6=Hadland |first6=P. |last7=Brockhurst |first7=D. |last8=Gostling |first8=N. J. |year=2024 |title=Theropod dinosaur diversity of the lower English Wealden: analysis of a tooth-based fauna from the Wadhurst Clay Formation (Lower Cretaceous: Valanginian) via phylogenetic, discriminant and machine learning methods |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=10 |issue=6 |at=e1604 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1604 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Dridi ''et al.'' (2024) describe tracks of medium to large-sized theropods from the Lower Cretaceous ([[Hauterivian]]–[[Barremian]]) strata from the Jebel Kebar locality (Bouhedma Formation, [[Tunisia]]), extending known geographic range of non-avian theropods to higher latitudes within [[Gondwana]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dridi |first1=J. |last2=Houla |first2=Y. |last3=Salhi |first3=I. |last4=Zagrarni |first4=M. F. |year=2024 |title=Evidence of theropod dinosaurs in the upper Hauterivian–lower Barremian of Jebel Kebar (central Tunisia): paleobiogeographic implications |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |volume=216 |at=105306 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105306 |bibcode=2024JAfES.21605306D }}</ref>
* A study on the affinities of shed tooth crowns of theropods from the [[Turonian]]-[[Coniacian]] [[Portezuelo Formation]] (Argentina), providing evidence of a previously undocumented diversity of theropods from this formation, is published by Meso ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Meso |first1=J. G. |last2=Gianechini |first2=F. |last3=Gomez |first3=K. L. |last4=Muci |first4=L. |last5=Baiano |first5=M. A. |last6=Pol |first6=D. |last7=Kaluza |first7=J. |last8=Garrido |first8=A. |last9=Pittman |first9=M. |year=2024 |title=Shed teeth from Portezuelo formation at Sierra del Portezuelo reveal a higher diversity of predator theropods during Turonian-Coniacian times in northern Patagonia |journal=BMC Ecology and Evolution |volume=24 |issue=1 |at=59 |doi=10.1186/s12862-024-02249-8 |pmid=38730384 |pmc=11083846 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024BMCEE..24...59M }}</ref>
* Isasmendi ''et al.'' (2024) describe new and revise known theropod teeth from the [[Maastrichtian]] strata from the South Pyrenean Basin ([[Spain]]), expanding known diversity of theropods from this basin and reporting evidence of theropod turnover during the Maastrichtian.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Isasmendi |first1=E. |last2=Pérez-Pueyo |first2=M. |last3=Moreno-Azanza |first3=M. |last4=Alonso |first4=A. |last5=Puértolas-Pascual |first5=E. |last6=Bádenas |first6=B. |last7=Canudo |first7=J. I. |title=Theropod teeth palaeodiversity from the uppermost Cretaceous of the South Pyrenean Basin (NE Iberia) and the intra-Maastrichtian faunal turnover |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=162 |at=105952 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105952 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024CrRes.16205952I }}</ref>
* A partial egg clutch including the smallest non-avian theropod eggs reported to date is described from the Upper Cretaceous Tangbian Formation (China) by Wu ''et al.'' (2024), who name a new [[Ovaloolithidae|ovaloolithid]] ootaxon ''[[Minioolithus|Minioolithus ganzhouensis]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wu |first1=R. |last2=Lou |first2=F. |last3=Yu |first3=J. |last4=Xue |first4=Y. |last5=Zhang |first5=S. |last6=Yang |first6=L. |last7=Qiu |first7=W. |last8=Wang |first8=H. |last9=Han |first9=F. |year=2024 |title=The smallest known complete dinosaur fossil eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of South China |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–10 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2409873 }}</ref>
* McLarty & Esperante (2024) describe theropod tracks from the Maastrichtian strata from the Carreras Pampa tracksite ([[Bolivia]]) interpreted as likely preserving evidence of the trackmakers pausing during movement, bypassing an obstacle and crouching.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=McLarty |first1=J. A. |last2=Esperante |first2=R. |year=2024 |title=Stops and Turns: Uncommonly Preserved Theropod Locomotive Behavior Patterns in an Upper Cretaceous Tracksite from Torotoro National Park, Bolivia |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=143 |at=105011 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105011 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024JSAES.14305011M }}</ref>
* Bugos & McDavid (2024) describe skulls of immature specimens of ''[[Coelophysis|Coelophysis bauri]]'' from the ''Coelophysis'' Quarry at [[Ghost Ranch]] ([[New Mexico]], [[United States]]).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bugos |first1=J. E. |last2=McDavid |first2=S. N. |year=2024 |title=Immature skulls of the theropod dinosaur ''Coelophysis bauri'' from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=69 |issue=4 |pages=549–563 |doi=10.4202/app.01085.2023 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Marsh ''et al.'' (2024) describe [[post-cranial]] material from the Lower Jurassic [[Kayenta Formation]] (Utah, United States) and interpret it as belonging to an intermediate theropod.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Marsh |first1=A. |last2=De Blieux |first2=D. |last3= Kirkland |first3=J. |title=The first dinosaur postcranial body fossils from the Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Utah |journal=Geology of the Intermountain West|year=2024 |volume=11 |issue=45–57 |doi=10.31711/giw.v11 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* Liang, Falkingham & Xing (2024) present a digital skeleton model of ''[[Sinosaurus]]'', based on data from a new, well-preserved specimen, and provide new body mass estimates for this theropod.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Liang |first1=Q. |last2=Falkingham |first2=P. L. |last3=Xing |first3=L. |year=2024 |title=Virtual skeleton and body mass for revealing the life strategies of ''Sinosaurus'' |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–15 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2385615 }}</ref>
* Hendrickx ''et al.'' (2024) restudy the osteology, phylogenetic relationships, and feeding ecology of ''[[Noasaurus|Noasaurus leali]]'' and name a new clade [[Berthasauridae]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hendrickx |first1=Christophe |last2=Cerroni |first2=Mauricio A |last3=Agnolín |first3=Federico L |last4=Catalano |first4=Santiago |last5=Ribeiro |first5=Cátia F |last6=Delcourt |first6=Rafael |date=2024-12-01 |title=Osteology, relationship, and feeding ecology of the theropod dinosaur ''Noasaurus leali'', from the Late Cretaceous of North-Western Argentina |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |language=en |volume=202 |issue=4 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae150 |issn=0024-4082}}</ref>
* Mohabey ''et al.'' (2024) review and redescribe ''[[Laevisuchus|Laevisuchus indicus]]'', ''[[Jubbulpuria|Jubbulpuria tenuis]]'' and ''[[Compsosuchus|Compsosuchus solus]]'', and describe a new [[Noasauridae|noasaurid]] dentary from central [[India]] with procumbent dentition similar to the one present in ''[[Masiakasaurus]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mohabey |first1=D. M. |last2=Samant |first2=B. |last3=Vélez-Rosado |first3=K. I. |last4=Wilson Mantilla |first4=J. A. |year=2024 |title=A review of small-bodied theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of India, with description of new cranial remains of a noasaurid (Theropoda: Abelisauria) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=43 |issue=3 |at=e2288088 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2023.2288088 }}</ref>
* A study on the affinities of isolated theropod teeth from the [[Kem Kem Group]] ([[Morocco]]) is published by Hendrickx ''et al.'' (2024), who identify teeth of [[Abelisauridae|abelisaurids]], [[Spinosaurinae|spinosaurines]], [[Carcharodontosauridae|carcharodontosaurids]] and a non-[[Abelisauroidea|abelisauroid]] [[Ceratosauria|ceratosaur]] or a [[megaraptora]]n.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hendrickx |first1=C. |last2=Trapman |first2=T. H. |last3=Wills |first3=S. |last4=Holwerda |first4=F. M. |last5=Stein |first5=K. H. W. |last6=Rauhut |first6=O. W. M. |last7=Melzer |first7=R. R. |last8=Van Woensel |first8=J. |last9=Reumer |first9=J. W. F. |year=2024 |title=A combined approach to identify isolated theropod teeth from the Cenomanian Kem Kem Group of Morocco: cladistic, discriminant, and machine learning analyses |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=43 |issue=4 |at=e2311791 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2311791 }}</ref>
* A probable [[Ceratosauridae|ceratosaurid]] dentary is described from the [[Toarcian]] [[Cañadón Asfalto Formation]] ([[Argentina]]) by Pradelli, Pol & [[Martín Ezcurra|Ezcurra]] (2024), expanding known theropod diversity from this formation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pradelli |first1=L. A. |last2=Pol |first2=D. |last3=Ezcurra |first3=M. D. |year=2024 |title=New dinosaur remains increase theropod diversity in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Lower Jurassic), Chubut Province, Argentina |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |at=2318262 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2318262 |bibcode=2024JSPal..2218262P }}</ref>
* A study on the affinities of isolated theropod teeth from the Bauru Basin ([[Brazil]]) is published by Delcourt ''et al.'' (2024), who argue that the geographical distribution of abelisaurids in South America was influenced by climatic conditions.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Delcourt |first1=R. |last2=Brilhante |first2=N. S. |last3=Pires-Domingues |first3=R. A. |last4=Hendrickx |first4=C. |last5=Grillo |first5=O. N. |last6=Augusta |first6=B. G. |last7=Maciel |first7=B. S. |last8=Ghilardi |first8=A. M. |last9=Ricardi-Branco |first9=F. |year=2024 |title=Biogeography of theropod dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous: evidence from central South America |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=202 |issue=2 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad184 |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad184/7512651 }}</ref>
* Ribeiro ''et al.'' (2024) identify a theropod tooth from the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous [[Missão Velha Formation]] ([[Brazil]]) as the oldest abelisaurid record in the South America reported to date.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ribeiro |first1=T. B. |last2=Cupello |first2=C. |last3=de Mayrink |first3=D. |last4=Pereira |first4=P. V. L. G. C. |last5=Brito |first5=P. M. |year=2024 |title=A theropod tooth from the Missão Velha Formation (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous) of the Araripe Basin: oldest Brazilian Abelisaurid record |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2336982 }}</ref>
* A study in the bone histology of a mid-sized abelisaurid from the Upper Cretaceous [[Serra da Galga Formation]] ([[Brazil]]) is published by Aureliano ''et al.'' (2024), who report that, despite living in a semiarid tropical environment, the studied specimen had a growth rate similar to those of the Patagonian abelisaurids.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Aureliano |first1=T. |last2=Ghilardi |first2=A. M. |last3=Fonseca |first3=P. H. M. |last4=Martinelli |first4=A. G. |last5=Marinho |first5=T. S. |year=2024 |title=The evolution and diversification of growth strategies in abelisauroid theropods |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=43 |issue=3 |at=e2298395 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2023.2298395 }}</ref>
* Candeiro ''et al.'' (2024) describe abelisaurid teeth from the strata of the [[Marília Formation]] in the State of [[Goiás]] (Brazil), representing the northernmost abelisaurid record in the Bauru Basin reported to date.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Candeiro |first1=C. R. A. |last2=Ribeiro |first2=T. B. |last3=Paula |first3=T. A. |last4=Pereira |first4=P. V. L. G. C. |last5=Vidal |first5=L. |last6=Gil |first6=L. M. |last7=Dias |first7=T. |last8=Gonzalez-Riga |first8=B. |last9=Brusatte |first9=S. L. |last10=Carabajal |first10=A. P. |year=2024 |title=Isolated theropod teeth from the Upper Cretaceous of Goias State (Brazil): northernmost occurrence of Abelisauridae from the Bauru Basin |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=146 |at=105075 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105075 |bibcode=2024JSAES.14605075C }}</ref>
* A study on the skeletal pathologies affecting known specimens of [[brachyrostra]]n abelisaurids is published by Baiano ''et al.'' (2024), who diagnose the fusion of two caudal vertebrae of the [[holotype]] specimen of ''[[Aucasaurus|Aucasaurus garridoi]]'' as [[congenital malformation]] and diagnose partial fusion of five caudal vertebrae of the holotype of  ''[[Elemgasem|Elemgasem nubilus]]'' as spondyloraptropathy, in both cases representing the first occurrences of the diagnosed pathologies among non-[[Tetanurae|tetanuran]] theropods.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Baiano |first1=M. A. |last2=Cerda |first2=I. A. |last3=Bertozzo |first3=F. |last4=Pol |first4=D. |year=2024 |title=New information on paleopathologies in non-avian theropod dinosaurs: a case study on South American abelisaurids |journal=BMC Ecology and Evolution |volume=24 |issue=1 |at=6 |doi=10.1186/s12862-023-02187-x |doi-access=free |pmid=38291378 |pmc=10829224 |bibcode=2024BMCEE..24....6B }}</ref>
* Cerroni, Otero & [[Fernando Novas|Novas]] (2024) present the reconstruction of the pelvic and hindlimb musculature of ''[[Skorpiovenator|Skorpiovenator bustingorryi]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cerroni |first1=M. A. |last2=Otero |first2=A. |last3=Novas |first3=F. E. |year=2024 |title=Appendicular myology of ''Skorpiovenator bustingorryi'': A first attempt to reconstruct pelvic and hindlimb musculature in an abelisaurid theropod |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=308 |issue=1 |pages=114–162 |doi=10.1002/ar.25532 |pmid=38989612 }}</ref>
* A study on the microarchitecture of bones of the [[axial skeleton]] of ''[[Majungasaurus]]'' and ''[[Rahonavis]]'', providing evidence of increase of [[Skeletal pneumaticity|pneumatic]] complexity in early [[Paraves|paravians]] compared to members of Ceratosauria, is published by Aureliano ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Aureliano |first1=T. |last2=Almeida |first2=W. |last3=Rasaona |first3=M. |last4=Ghilardi |first4=A. M. |year=2024 |title=The evolution of the air sac system in theropod dinosaurs: Evidence from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar |journal=Journal of Anatomy |doi=10.1111/joa.14113 |pmid=39022807 }}</ref>
* [[Andrea Cau|Cau]] (2024) reinterprets "[[Compsognathidae|compsognathid]]" theropod specimens as juveniles of members of non-[[Maniraptoriformes|maniraptoriform]] [[Tetanurae|tetanuran]] groups.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cau |first=A. |title=A Unified Framework for Predatory Dinosaur Macroevolution |year=2024 |journal=Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=1–19 |doi=10.4435/BSPI.2024.08 |doi-broken-date=2024-11-20 |url=https://www.paleoitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/01_Cau_2024_BSPI_631.pdf }}</ref>
* Montealegre, Castillo-Visa & Sellés (2024) describe previously unpublished fossil material of theropods ([[cf.]] ''[[Protathlitis]]'' and a carcharodontosaurid which might be distinct from ''[[Concavenator]]'') from the [[Barremian]] [[Arcillas de Morella Formation]] ([[Spain]]).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Montealegre |first1=A. |last2=Castillo-Visa |first2=O. |last3=Sellés |first3=A. |year=2024 |title=New theropod remains from the late Barremian (Early Cretaceous) of Eastern Iberian Peninsula |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2308220 |s2cid=267374161 }}</ref>
* Lacerda ''et al.'' (2024) describe new fossil material of spinosaurids (including a cervical vertebra of ''[[Sigilmassasaurus]]'') and partial ischium of an indeterminate carcharodontosaurid from the [[Kem Kem Group]] ([[Morocco]]).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lacerda |first1=M. B. S. |last2=Isasmendi |first2=E. |last3=Delcourt |first3=R. |last4=Fernandes |first4=M. A. |last5=Hutchinson |first5=J. R. |year=2024 |title=New theropod dinosaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the Kem Kem Group (Eastern Morocco) clarify spinosaurid morphology |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=202 |issue=2 |at=zlae109 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae109 }}</ref>
* Yun (2024) identifies convergent similarities in craniodental anatomy between [[Spinosauridae|spinosaur]]s and [[phytosaur]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Yun|first=Chan-gyu|year=2024|title=Spinosaurs as phytosaur mimics: a case of convergent evolution between two extinct archosauriform clades|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae|volume=20|issue=1|pages=17–29|doi=10.35463/j.apr.2024.01.02|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* D'Amore ''et al.'' (2024) study the morphology of the skull and teeth of spinosaurids, and find no evidence that the diets of spinosaurids were restricted to fish or small aquatic prey.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=D'Amore |first1=D. C. |last2=Johnson-Ransom |first2=E. |last3=Snively |first3=E. |last4=Hone |first4=D. W. E. |year=2024 |title=Prey size and ecological separation in spinosaurid theropods based on heterodonty and rostrum shape |journal=The Anatomical Record |doi=10.1002/ar.25563 |pmid=39205383 }}</ref>
* A study on the diversity of spinosaurid teeth from the [[Camarillas Formation]] ([[Spain]]) is published by Cabrera-Argudo, García-Cobeña & Cobos (2024), who report possible evidence of the presence of at least one baryonychine and one spinosaurine in the eastern Iberian Peninsula during the early [[Barremian]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cabrera-Argudo |first1=P. |last2=García-Cobeña |first2=J. |last3=Cobos |first3=A. |year=2024 |title=Variability of spinosaurid teeth in the Barremian of the province of Teruel (eastern Spain) |journal=Journal of Iberian Geology |doi=10.1007/s41513-024-00269-3 }}</ref>
* The purported abelisaur [[Ilium (bone)|ilium]] from the Upper Cretaceous [[Kem Kem Group]] ([[Morocco]]) described by Zitouni ''et al.'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zitouni |first1=S. |last2=Laurent |first2=C. |last3=Dyke |first3=G. |last4=Jalil |first4=N.-E. |year=2019 |title=An abelisaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) ilium from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Kem Kem beds, Morocco |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=e0214055 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0214055 |pmid=30939139 |pmc=6445567 |bibcode=2019PLoSO..1414055Z |doi-access=free }}</ref> is interpreted as a bone of a spinosaurine spinosaurid different from the ilium of the ''Spinosaurus aegyptiacus'' [[neotype]] by Samathi (2024), who considers the studied fossil to be likely evidence of the presence of two morphotypes of spinosaurines in the Kem Kem Group.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Samathi |first=A. |year=2024 |title=Reassessment of a theropod ilium from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco and the evolution of ilia in Spinosauridae |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=166 |at=106007 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106007 }}</ref>
* [[Nathan Myhrvold|Myhrvold]] ''et al''. (2024) use statistical analyses to reconsider previous descriptions by Fabbri ''et al''. (2022) of spinosaurs such as ''[[Spinosaurus]]'' as subaqueous foragers,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fabbri |first1=Matteo |last2=Navalón |first2=Guillermo |last3=Benson |first3=Roger B. J. |last4=Pol |first4=Diego |last5=O’Connor |first5=Jingmai |last6=Bhullar |first6=Bhart-Anjan S. |last7=Erickson |first7=Gregory M. |last8=Norell |first8=Mark A. |last9=Orkney |first9=Andrew |last10=Lamanna |first10=Matthew C. |last11=Zouhri |first11=Samir |last12=Becker |first12=Justine |last13=Emke |first13=Amanda |last14=Dal Sasso |first14=Cristiano |last15=Bindellini |first15=Gabriele |last16=Maganuco |first16=Simone |last17=Auditore |first17=Marco |last18=Ibrahim |first18=Nizar |date=2022-03-31 |title=Subaqueous foraging among carnivorous dinosaurs |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |language=en |volume=603 |issue=7903 |pages=852–857 |doi=10.1038/s41586-022-04528-0 |bibcode=2022Natur.603..852F |pmid=35322229 |s2cid=247630374 |issn=0028-0836|url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:264b7ca2-1190-4b76-ab93-074cedf897e1 }}</ref> and provide evidence that ''Spinosaurus'' was likely not an aquatic pursuit predator.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Myhrvold |first1=Nathan P. |last2=Baumgart |first2=Stephanie L. |last3=Vidal |first3=Daniel |last4=Fish |first4=Frank E. |last5=Henderson |first5=Donald M. |last6=Saitta |first6=Evan T. |last7=Sereno |first7=Paul C. |date=2024-03-06 |title=Diving dinosaurs? Caveats on the use of bone compactness and pFDA for inferring lifestyle |journal=[[PLOS ONE]] |language=en |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=e0298957 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0298957 |doi-access=free |pmid=38446841 |pmc=10917332 |bibcode=2024PLoSO..1998957M |issn=1932-6203}}</ref>
* Evidence from the study of patterns in skull shape, interpreted as indicating that ''Spinosaurus'' fed on aquatic prey and likely used the "stand-and-wait" predation strategy, is presented by Smart & Sakamoto (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Smart |first1=S. |last2=Sakamoto |first2=M. |year=2024 |title=Using linear measurements to diagnose the ecological habitat of ''Spinosaurus'' |journal=PeerJ |volume=12 |at=e17544 |doi=10.7717/peerj.17544 |doi-access=free |pmid=38881866 |pmc=11180429 }}</ref>
* [[Éric Buffetaut|Buffetaut]] & Tong (2024) reinterpret a purported ichthyosaur tooth from the [[Sao Khua Formation]] collected in 1962 and described in 1963 as a spinosaurid tooth and the first finding of a non-avian dinosaur fossil reported from [[Thailand]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Buffetaut |first1=E. |last2=Tong |first2=H. |year=2024 |title=The first discovery of spinosaurid remains in Asia: Thailand, 1962 |journal=Annales de Paléontologie |volume=110 |issue=1 |at=102664 |doi=10.1016/j.annpal.2024.102664 |bibcode=2024AnPal.11002664B }}</ref>
* Evidence of large ranges of extension and flexion of [[Manus (anatomy)|manual]] joints and limited range of motion of the shoulder joints of ''[[Allosaurus|Allosaurus fragilis]]'' is presented by Liang ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Liang |first1=Q. |last2=Xing |first2=L. |last3=Falkingham |first3=P. L. |last4=Du |first4=C. |last5=Wen |first5=K. |last6=Lin |first6=J. |year=2024 |title=Forearm range of motion in ''Allosaurus fragilis'' (Dinosauria: Theropoda) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–12 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2403599 }}</ref>
* A dorsal vertebra of an indeterminate carcharodontosaurid with similarities to the vertebrae of ''[[Acrocanthosaurus]]'' is described from the [[Turonian]] [[Bissekty Formation]] ([[Uzbekistan]]) by Averianov & [[Hans-Dieter Sues|Sues]] (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Averianov |first1=A. O. |last2=Sues |first2=H.-D. |year=2024 |title=New evidence for the presence of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–7 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2423675 }}</ref>
* Rolando ''et al.'' (2024) describe a second specimen of ''[[Taurovenator|Taurovenator violantei]]'', expanding on the known anatomy of this genus.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rolando |first1=Alexis M. Aranciaga |last2=Motta |first2=Matías J. |last3=Agnolín |first3=Federico L. |last4=Tsuihiji |first4=Takanobu |last5=Miner |first5=Santiago |last6=Brissón-Egli |first6=Federico |last7=Novas |first7=Fernando E. |date=2024-10-09 |title=A new carcharodontosaurid specimen sheds light on the anatomy of South American giant predatory dinosaurs |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-024-01942-4 |journal=The Science of Nature |language=en |volume=111 |issue=6 |pages=56 |doi=10.1007/s00114-024-01942-4 |pmid=39382666 |bibcode=2024SciNa.111...56R |issn=1432-1904}}</ref>
* Rowe & [[Emily Rayfield|Rayfield]] (2024) study the biomechanical capabilities of the skulls of [[Tyrannosauroidea|tyrannosauroid]] theropods with different body size and skull morphology, and find that larger tyrannosauroids experienced higher absolute stresses in their skulls during feeding compared to their small-bodied relatives, and that wide skulls of [[Tyrannosauridae|tyrannosaurids]] enabled them to better accommodate high stresses during feeding.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rowe |first1=A. J. |last2=Rayfield |first2=E. J. |year=2024 |title=Morphological evolution and functional consequences of giantism in tyrannosauroid dinosaurs |journal=iScience |volume=27 |issue=9 |at=110679 |doi=10.1016/j.isci.2024.110679 |doi-access=free |pmid=39262785 |pmc=11387897 |bibcode=2024iSci...27k0679R }}</ref>
* A study on tooth replacement pattern of ''[[Guanlong|Guanlong wucaii]]'' is published by Ke, Pei & [[Xu Xing (paleontologist)|Xu]] (2024).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ke |first1=Y.-H. |last2=Pei |first2=R. |last3=Xu |first3=X. |year=2024 |title=High-resolution CT-scan data reveals the tooth replacement pattern of the Late Jurassic tyrannosauroid ''Guanlong wucaii'' (Dinosauria, Theropoda) |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=225–244 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.240715 |url=https://www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.240715 }}</ref>
* Teeth of a probable [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] tyrannosauroid are described from the Upper Jurassic [[Phu Kradung Formation]] ([[Thailand]]) by Chowchuvech ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chowchuvech |first1=W. |last2=Manitkoon |first2=S. |last3=Chanthasit |first3=P. |last4=Ketwetsuriya |first4=C. |title=The First Occurrence of a Basal Tyrannosauroid in Southeast Asia: Dental Evidence from the Upper Jurassic of Northeastern Thailand |year=2024 |journal=Tropical Natural History |volume=24 |pages=84–95 |url=https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/261261 }}</ref>
* Xing ''et al.'' (2024) describe large tyrannosauroid teeth from the Maastrichtian [[Dalangshan Formation]], representing the southernmost record of tyrannosauroids in China reported to date.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Xing |first1=L. |last2=Liang |first2=Z. |last3=Zhang |first3=K. |last4=Wang |first4=D. |last5=Zhang |first5=X. |last6=Persons |first6=W. S. |last7=Ren |first7=Z. |last8=Liang |first8=Z. |last9=Xian |first9=M. |last10=Zeng |first10=Q. |year=2024 |title=Large theropod teeth from the Upper Cretaceous of Guangdong Province, Southern China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=161 |at=105914 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105914 |bibcode=2024CrRes.16105914X }}</ref>
* LeBlanc ''et al.'' (2024) report that extant [[Komodo dragon]]s maintain cutting edges of their teeth through iron-enriched coatings on their tooth serrations and tips, argue that iron sequestration is probably widespread in reptile enamels, but also find no evidence of iron coatings along theropod dinosaur tooth serrations, report that tyrannosaurids had specialized, wavy enamel along their tooth serrations that likely supported the cutting edges of the teeth, and interpret these findings as either indicative of different feeding strategies of tyrannosaurids and Komodo dragons, or indicating that only large theropods had tooth enamel that was thick enough to significantly influence the mechanical wear of the tooth serrations.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=LeBlanc |first1=A. R. H. |last2=Morrell |first2=A. P. |last3=Sirovica |first3=S. |last4=Al-Jawad |first4=M. |last5=Labonte |first5=D. |last6=D'Amore |first6=D. C. |last7=Clemente |first7=C. |last8=Wang |first8=S. |last9=Giuliani |first9=F. |last10=McGilvery |first10=C. M. |last11=Pittman |first11=M. |last12=Kaye |first12=T. G. |last13=Stevenson |first13=C. |last14=Capon |first14=J. |last15=Tapley |first15=B. |last16=Spiro |first16=S. |last17=Addison |first17=O. |title=Iron-coated Komodo dragon teeth and the complex dental enamel of carnivorous reptiles |year=2024 |journal=Nature Ecology & Evolution |volume=8 |issue=9 |pages=1711–1722 |doi=10.1038/s41559-024-02477-7 |doi-access=free |pmid=39048730 |pmc=11383799 |bibcode=2024NatEE...8.1711L }}</ref>
* Słowiak, [[Stephen L. Brusatte|Brusatte]] & Szczygielski (2024) reevaluate the fossil material attributed to ''[[Bagaraatan|Bagaraatan ostromi]]'', interpreting the holotype as an indeterminate juvenile tyrannosaurid, and reporting that some of the fossils originally attributed to ''B. ostromi'' are actually caenagnathid bones.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Słowiak |first1=J. |last2=Brusatte |first2=S. L. |last3=Szczygielski |first3=T. |year=2024 |title=Reassessment of the enigmatic Late Cretaceous theropod dinosaur, ''Bagaraatan ostromi'' |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=202 |issue=3 |pages=zlad169 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad169 |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad169/7609607 }}</ref>
* Yun (2024) estimates mandibular force profiles of ''[[Alioramus|Alioramus altai]]'' and ''[[Qianzhousaurus|Qianzhousaurus sinensis]]'', interpreting the mandibles of the studied theropods as likely unsuited for delivering powerful bites and enduring high stresses caused by capturing, holding and dismembering large prey.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Yun |first=C.-G. |title=Mandibular force profiles of Alioramini (Theropoda: Tyrannosauridae) with implications for palaeoecology of this unique lineage of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs |year=2024 |journal=Lethaia |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=1–12 |doi=10.18261/let.57.2.6 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024Letha..57....1Y }}</ref>
* Evidence from the study of skull bones of immature specimens of ''[[Daspletosaurus]]'' from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Alberta, Canada), indicating that skull material of ''Daspletosaurus'' and ''[[Gorgosaurus]]'' can be confidently identified regardless of ontogenetic stage of the specimens, is presented by Coppock ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Coppock |first1=C. |last2=Powers |first2=M. J. |last3=Voris |first3=J. T. |last4=Sharpe |first4=H. S. |last5=Currie |first5=P. J. |year=2024 |title=Immature ''Daspletosaurus'' sp. specimens from the Dinosaur Park Formation provide insight into ontogenetically invariant tyrannosaurid cranial morphology |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=61 |issue=12 |pages=1227–1239 |doi=10.1139/cjes-2024-0083 |bibcode=2024CaJES..61.1227C }}</ref>
* A study on the affinities of [[Tyrannosaurinae|tyrannosaurines]] is published by Warshaw, Barrera Guevara & Fowler (2024), who contest the conclusions of the study of Scherer & Voiculescu-Holvad (2023),<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Scherer |first1=C. R. |last2=Voiculescu-Holvad |first2=C. |title=Re-analysis of a dataset refutes claims of anagenesis within ''Tyrannosaurus''-line tyrannosaurines (Theropoda, Tyrannosauridae) |year=2023 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=155 |at=105780 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105780 |doi-access=free }}</ref> recovering recognized ''Daspletosaurus'' species as representing a single [[Anagenesis|anagenetic]] lineage ancestral to ''Tyrannosaurus''-line tyrannosaurines.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Warshaw |first1=E. A. |last2=Barrera Guevara |first2=D. |last3=Fowler |first3=D. W. |title=Anagenesis and the tyrant pedigree: a response to "Re-analysis of a dataset refutes claims of anagenesis within ''Tyrannosaurus''-line tyrannosaurines (Theropoda, Tyrannosauridae)" |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=163 |at=105957 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105957 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024CrRes.16305957W }}</ref>
* Longrich & Saitta (2024) review the taxonomic status of ''[[Nanotyrannus]]'' and argue that multiple lines of evidence support it as a distinct, small-bodied, possibly non-[[tyrannosaurid]] taxon, rather than an immature form of ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Longrich |first1=Nicholas R. |last2=Saitta |first2=Evan T. |date=2024-03-01 |title=Taxonomic Status of ''Nanotyrannus lancensis'' (Dinosauria: Tyrannosauroidea)—A Distinct Taxon of Small-Bodied Tyrannosaur |journal=Fossil Studies |language=en |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=1–65 |doi=10.3390/fossils2010001 |doi-access=free |eissn=2813-6284}}</ref>
* Mallon & Hone (2024) estimate that past sampling efforts likely resulted in sampling even the 99th percentile of body mass reached by ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', and that the very largest members of the species might have been up to 70% larger than the largest currently known specimens, reaching approximately 15,000 (± 3750) kg of body mass.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mallon |first1=J. C. |last2=Hone |first2=D. W. E. |year=2024 |title=Estimation of maximum body size in fossil species: A case study using ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' |journal=Ecology and Evolution |volume=14 |issue=7 |at=e11658 |doi=10.1002/ece3.11658 |doi-access=free |pmid=39050661 |pmc=11267449 |bibcode=2024EcoEv..1411658M }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of ''[[Kinnareemimus|Kinnareemimus khonkaenensis]]'' is published by Samathi (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Samathi |first=A. |year=2024 |title=Phylogenetic position of ''Kinnareemimus khonkaenensis'' (Dinosauria: Theropoda: Ornithomimosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5448 |issue=1 |pages=67–84 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5448.1.4 |pmid=39646268 }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of [[alvarezsauria]]ns and on the evolution of their body mass is published by Meso ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Meso |first1=J. G. |last2=Pol |first2=D. |last3=Chiappe |first3=L. |last4=Qin |first4=Z. |last5=Díaz-Martínez |first5=I. |last6=Gianechini |first6=F. |last7=Apesteguía |first7=S. |last8=Makovicky |first8=P. J. |last9=Pittman |first9=M. |year=2024 |title=Body size and evolutionary rate analyses reveal complex evolutionary history of Alvarezsauria |journal=Cladistics |doi=10.1111/cla.12600 |doi-access=free |pmid=39660404 }}</ref>
* Gianechini ''et al.'' (2024) describe and indeterminate alvarezsaurian femur from the [[Plottier Formation]] (Argentina), filling a temporal gap (between Coniacian and Santonian) in the fossil record of Late Cretaceous Patagonian alvarezsaurians.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gianechini |first1=F. A. |last2=Meso |first2=J. G. |last3=Méndez |first3=A. H. |last4=Garrido |first4=A. C. |last5=Filippi |first5=L. S. |year=2024 |title=A new maniraptoran femur with alvarezsaurian affinities from the Plottier Formation (Coniacian-Santonian), northern Patagonia |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2414206 }}</ref>
* Description of the skeletal anatomy of ''[[Nothronychus|Nothronychus graffami]]'' and ''N. mckinleyi'', providing evidence of the presence of traits [[Convergent evolution|convergent]] with extant birds, ornithischian dinosaurs and titanosaur sauropods, is published by Smith & Gillette (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=D. K. |last2=Gillette |first2=D. D. |year=2024 |title=Osteology of the derived therizinosaur ''Nothronychus'' with evidence for convergence in dinosaurian evolution |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad148 }}</ref>
* Park ''et al.'' (2024) propose that early [[pennaraptora]]ns might have used their [[pennaceous feather]]s to flush hiding insects and to generate lift or drag during the pursuit of the flushed insects, and propose that such use of the pennaceous feathers might have contributed to the evolution of larger and stiffer feathers.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Park |first1=J. |last2=Son |first2=M. |last3=Park |first3=J. |last4=Bang |first4=S. Y. |last5=Ha |first5=J. |last6=Moon |first6=H. |last7=Lee |first7=Y.-N. |last8=Lee |first8=S. |last9=Jablonski |first9=P. G. |year=2024 |title=Escape behaviors in prey and the evolution of pennaceous plumage in dinosaurs |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=14 |issue=1 |at=549 |doi=10.1038/s41598-023-50225-x |pmid=38272887 |pmc=10811223 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024NatSR..14..549P }}</ref>
* A characterization of how number and shape of flight feathers correlate with locomotory style in extant birds is published by Kiat & [[Jingmai O'Connor|O'Connor]] (2024). Extrapolating these patterns to Mesozoic [[pennaraptora]]ns, the authors suggest that ''[[Caudipteryx]]'' and [[Anchiornithidae|anchiornithines]] may have been secondarily [[flightless]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kiat |first1=Yosef |last2=O’Connor |first2=Jingmai K. |title=Functional constraints on the number and shape of flight feathers |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=2024 |volume=121 |issue=8 |pages=e2306639121 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2306639121 |pmid=38346196 |pmc=10895369 |bibcode=2024PNAS..12106639K |s2cid=267634048 }}</ref>
* A study on the evolution of the [[pectoral girdle]] of pennaraptorans is published by Wu ''et al.'' (2024), who report evidence of modifications changing the range of motion of the forelimb that preceded the origin of flight in [[Paraves|paravians]], as well as evidence of subsequent flight adaptive modifications in [[Avialae|avialans]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wu |first1=Q. |last2=O'Connor |first2=J. K. |last3=Wang |first3=S. |last4=Zhou |first4=Z. |year=2024 |title=Transformation of the pectoral girdle in pennaraptorans: critical steps in the formation of the modern avian shoulder joint |journal=PeerJ |volume=12 |at=e16960 |doi=10.7717/peerj.16960 |pmid=38436017 |pmc=10909347 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Meade ''et al.'' (2024) report evidence indicating that the ability of the skull to resist large mechanical stresses appeared early in [[Oviraptorosauria|oviraptorosaur]] evolution, before the appearance of the highly modified [[Oviraptoridae|oviraptorid]] cranial architecture.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Meade |first1=L. E. |last2=Pittman |first2=M. |last3=Balanoff |first3=A. |last4=Lautenschlager |first4=S. |year=2024 |title=Cranial functional specialisation for strength precedes morphological evolution in Oviraptorosauria |journal=Communications Biology |volume=7 |issue=1 |at=436 |doi=10.1038/s42003-024-06137-1 |pmid=38600295 |pmc=11006937 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* The first caenagnathid fossil material from the upper Campanian De-na-zin Member of the [[Kirtland Formation]] ([[New Mexico]], [[United States]]) is described by Funston, Williamson & [[Stephen L. Brusatte|Brusatte]] (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Funston |first1=G. F. |last2=Williamson |first2=T. E. |last3=Brusatte |first3=S. L. |year=2024 |title=A caenagnathid tibia (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the upper Campanian Kirtland Formation of New Mexico |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=158 |at=105856 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105856 |bibcode=2024CrRes.15805856F |s2cid=267601272 }}</ref>
* Qiu ''et al.'' (2024) describe the skeletal anatomy of the wrist of ''[[Heyuannia|Heyuannia huangi]]'', providing evidence of a specialized wrist morphology that was functionally [[Convergent evolution|convergent]] with the wrist morphology of extant birds.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Qiu |first1=R. |last2=Du |first2=Y. |last3=Huang |first3=Z. |last4=Zhu |first4=X. |last5=Yang |first5=X. |last6=Wang |first6=Q. |last7=Wang |first7=X. |year=2024 |title=The osteology of the wrist of ''Heyuannia huangi'' (Oviraptorosauria) and its implications for the wrist folding mechanism |journal=PeerJ |volume=12 |at=e17669 |doi=10.7717/peerj.17669 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Description of the skeletal anatomy of ''[[Oksoko avarsan]]'' is published by Funston (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Funston |first=G. F. |year=2024 |title=Osteology of the two-fingered oviraptorid ''Oksoko avarsan'' (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=202 |issue=3 |pages=zlae011 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae011 |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae011/7609522 }}</ref>
* Zhu, Wang & Wang (2024) study the microstructural variation of [[Elongatoolithidae|elongatoolithid]] eggs from China, and interpret the studied variation as indicating that not all elongatoolithid eggshells can be related to oviraptorosaurs.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zhu |first1=X. |last2=Wang |first2=Q. |last3=Wang |first3=X. |year=2024 |title=Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) study of elongatoolithid eggs from China with microstructural and parataxonomic implications |journal=Paleobiology |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=330–345 |doi=10.1017/pab.2024.9 |bibcode=2024Pbio...50..330Z }}</ref>
* A study on the skull shape and bite mechanics of [[Dromaeosauridae|dromaeosaurids]] is published by Tse, Miller & Pittman (2024), who interpret ''[[Deinonychus|Deinonychus antirrhopus]]'' as adapted to taking large vertebrate prey, and interpret ''[[Halszkaraptor|Halszkaraptor escuilliei]]'' as unlikely to feed on fish, and more likely to have a feeding ecology similar to those of extant waterfowl.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Tse |first1=Y. T. |last2=Miller |first2=C. V. |last3=Pittman |first3=M. |year=2024 |title=Morphological disparity and structural performance of the dromaeosaurid skull informs ecology and evolutionary history |journal=BMC Ecology and Evolution |volume=24 |issue=1 |at=39 |doi=10.1186/s12862-024-02222-5 |pmid=38622512 |pmc=11020771 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024BMCEE..24...39T }}</ref>
* Possible dromaeosaurid eggs are described from the Upper Cretaceous Lianhe Formation (China) by Wu ''et al.'' (2024), who name a new [[Egg fossil#Classification|ootaxon]] ''[[Gannanoolithus|Gannanoolithus yingliangi]]'', and interpret the discovery of paired eggs of ''Gannanoolithus'' as possible evidence that dromaeosaurids had paired functional [[oviduct]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wu |first1=R. |last2=Niu |first2=K. |last3=Zhang |first3=S. |last4=Xue |first4=Y. |last5=Han |first5=F. |year=2024 |title=A new ootype of putative dromaeosaurid eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=161 |at=105909 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105909 |bibcode=2024CrRes.16105909W }}</ref>
* Motta ''et al.'' (2024) interpret ''[[Imperobator|Imperobator antarcticus]]'' as a member of [[Unenlagiidae]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Motta |first1=M. J. |last2=Agnolín |first2=F. L. |last3=Brissón Egli |first3=F. |last4=Novas |first4=F. E. |title=Unenlagiid affinities for ''Imperobator antarcticus'' (Paraves: Theropoda): paleobiogeographical implications |year=2024 |journal=Ameghiniana |doi=10.5710/AMGH.13.11.2024.3604 }}</ref>
* Gianechini, Colli & Makovicky (2024) present a reconstruction of the pelvic and hindlimb musculature of ''[[Buitreraptor|Buitreraptor gonzalezorum]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gianechini |first1=F. A. |last2=Colli |first2=L. |last3=Makovicky |first3=P. J. |year=2024 |title=Pelvic and hindlimb muscular reconstruction of the paravian theropod ''Buitreraptor gonzalezorum'' and its palaeobiological implications |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–27 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2023.2301674 |s2cid=266994137 }}</ref>
* Dececchi ''et al.'' (2024) interpret two-toed theropod trackway from the Cretaceous [[Jinju Formation]] ([[South Korea]]) produced by a small microraptorine moving at high speed as evidence of wing-assisted movement of a non-avian theropod.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dececchi |first1=T. A. |last2=Kim |first2=K. S. |last3=Lockley |first3=M. G. |last4=Larsson |first4=H. C. E. |last5=Holtz |first5=T. R. |last6=Farlow |first6=J. P. |last7=Pittman |first7=M. |title=Theropod trackways as indirect evidence of pre-avian aerial behavior |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |year=2024 |volume=121 |issue=44 |at=e2413810121 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2413810121 |pmid=39432786 |pmc=11536155 }}</ref>
* A juvenile specimen of ''[[Microraptor]]'', representing the smallest dromaeosaurid specimen from the [[Jehol Biota]] reported to date and preserving anatomical details that are poorly preserved in the other specimens of ''Microraptor'', is described from the Jiufotang Formation (China) by Wang & Pei (2024), who also introduce the name [[Serraraptoria]] for the most inclusive [[clade]] containing ''Microraptor zhaoianus'' and ''[[Velociraptor|Velociraptor mongoliensis]]'' but not ''[[Mahakala omnogovae]]'', ''[[Halszkaraptor|Halszkaraptor escuilliei]]'' and ''[[Unenlagia|Unenlagia comahuensis]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wang |first1=R. |last2=Pei |first2=R. |year=2024 |title=The smallest known specimen of ''Microraptor'' (Dinosauria: Dromaeosauridae) from the Jiufotang Formation in northeastern China |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2385604 }}</ref>
* Based on comparisons to extant birds, joint poses in the foot of ''Deinonychus'' during its [[walking|walk cycle]] are reconstructed by Manafzadeh, Gatesy & Bhullar (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Manafzadeh |first1=Armita R. |last2=Gatesy |first2=Stephen M. |last3=Bhullar |first3=Bhart-Anjan S. |title=Articular surface interactions distinguish dinosaurian locomotor joint poses |journal=Nature Communications |date=2024 |volume=15 |issue=1 |at=854 |doi=10.1038/s41467-024-44832-z |pmid=38365765 |pmc=10873393 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2024NatCo..15..854M }}</ref>
* Description of the braincase and cranial [[endocast]] of ''[[Sinovenator|Sinovenator changii]]'', interpreted as morphologically intermediate between basal theropods and extant birds, is published by Yu ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yu |first1=C. |last2=Watanabe |first2=A. |last3=Qin |first3=Z. |last4=King |first4=J. L. |last5=Witmer |first5=L. M. |last6=Ma |first6=Q. |last7=Xu |first7=X. |year=2024 |title=Avialan-like brain morphology in ''Sinovenator'' (Troodontidae, Theropoda) |journal=Communications Biology |volume=7 |issue=1 |at=168 |doi=10.1038/s42003-024-05832-3 |pmid=38341492 |pmc=10858883 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Xing ''et al.'' (2024) describe tracks from the Upper Cretaceous Shaxian Formation (Fujian, China) which might have been produced by a large-bodied (estimated hip height of over 1.8 m) [[Troodontidae|troodontid]], and name a new ichnotaxon ''[[Fujianipus|Fujianipus yingliangi]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Xing |first1=L. |last2=Niu |first2=K. |last3=Lockley |first3=M. G. |last4=Romilio |first4=A. |last5=Deng |first5=K. |last6=Persons |first6=W. S. |title=Deinonychosaur trackways in southeastern China record a possible giant troodontid |journal=iScience |year=2024 |volume=27 |issue=5 |at=109598 |doi=10.1016/j.isci.2024.109598 |doi-access=free |pmid=38799075 |pmc=11123545 |bibcode=2024iSci...27j9598X }}</ref>

==== Sauropodomorph research ====
* Frauenfelder ''et al.'' (2024) reevaluate the utility of sauropodomorph tooth measurement indices as proxies for classification of the studied dinosaurs.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Frauenfelder |first1=T. G. |last2=Birch |first2=S. A. |last3=Bell |first3=P. R. |last4=Campione |first4=N. E. |year=2024 |title=Revealing the use of dental indices to infer taxonomic variation in sauropod dinosaurs |journal=Palaeontology |volume=67 |issue=5 |at=e12725 |doi=10.1111/pala.12725 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024Palgy..6712725F }}</ref>
* Müller, Damke & Terras (2024) find that inclusion of skeletally immature individuals in the phylogenetic analyses of early Late Triassic sauropodomorphs results in the artificial grouping of the immature specimens in the phylogenetic trees.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Müller |first1=R. T. |last2=Damke |first2=L. V. S. |last3=Terras |first3=R. |year=2024 |title=Skeletally immature individuals nest together in the phylogenetic tree of early dinosaurs |journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |volume=96 |issue=Suppl. 1 |at=e20231248 |doi=10.1590/0001-3765202420231248 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Damke ''et al.'' (2024) describe fossil material of at least three specimens of ''[[Saturnalia tupiniquim]]'' from the Candelária Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence ([[Brazil]]), providing new information on the skeletal anatomy of members of this species (including the first preserved rostrum) and its variation among members of this species.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Damke |first1=L. V. S. |last2=Langer |first2=M. C. |last3=Da-Rosa |first3=Á. A. S. |last4=Müller |first4=R. T. |year=2024 |title=New specimens of ''Saturnalia tupiniquim'' (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha): insights into intraspecific variation, rostral anatomy, and skull size |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=202 |issue=4 |at=zlae156 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae156 }}</ref>
* Silva ''et al.'' (2024) describe fossil material of a member or a relative of the group [[Bagualosauria]] from the Vila Botucaraí site (Candelária Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence, [[Brazil]]), representing the first sauropodomorph reported from this site.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Silva |first1=F. O. |last2=Martinelli |first2=A. G. |last3=Pretto |first3=F. |last4=Ferigolo |first4=J. |last5=Ribeiro |first5=A. M. |title=First Sauropodomorpha (Dinosauria) for the Vila Botucaraí site (''Hyperodapedon'' Assemblage Zone, Candelária Sequence), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |year=2024 |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=140 |at=104927 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104927 |bibcode=2024JSAES.14004927O }}</ref>
* Evidence of variability of the pneumacity patterns of the cervical and dorsal vertebrae in ''[[Plateosaurus]]'' is presented by Regalado Fernández (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Regalado Fernández |first=O. R. |title=Variability of vertebral laminae in eight specimens of ''Plateosaurus'' (Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha) |year=2024 |journal=Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=85–100 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378971323 }}</ref>
* Redescription of the [[holotype]] and a study on the affinities of ''Plateosaurus trossingensis'' is published by Schaeffer (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schaeffer |first=J. |year=2024 |title=Osteological redescription of the holotype of ''Plateosaurus trossingensis'' (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Upper Triassic of SW Germany and its phylogenetic implications |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |at=2335387 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2335387 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024JSPal..2235387S }}</ref>
* Schaeffer ''et al.'' (2024) describe pathologies in the [[Haemal arch|chevrons]] of the tail in two specimens of ''Plateosaurus trossingensis'' from the Obere Mühle locality in Trossingen ([[Germany]]), report pathologies in the tail chevrons in further specimens indicating that chevrons were a vulnerable part of the tail, and interpret the affected individuals as able to recover without too many complications as long as there was no severe functional damage inflicted.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Schaeffer |first1=J. |last2=Wolff |first2=E. |last3=Witzmann |first3=F. |last4=Ferreira |first4=G. S. |last5=Schoch |first5=R. R. |last6=Mujal |first6=E. |title=Paleobiological implications of chevron pathology in the sauropodomorph ''Plateosaurus trossingensis'' from the Upper Triassic of SW Germany |year=2024 |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=19 |issue=7 |at=e0306819 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0306819 |doi-access=free |pmid=39083447 |pmc=11290664 |bibcode=2024PLoSO..1906819S }}</ref>
* Zhao ''et al'' (2024) describe a new juvenile–subadult [[Massospondylidae|massospondylid]] specimen from the Lower Jurassic [[Lufeng Formation]] (Yunnan, China), increasing known diversity of massospondylids from Asia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zhao |first1=R. |last2=Zhang |first2=S. |last3=You |first3=H. |last4=Wang |first4=Y. |last5=Zhang |first5=Q. |last6=Wang |first6=T. |year=2024 |title=A new specimen of the early-branching sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Chuanjie Basin, Lufeng, Yunnan Province |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Sinica |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=102–111 |doi=10.19800/j.cnki.aps.2023030 |url=http://gswxb.cnjournals.cn/gswxb/article/abstract/20240108 }}</ref>
* ''"Gyposaurus" sinensis'' is interpreted as a probable [[Synonym (taxonomy)|junior synonym]] of ''[[Lufengosaurus|Lufengosaurus huenei]]'' by Wang, Zhao & You (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wang |first1=Y.-M. |last2=Zhao |first2=Q. |last3=You |first3=H.-L. |title=Reassessment of ''{{‘}}Gyposaurus{{’}} sinensis'' Young, 1941 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Early Jurassic Lufeng Basin, Yunnan Province, China  |year=2024 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae032 }}</ref>
* [[Robert Reisz|Reisz]] ''et al.'' (2024) report that bone development in the femora of ''Lufengosaurus'' is closer to that of [[Precociality and altriciality|altricial]] pigeons than precocious chickens, and argue that ''Lufengosaurus'' hatchlings were likely altricial.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Reisz |first1=R. R. |last2=Huang |first2=T. D. |last3=Chen |first3=C.-M. |last4=Tu |first4=S.-J. |last5=Tsai |first5=T.-C. |last6=Zhong |first6=SM. |last7=Mooney |first7=E. D. |last8=Bevitt |first8=J. J. |title=Parental feeding in the dinosaur ''Lufengosaurus'' revealed through multidisciplinary comparisons with altricial and precocious birds |year=2024 |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=14 |issue=1 |at=20309 |doi=10.1038/s41598-024-70981-8 |doi-access=free |pmid=39218914 |pmc=11366746 |bibcode=2024NatSR..1420309R }}</ref>
* Barrett & Choiniere (2024) redescribe the skeletal anatomy of ''[[Melanorosaurus|Melanorosaurus readi]]'' and designate the [[lectotype]] of this species.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Barrett |first1=P. M. |last2=Choiniere |first2=J. N. |year=2024 |title=''Melanorosaurus readi'' Haughton, 1924 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of South Africa: osteology and designation of a lectotype |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=44 |issue=1 |at=e2337802 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2337802 |bibcode=2024JVPal..44E7802B }}</ref>
* Kareem, Chakraborty & [[Jeffrey A. Wilson|Wilson Mantilla]] (2024) report evidence of the presence of [[tail club]]s in ''[[Kotasaurus|Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis]]'', sharing morphological similarities with tail clubs of ''[[Omeisaurus|Omeisaurus tianfuensis]]'' and ''[[Shunosaurus|Shunosaurus lii]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kareem |first1=T. A. |last2=Chakraborty |first2=S. |last3=Wilson Mantilla |first3=J. A. |year=2024 |title=Sauropod tail clubs from the Kota Formation (Lower to Middle Jurassic) of India and their implications for early sauropod evolution |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=44 |issue=1 |at=e2396814 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2396814 |bibcode=2024JVPal..44E6814K }}</ref>
* Redescription of the skull anatomy of ''[[Bagualia|Bagualia alba]]'' is published by Gomez, Carballido & Pol (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Gomez |first1=K. L. |last2=Carballido |first2=J. L. |last3=Pol |first3=D. |year=2024 |title=Cranial anatomy of ''Bagualia alba'' (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia and the implications for sauropod cranial evolution |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |at=2400471 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2400471 |bibcode=2024JSPal..2200471G }}</ref>
*Using ''[[Spinophorosaurus]]'' as an example, Vidal (2024) explains how virtual 3D models of sauropods have enabled an understanding of their biomechanics.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vidal|first = D.|year= 2024|title= Virtual sauropods: A revolution in the study of long-necked dinosaurs|journal= Metode Science Studies Journal|volume= 14|pages= 77–83|doi=10.7203/metode.14.24689|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* Agustí, Alcalá & Santos-Cubedo (2024) propose that sauropod gigantism was an adaptation that increased the ability of sauropods to travel great distances, necessitated by pronounced seasonal changes.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Agustí |first1=J. |last2=Alcalá |first2=L. |last3=Santos-Cubedo |first3=A. |year=2024 |title=Did large foraging migrations favor the enormous body size of giant sauropods? The case of ''Turiasaurus'' |journal=Spanish Journal of Palaeontology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=103–110 |doi=10.7203/sjp.28176 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Santos ''et al.'' (2024) coin a replacement name ''[[Galinhapodus]]'' for the ichnogenus ''Polyonyx'' including sauropod tracks from the Middle Jurassic Serra de Aire Formation ([[Portugal]]).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Santos |first1=V. F. |last2=Moratalla |first2=J. J. |last3=Royo-Torres |first3=R. |last4=Belvedere |first4=M. |last5=Castanera |first5=D. |last6=Ceríaco |first6=L. M. P. |last7=Mocho |first7=P. |last8=Merino |first8=M. |last9=Meyer |first9=C. A. |last10=Sciscio |first10=L. |year=2024 |title=A revised name and new insights into the Middle Jurassic sauropod trackways from Portugal. A correction of Santos et al. 2009 |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=69 |issue=4 |pages=587–590 |doi=10.4202/app.01167.2024 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[Richard J. Butler|Butler]] ''et al.'' (2024) describe an assemblage of tracks produced by large-bodied sauropods passing through coastal lagoonal environment from the earliest Cretaceous strata of the [[Durlston Formation]] (Dorset, [[United Kingdom]]), representing the largest dinosaur track site accessible within the [[Purbeck Group]] reported to date.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Butler |first1=R. J. |last2=Edgar |first2=K. M. |last3=Haller |first3=L. |last4=Meade |first4=L. E. |last5=Jones |first5=H. T. |last6=Hill |first6=O. |last7=Scriven |first7=S. |last8=Reedman |first8=C. |year=2024 |title=Sauropod dinosaur tracks from the Purbeck Group (Early Cretaceous) of Spyway Quarry, Dorset, UK |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=11 |issue=7 |at=240583 |doi=10.1098/rsos.240583 |doi-access=free |pmid=39076363 |bibcode=2024RSOS...1140583B |pmc=11285821 }}</ref>
* Boisvert ''et al.'' (2024) describe a new specimen of ''[[Haplocanthosaurus]]'' sp. from the Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry ([[Colorado]], [[United States]]), extending known range of the genus into the true Brushy Basin Member of the [[Morrison Formation]], and likely representing the geologically youngest occurrence of ''Haplocanthosaurus'' on the Colorado Plateau.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Boisvert |first1=C. |last2=Curtice |first2=B. |last3=Wedel |first3=M. |last4=Wilhite |first4=R. |title=Description of a new specimen of ''Haplocanthosaurus'' from the Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry |year=2024 |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=307 |issue=12 |pages=3782–3800 |doi=10.1002/ar.25520 |pmid=38887924 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* King ''et al.'' (2024) report evidence of a previously unknown form of [[Skeletal pneumaticity|pneumaticity]] in a rib of a member of the genus ''[[Apatosaurus]]'', and propose that rib pneumaticity among [[Apatosaurinae|apatosaurines]] is individually variable.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=King |first1=J. L. |last2=McHugh |first2=J. B. |last3=Wedel |first3=M. J. |last4=Curtice |first4=B. |title=A previously unreported form of dorsal rib pneumaticity in ''Apatosaurus'' (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) and implications for pneumatic variation among diplodocid dorsal ribs |year=2024 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=43 |issue=5 |at=e2316665 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2316665 }}</ref>
* Windholz ''et al.'' (2024) describe a new [[Rebbachisauridae|rebbachisaurid]] caudal vertebra from the Cenomanian [[Candeleros Formation]] ([[Argentina]]), providing new information on the caudal anatomy and pneumaticity in rebbachisaurids.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Windholz |first1=G. J. |last2=Porfiri |first2=J. D. |last3=Dos Santos |first3=D. |last4=Bellardini |first4=F. |last5=Wedel |first5=M. J. |year=2024 |title=A well-preserved vertebra provides new insights into rebbachisaurid sauropod caudal anatomical and pneumatic features |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=69 |issue=1 |pages=39–47 |doi=10.4202/app.01104.2023 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the morphology of teeth of ''[[Europasaurus|Europasaurus holgeri]]'' is published by Régent ''et al.'' (2024), who report evidence interpreted as indicative of the presence of a strong connective tissue that partially covered the teeth, and argue that such structure might have been present in other members of [[Eusauropoda]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Régent |first1=V. |last2=Wiersma-Weyand |first2=K. |last3=Wings |first3=O. |last4=Knötschke |first4=N. |last5=Sander |first5=P. M. |year=2024 |title=The dentition of the Late Jurassic dwarf sauropod ''Europasaurus holgeri'' from northern Germany: ontogeny, function, and implications for a rhamphotheca-like structure in Sauropoda |journal=PeerJ |volume=12 |at=e17764 |doi=10.7717/peerj.17764 |doi-access=free |pmid=39157772 |pmc=11328839 }}</ref>
* Gomes ''et al.'' (2024) describe a well-preserved trackway of a large sauropod (probably a [[Titanosauriformes|titanosauriform]] with a mosaic of [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] and derived features) with a unique set of characteristics from the Lower Cretaceous [[Sousa Formation]] ([[Brazil]]), and name a new ichnotaxon ''[[Sousatitanosauripus|Sousatitanosauripus robsoni]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gomes |first1=Z. T. |last2=Erickson |first2=R. F. |last3=Aureliano |first3=T. |last4=Ghilardi |first4=A. M. |year=2024 |title=A new ichnosite and ichnogenus from the Lower Cretaceous Rio do Peixe Basin, Brazil, with novel insights into the evolution of Titanosauriformes |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–15 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2385613 }}</ref>
* A trackway produced by an early juvenile titanosauriform sauropod is described from the [[Cenomanian]] [[Jindong Formation]] ([[South Korea]]) by Yoon ''et al.'' (2024), who compare this trackway with other sauropod trackways from the Jindong Formation, and report evidence that trackway gauges got narrower as [[Pes (anatomy)|pes]] length increased.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yoon |first1=H. S. |last2=Lee |first2=Y.-N. |last3=Park |first3=E. |last4=Lee |first4=S. |year=2024 |title=A small sauropod trackway from the Upper Cretaceous Jindong Formation (Cenomanian), Goseong County, South Korea |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=166 |at=106022 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106022 }}</ref>
* Gomez ''et al.'' (2024) describe new titanosauriform fossils from the [[Portezuelo Formation]] (Argentina), expanding known diversity of sauropods from this formation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gomez |first1=K. L. |last2=Pérez-Moreno |first2=A. |last3=Meso |first3=J. G. |last4=Bellardini |first4=F. |last5=Baiano |first5=M. A. |last6=Pol |first6=D. |last7=Garrido |first7=A. |last8=Kaluza |first8=J. |last9=Muci |first9=L. |last10=Pittman |first10=M. |year=2024 |title=Unraveling sauropod diversity in the Portezuelo Formation of Patagonia through a comprehensive analysis of new and existing material |journal=BMC Ecology and Evolution |volume=24 |issue=1 |at=96 |doi=10.1186/s12862-024-02280-9 |pmid=38982364 |doi-access=free |pmc=11234639 |bibcode=2024BMCEE..24...96G }}</ref>
* A titanosauriform femur belonging to a subadult individual that reached a significantly larger size than other titanosauriform specimens with modified lamellar bone tissue at a similar growth stage is described from the Upper Cretaceous [[Bayan Shireh Formation]] ([[Mongolia]]) by Witasik, Słowiak & Szczygielski (2024), indicating that the characteristic modified laminar bone tissue of titanosauriform did not prevent those sauropods from achieving large body size.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Witasik |first1=M. |last2=Słowiak |first2=J. |last3=Szczygielski |first3=T. |year=2024 |title=Modified laminar bone did not stop sauropods from achieving large body sizes |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=44 |issue=1 |at=e2396816 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2396816 |bibcode=2024JVPal..44E6816W }}</ref>
* Beeston ''et al.'' (2024) describe new sauropod material from the [[Winton Formation]] ([[Australia]]), and interpret ''[[Australotitan|Australotitan cooperensis]]'' as an indeterminate [[diamantinasauria]]n that is likely a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|junior synonym]] of ''[[Diamantinasaurus|Diamantinasaurus matildae]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Beeston |first1=S. L. |last2=Poropat |first2=S. F. |last3=Mannion |first3=P. D. |last4=Pentland |first4=A. H. |last5=Enchelmaier |first5=M. J. |last6=Sloan |first6=T. |last7=Elliott |first7=D. A. |year=2024 |title=Reappraisal of sauropod dinosaur diversity in the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia, through 3D digitisation and description of new specimens |journal=PeerJ |volume=12 |at=e17180 |doi=10.7717/peerj.17180 |pmid=38618562 |pmc=11011616 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Filippi ''et al.'' (2024) study fossil material of sauropods from the Cerro Overo – La Invernada area ([[Bajo de la Carpa Formation]]; [[Neuquén Province]], [[Argentina]]), interpreted as suggestive of the presence of a diverse fauna of [[Titanosauriformes|titanosauriforms]] coexisting in the environment during the [[Santonian]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Filippi |first1=L. S. |last2=Bellardini |first2=F. |last3=Carballido |first3=J. L. |last4=Pérez-Moreno |first4=A. |last5=Garrido |first5=A. C. |year=2024 |title=Sauropod diversity (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) of Cerro Overo – La Invernada (Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Santonian), northeastern Neuquén Basin, and paleoecological implications for Upper Cretaceous sauropod faunas |journal=Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=71–96 |doi=10.5710/PEAPA.24.02.2024.484 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the [[taphonomy]] of the fossil material of ''[[Kaijutitan|Kaijutitan maui]]'' and on its bone histology is published by Filippi, Previtera & Garrido (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Filippi |first1=L. S. |last2=Previtera |first2=E. |last3=Garrido |first3=A. C. |year=2024 |title=''Kaijutitan maui'', a sauropod titanosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Sierra Barrosa Formation, Neuquén Basin) of northern Patagonia Argentina: histological and taphonomic considerations |journal=Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=129–148 |doi=10.5710/PEAPA/26.02.2024.481 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the tail vertebrae of ''[[Adamantisaurus|Adamantisaurus mezzalirai]]'' and ''[[Baurutitan|Baurutitan britoi]]'' is published by Vidal ''et al.'' (2024), who interpret the studied titanosaurs as keeping their tail close to the ground, with their tails likely functioning as the fifth stabilizing member of the body.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Vidal |first1=L. S. |last2=Bergqvist |first2=L. P. |last3=Candeiro |first3=C. R. A. |last4=Bandeira |first4=K. L. N. |last5=Tavares |first5=S. |last6=Ribeiro |first6=T. B. |last7=Pereira |first7=P. V. L. G. C. |year=2024 |title=Biomechanics and morphological comparisons of the caudal region of titanosaurs from the Cretaceous of Brazil: Paleobiology and paleoecology inferences |journal=Journal of Anatomy |doi=10.1111/joa.14134 |pmid=39245788 }}</ref>
* Vidal ''et al.'' (2024) study the range of motion of the [[Axial skeleton|axial series]] of ''[[Trigonosaurus|Trigonosaurus pricei]]'', and interpret it as capable of high elevation of the neck.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Vidal |first1=L. S. |last2=Bergqvist |first2=L. P. |last3=Candeiro |first3=C. R. A. |last4=Bandeira |first4=K. L. N. |last5=Tavares |first5=S. |last6=Brusatte |first6=S. L. |last7=Pereira |first7=P. V. L. G. V. |title=The axial biomechanics of ''Trigonosaurus pricei'' (Neosauropoda: Titanosauria) and the importance of the cervical–dorsal region to sauropod high-browser feeding strategy |year=2024 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=201 |issue=3 |at=zlae087 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae087 }}</ref>
* A study on the morphological variability of titanosaur femora from the Campanian-Maastrichtian Ibero-Armorican domain, providing evidence of the presence of [[Lirainosaurinae]] and sauropods with affinities with large-bodied late Maastrichtian titanosaurs, is published by Páramo, Mocho & Ortega (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Páramo |first1=A. |last2=Mocho |first2=P. |last3=Ortega |first3=F. |year=2024 |title=Femoral diversity in titanosaur sauropods from the Villalba de la Sierra Fm. (Central Spain): Implications for the characterization of faunal turnover in the Ibero-Armorican Late Cretaceous |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=166 |at=105969 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105969 }}</ref>
* A study on the extent of the postcranial [[Skeletal pneumaticity|pneumaticity]] in [[Saltasaurinae|saltasaurines]] and other derived titanosaurs is published by Zurriaguz (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zurriaguz |first=V. L. |year=2024 |title=Variation in the postcranial pneumaticity in derived titanosaurs (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–15 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2377708 }}</ref>
* A description and study of the morphological variability of sauropod [[Appendicular skeleton|appendicular]] remains from Maastrichtian sites of the Hațeg, Transylvanian, and Rusca Montană basins ([[Romania]]) is published by Mocho, Pérez-García & Codrea (2024), who interpret the studied remains as indicative of the presence of four or five sauropod taxa on the [[Hațeg Island]] during the Maastrichtian, including a titanosaur lineage with an extremely elongated [[Manus (anatomy)|manus]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mocho |first1=P. |last2=Pérez-García |first2=A. |last3=Codrea |first3=V. A. |title=New sauropod appendicular remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania: accessing the morphological variability |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=163 |at=105936 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105936 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024CrRes.16305936M }}</ref>
* An overview of the largest known sauropods from Argentina is published by Calvo (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Calvo |first = J.O|year= 2024|title= What is the most giant sauropod from Argentina? Diversity of large titanosaurs from Patagonia|journal= Metode Science Studies Journal|volume= 14| issue=14 |pages= 65–75|doi=10.7203/metode.14.24556|doi-access=free}}</ref>

=== Ornithischian research ===
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of ornithischians is published by Fonseca ''et al.'' (2024), who name the new clades [[Pyrodontia]] and [[Tenontosauridae]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fonseca |first1=A. O. |last2=Reid |first2=I. J. |last3=Venner |first3=A. |last4=Duncan |first4=R. J. |last5=Garcia |first5=M. S. |last6=Müller |first6=R. T. |year=2024 |title=A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis on early ornithischian evolution |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |at=2346577 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2346577 |bibcode=2024JSPal..2246577F }}</ref>
* A study on the taxonomic affinities of isolated ornithischian teeth from [[Bathonian]] microvertebrate sites in the [[United Kingdom]], providing evidence of the presence of a previously unknown, diverse ornithischian fauna, is published by Wills, Underwood & [[Paul Barrett (palaeobiologist)|Barrett]] (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wills |first1=S. |last2=Underwood |first2=C. J. |last3=Barrett |first3=P. M. |title=A hidden diversity of ornithischian dinosaurs: U.K. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate faunas shed light on a poorly represented period |year=2024 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=43 |issue=5 |at=e2323646 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2323646 }}</ref>
* A study on tooth replacement pattern in ''[[Jeholosaurus|Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis]]'', providing evidence that teeth replacement rate slowed during ontogeny, is published by Hu ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hu |first1=J. |last2=Xu |first2=X. |last3=Li |first3=F. |last4=Han |first4=F |year=2024 |title=Tooth replacement in the early-diverging neornithischian ''Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis'' and implications for dental evolution and herbivorous adaptation in Ornithischia |journal=BMC Ecology and Evolution |volume=24 |issue=1 |at=46 |doi=10.1186/s12862-024-02233-2 |pmid=38627692 |pmc=11020315 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024BMCEE..24...46H }}</ref>
* Redescription of the skeletal anatomy and a study on the affinities of ''[[Oryctodromeus|Oryctodromeus cubicularis]]'' is published by Krumenacker ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Krumenacker |first1=L. J. |last2=Varricchio |first2=D. J. |last3=Organ |first3=C. |last4=Gardner |first4=J. D. |last5=Britt |first5=B. B. |last6=Boyd |first6=C. |year=2024 |title=Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of the mid-Cretaceous neornithischian dinosaur ''Oryctodromeus cubicularis'' Varricchio, 2007 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=43 |issue=5 |at=e2330581 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2330581 }}</ref>
* An osteology and phylogenetic analysis on ''[[Ajkaceratops kozmai]]'', suggesting the initial classification of the species as a [[ceratopsian]] as uncertain and thus regarded as an enigmatic ornithischian, was published by Czepiński and Madzia (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1= Czepiński |first1=L. |last2= Madzia |first2=D. |year=2024 |title=Osteology, phylogenetic affinities, and palaeobiogeographic significance of the bizarre ornithischian dinosaur ''Ajkaceratops kozmai'' from the Late Cretaceous European archipelago |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae048 }}</ref>
* Lee et al., (2024) described the single pedal phalanx of the basal neornithischian (NHCG 10972)  from the Lower Cretaceous [[Tando beds]] of South Korea, which is most similar to [[Jeholosauridae]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Sang-Yoon |last2=Lee |first2=Yuong-Nam |last3=Jung |first3=Seung-Ho |title=A neornithischian phalanx from the Lower Cretaceous Tando beds of Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea |journal=Journal of the Geological Society of Korea |date=1 June 2024 |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=135–142 |doi=10.14770/jgsk.2024.010}}</ref>

==== Thyreophoran research ====
* Satchell (2024) reidentified the proximal femur fragment (BELUM K3998) from the [[Lias Group]] of [[Northern Ireland]] as an indeterminate dinosaur remain, not a potential specimen of ''[[Scelidosaurus]]'' or an ornithischian.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Satchell|first=K.G.|year=2024|title=A re-evaluation of ''Scelidosaurus'' remains from Ireland and the importance of apomorphy-based identifications|journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association|volume=135 |issue=3 |pages=349–351 |doi=10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.03.002|bibcode=2024PrGA..135..349S }}</ref>
* Castanera, Mampel & Cobos (2024) describe new stegosaur tracks from the Upper Jurassic [[Villar del Arzobispo Formation]] ([[Spain]]), providing evidence of gregarious behavior in stegosaurs.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Castanera |first1=D. |last2=Mampel |first2=L. |last3=Cobos |first3=A. |title=The complexity of tracking stegosaurs and their gregarious behavior |year=2024 |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=14 |issue=1 |at=14833 |doi=10.1038/s41598-024-64298-9 |doi-access=free |pmid=38961126 |pmc=11222438 |bibcode=2024NatSR..1414833C }}</ref>
* Sánchez-Fenollosa, Escaso & Cobos (2024) describe a new specimen of ''[[Dacentrurus|Dacentrurus armatus]]'' from the Upper Jurassic [[Villar del Arzobispo Formation]] ([[Spain]]), propose a new diagnosis for this species, and interpret ''[[Miragaia longicollum]]'' as a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|junior synonym]] of ''D. armatus''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sánchez-Fenollosa |first1=S. |last2=Escaso |first2=F. |last3=Cobos |first3=A. |year=2024 |title=A new specimen of ''Dacentrurus armatus'' Owen, 1875 (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from the Upper Jurassic of Spain and its taxonomic relevance in the European stegosaurian diversity |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae074 }}</ref>
* Lategano, Conti & Lozar (2024) study the stress resistance of the tail of ''Miragaia longicollum'', interpret its tail as capable of achieving high speed and pressure, but also interpret its tail spines as less robust than those of ''[[Stegosaurus|Stegosaurus stenops]]'', and consider their findings to be indicative of a defensive strategy that prioritized intimidation over direct physical combat.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lategano |first1=F. |last2=Conti |first2=S. |last3=Lozar |first3=F. |title=''Miragaia'' tail biomechanics and defences. Evaluation of the tail mobility and resistance to loadings and collisions |year=2024 |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |volume=130 |issue=2 |pages=475–486 |doi=10.54103/2039-4942/21688 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* The first stegosaurian fossil material from Gansu ([[China]]), assigned to ''Stegosaurus'' sp., is described from the Lower Cretaceous [[Hekou Group]] by Li ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Li |first1=N. |last2=Li |first2=D. |last3=Peng |first3=G. |last4=You |first4=H. |year=2024 |title=The first stegosaurian dinosaur from Gansu Province, China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=158 |at=105852 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105852 |bibcode=2024CrRes.15805852L |s2cid=267286799 }}</ref>
* Cross and [[Victoria Arbour|Arbour]] (2024) describe an ankylosaur femur from the Cenomanian [[Dunvegan Formation]] ([[British Columbia]], Canada).<ref>{{cite journal|last1= Cross|first1= E.C|last2=Arbour|first2= V.M|year= 2024|title= An ankylosaur femur from the mid-Cretaceous of the Peace Region of northeastern British Columbia|journal= Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences|volume= 61|issue= 6|pages= 678–685|doi=10.1139/cjes-2023-0118|bibcode= 2024CaJES..61..678C|s2cid= 267961368}}</ref>
* Soto Acuña, Vargas & Kaluza (2024) redescribe the holotype specimen of ''[[Antarctopelta]]'' from the [[Snow Hill Island Formation]] (Antarctica), and provide support for its phylogenetic position within the [[Parankylosauria]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Soto Acuña |first1=Sergio |last2=Vargas |first2=Alexander O. |last3=Kaluza |first3=Jonatan |date=2024 |title=A new look at the first dinosaur discovered in Antarctica: reappraisal of ''Antarctopelta oliveroi'' (Ankylosauria: Parankylosauria) |journal=Advances in Polar Science |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=78–107 |doi=10.12429/j.advps.2023.0036 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* A study on the microstructure and probable developmental origin of small ossicles forming between osteoderms of ''Antarctopelta oliveroi'' is published by Sanchez ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sanchez |first1=S. |last2=de Ricqlès |first2=A. |last3=Ponstein |first3=J. |last4=Tafforeau |first4=P. |last5=Zylberberg |first5=L. |title=Microstructure and development of the dermal ossicles of ''Antarctopelta oliveroi'' (Dinosauria, Ankylosauria): A complex morphogenetic system deciphered through three-dimensional X-ray microtomography |year=2024 |journal=Journal of Anatomy |doi=10.1111/joa.14159 |doi-access=free |pmid=39497679 }}</ref>

==== Cerapod research ====
* Evidence of increase of total tooth volume and rates of tooth wear throughout the evolutionary history of [[Ornithopoda|ornithopod]] dinosaurs is presented by Ősi ''et al.'' (2024), who interpret early-diverging ornithopods as likely browsers or frugivores, and that the diets of derived ornithopods likely involved bulk feeding on more resistant, less nutritious forage.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ősi |first1=A. |last2=Barrett |first2=P. M. |last3=Nagy |first3=A. L. |last4=Szenti |first4=I. |last5=Vásárhelyi |first5=L. |last6=Magyar |first6=J. |last7=Segesdi |first7=M. |last8=Csiki-Sava |first8=Z. |last9=Botfalvai |first9=G. |last10=Jó |first10=V. |title=Trophic evolution in ornithopod dinosaurs revealed by dental wear |journal=Nature Communications |year=2024 |volume=15 |issue=1 |at=7330 |doi=10.1038/s41467-024-51697-9 |doi-access=free|pmid=39187477 |pmc=11347701 }}</ref>
* Alarcón-Muñoz ''et al.'' (2024) describe a vertebra of a non-[[hadrosauroid]] [[iguanodontia]]n from the Lower Cretaceous [[Quebrada Monardes Formation]] ([[Chile]]), providing evidence of the presence of such ornithopods in the southwestern margin of [[Gondwana]] since at least the Early Cretaceous.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Alarcón-Muñoz |first1=J. |last2=Cruzado-Caballero |first2=P. |last3=Campos |first3=O. V. |last4=Bravo-Ortiz |first4=C. |last5=Vargas Bugueño |first5=E. |last6=Bajor |first6=D. |last7=Suárez |first7=M. E. |last8=Guevara |first8=J. P. |last9=Vargas |first9=A. O. |last10=Rubilar-Rogers |first10=D. |title=Lower Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaurs from the southwestern margin of Gondwana |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=165 |at=105983 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105983 }}</ref>
*A review of Early Cretaceous Spanish [[Styracosterna|styracosterns]] from the Maestrat Basin published by Santos-Cubedo (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Santos-Cubedo|first=A.|year=2024 |title=The dinosaurs of the Maestrat Basin: Evolution of hadrosauriforms in the eastern Iberian Peninsula |journal=Metode Science Studies Journal |volume=14|pages=57–63 |doi=10.7203/metode.14.24534|doi-access=free|hdl=10234/207308|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
* Escanero-Aguilar ''et al.'' (2024) describe skull material of a [[Hadrosauriformes|hadrosauriform]] ornithopod from the Lower Cretaceous [[Castrillo de la Reina Formation]] ([[Spain]]), interpreted as more derived than ''[[Iguanodon]]'' but more [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] than ''[[Proa valdearinnoensis|Proa]]'', and expanding known diversity of ornithopods from the Cameros Basin.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Escanero-Aguilar |first1=D. |last2=Torcida Fernández-Baldor |first2=Fidel |last3=Pereda-Suberbiola |first3=Xabier |last4=Huerta |first4=Pedro |year=2024 |title=Skull material of an Early Cretaceous hadrosauriform dinosaur (Ornithopoda) from Salas de los Infantes (Burgos, Spain) |journal=Journal of Iberian Geology |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=67–82 |doi=10.1007/s41513-023-00227-5 |bibcode=2024JIbG...50...67E }}</ref>
* Hayashi ''et al.'' (2024) report the discovery of a probable hadrosauroid vertebra from the Upper Cretaceous Hiketa Formation (Izumi Group) in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, providing additional evidence of dispersal of hadrosauriforms into the area of present-day [[Japan]] by the [[Campanian]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hayashi |first1=S. |last2=Nakajima |first2=Y. |last3=Tanaka |first3=Y. |last4=Breeden |first4=B. T. |last5=Kanazawa |first5=Y. |last6=Tsogtbaatar |first6=C. |title=A Hadrosauroid Vertebra from the Upper Cretaceous Izumi Group, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan |year=2024 |journal=Paleontological Research |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=442–451 |doi=10.2517/PR230027 }}</ref>
* Nikolov, Dochev, & [[Stephen L. Brusatte|Brusatte]] (2024) test the [[ontogenetic]] age of small hadrosauroid bones from the Late Cretaceous ([[Maastrichtian]]) [[Kaylaka Formation]] (Bulgaria), and determine that the specimen likely belonged to a late juvenile or young subadult, rather than a [[Insular dwarfism|dwarved]] adult, and suggest that large terrestrial animals were able to populate some European islands via a cyclically appearing or short-lived dispersal route.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nikolov |first1=Vladimir |last2=Dochev |first2=Docho |last3=Brusatte |first3=Stephen L. |date=2024-01-01 |title=The ontogenetic status of a small hadrosauroid dinosaur from the uppermost Cretaceous of Bulgaria, and implications for the paleobiogeography and assembly of European island faunas |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667123003476 |journal=[[Cretaceous Research]] |volume=157 |language=en |at=105819 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105819|bibcode=2024CrRes.15705819N |s2cid=266738171 }}</ref>
* Van der Linden ''et al.'' (2024) describe [[Spheroolithidae|spheroolithid]] eggshells from the Maastrichtian [[Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation]], probably representing the first hadrosauroid eggshells reported from [[France]], and name a new ootaxon ''[[Paraspheroolithus|Paraspheroolithus porcarboris]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=van der Linden |first1=T. T. P. |last2=Zelenitsky |first2=D. K. |last3=Fraaije |first3=R. H. B. |last4=Garcia |first4=G. |last5=Valentin |first5=X. |last6=Holwerda |first6=F. M. |last7=Schulp |first7=A. S. |year=2024 |title=The first hadrosauroid eggshell from the Aix-en-Provence Basin (late Maastrichtian) of France |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2380808 }}</ref>
* A study on the morphological variability of hadrosaurid teeth, and on their utility for the studies of phylogenetic relationships of hadrosaurids, is published by Dudgeon, Gallimore & [[David C. Evans (paleontologist)|Evans]] (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dudgeon |first1=T. W. |last2=Gallimore |first2=G. |last3=Evans |first3=D. C. |year=2024 |title=Individual, ontogenetic, and phylogenetic variation in the dentition of hadrosaurids (Iguanodontia: Ornithischia) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |at=2321620 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2419422 |bibcode=2024JSPal..2219422D }}</ref>
* The first described hadrosaurid footprints from the [[Horseshoe Canyon Formation]] are described by Powers ''et al.'' (2024), who assign them to the ichnospecies ''[[Hadrosauropodus]] langstoni''.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Mark J. Powers|author2=Matthew M. Rhodes|author3=Aaron D. Dyer|author4=Steven E. Mendonca|author5=Ryan Wilkinson|author6=Michael Naylor Hudgins|author7=Matthew J. Pruden|author8=Philip J. Currie|author9=Gregory F. Funston|year=2024|title=The first hadrosaurid trackway from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Campanian/Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada|journal=Ichnos|volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=179–206 |doi=10.1080/10420940.2024.2307069|s2cid=267489605 }}</ref>
* A study on three bonebeds from the Upper Cretaceous [[Oldman Formation]] (Alberta, Canada) and [[Two Medicine Formation]] (Montana, United States) preserving remains of specimens of ''[[Hypacrosaurus|Hypacrosaurus stebingeri]]'' is published by Joubarne, Therrien & [[Darla Zelenitsky|Zelenitsky]] (2024), who interpret the studied assemblages as indicating that ''H. stebingeri'' individuals lived in age-segregated groups until into their fourth year of life.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Joubarne |first1=T. |last2=Therrien |first2=F. |last3=Zelenitsky |first3=D. K. |year=2024 |title=Evidence of age segregation behavior in ''Hypacrosaurus stebingeri'' (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) based on the taphonomic comparison of bonebeds from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Campanian) Oldman Formation of southernmost Alberta (Canada) and Two Medicine Formation of Montana (USA) |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=653 |at=112416 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112416 |bibcode=2024PPP...65312416J }}</ref>
* Evidence from the study of a skull of a juvenile hadrosaurine from the Campanian [[Dinosaur Park Formation]] (Alberta, Canada), interpreted as indicative of differences in the dental battery development between hadrosaurid species which might have been related to dietary differences during early ontogeny, is presented by Warnock-Juteau ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Warnock-Juteau |first1=T. M. |last2=Ryan |first2=M. J. |last3=Patterson |first3=R. T. |last4=Mallon |first4=J. C. |year=2024 |title=Computed tomographic investigation of a hatchling skull reveals ontogenetic changes in the dentition and occlusal surface morphology of Hadrosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) |journal=Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology |volume=11 |pages=133–150 |doi=10.18435/vamp29395 |url=https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/29395 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Sharpe ''et al.'' (2024) describe fossil material of a probable immature specimen of ''[[Edmontosaurus regalis]]'' from the [[Horseshoe Canyon Formation]], and interpret its similarities to ''[[Ugrunaaluk|Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis]]'' as supporting the  referral of the Alaskan saurolophine material to ''Edmontosaurus'' [[cf.]] ''regalis''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sharpe |first1=H. S. |last2=Powers |first2=M. J. |last3=Dyer |first3=A. D. |last4=Rhodes |first4=M. M. |last5=McIntosh |first5=A. P. |last6=Garros |first6=C. W. |last7=Currie |first7=P. J. |last8=Funston |first8=G. F. |title=Craniomandibular anatomy of a juvenile specimen of ''Edmontosaurus regalis'' Lambe, 1917 clarifies issues in ontogeny and biogeography |year=2024 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=43 |issue=5 |at=e2326644 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2326644 }}</ref>
* Wick & Lehman (2024) describe fossil material of a juvenile pachycephalosaur specimen belonging to the genus ''[[Stegoceras]]'' from the Campanian [[Aguja Formation]] (Texas, United States), providing new information on the ontogeny of members of this genus, and interpret the [[holotype]] of ''[[Texacephale|Texacephale langstoni]]'' as a probable adult individual belonging to the genus ''Stegoceras''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wick |first1=S. L. |last2=Lehman |first2=T. M. |title=A rare 'flat-headed' pachycephalosaur (Dinosauria: Pachycephalosauridae) from West Texas, USA, with morphometric and heterochronic considerations |year=2024 |journal=Geobios |volume=86 |pages=89–106 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2024.08.006 |bibcode=2024Geobi..86...89W }}</ref>
* Hu ''et al.'' (2024) reconstruct [[endocast]]s of ''[[Yinlong]]'', ''[[Liaoceratops]]'' and ''[[Psittacosaurus]]'', and interpret early ceratopsians as having more sensitive sense of smell and as adapted to hearing higher frequencies than their late-diverging relatives.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hu |first1=J. |last2=Xu |first2=X. |last3=Zhao |first3=Q. |last4=He |first4=Y. |last5=Forster |first5=C. A |last6=Han |first6=F. |year=2024 |title=Endocranial morphology of three early-diverging ceratopsians and implications for the behavior and the evolution of the endocast in ceratopsians |journal=Paleobiology |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=490–502 |doi=10.1017/pab.2024.25 }}</ref>
* A study on the bone histology of ''Yinlong downsi'' is published by Han ''et al.'' (2024), who report evidence indicating that ''Y. downsi'' reached sexual maturity earlier than ''Psittacosaurus'' but later than ceratopsids, and evidence of growth rates higher than those of extant squamates and crocodiles but lower than those of large-sized dinosaurs and extant mammals and birds.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Han |first1=F. |last2=Zhao |first2=Q. |last3=Hu |first3=J. |last4=Xu |first4=X. |title=Bone histology and growth curve of the earliest ceratopsian ''Yinlong downsi'' from the Upper Jurassic of Junggar Basin, Northwest China |journal=PeerJ |year=2024 |volume=12 |at=e18761 |doi=10.7717/peerj.18761 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Description of the morphology of the skull and endocranium of ''Psittacosaurus sibiricus'', based on the study of both juvenile and adult specimens, is published by Podlesnov ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Podlesnov |first1=A. V. |last2=Averianov |first2=A. O. |last3=Burukhin |first3=A. A. |last4=Feofanova |first4=O. A. |last5=Vladimirova |first5=O. N. |year=2024 |title=New Data on Skull Morphology of ''Psittacosaurus sibiricus'' (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) Using Micro-Computed Tomography |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=57 |issue=10 |pages=1128–1187 |doi=10.1134/S0031030123100040 |s2cid=267537898 }}</ref>
*A description endocranial anatomy of the ''[[Psittacosaurus|Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis]]'' published by Sakagami ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sakagami |first1 = R.|last2= Kawabe|first2= S.|last3=Hattori|first3= S.|last4=Zheng|first4=W.|last5=Jin|first5=X.|year= 2024|title= Endocranial anatomy of the ceratopsian dinosaur ''Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis'' and its bearing on sensory and locomotor abilities. |journal= Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum|volume= 22|pages= 1–12|url=https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/archive/memoir/memoir022-001.pdf}}</ref>
* Yang ''et al.'' (2024) describe a well-preserved scaled skin of a specimen of ''Psittacosaurus'' from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China, providing evidence of preservation of epidermal layers, corneocytes and melanosomes, and interpret the studied specimen as indicative of co-occurrence of feathers and reptile-type skin in non-feathered regions of the skin in ''Psittacosaurus''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yang |first1=Z. |last2=Jiang |first2=B. |last3=Xu |first3=J. |last4=McNamara |first4=M. E. |year=2024 |title=Cellular structure of dinosaur scales reveals retention of reptile-type skin during the evolutionary transition to feathers |journal=Nature Communications |volume=15 |issue=1 |at=4063 |doi=10.1038/s41467-024-48400-3 |doi-access=free |pmid=38773066 |pmc=11109146 |bibcode=2024NatCo..15.4063Y }}</ref>
* [[Mark P. Witton|Witton]] & Hing (2024) argue that there is no compelling evidence indicating that the development of the idea of the [[griffin]] was inspired by the discovery of fossils of ''[[Protoceratops]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Witton |first1=M. P. |last2=Hing |first2=R. A. |year=2024 |title=Did the horned dinosaur ''Protoceratops'' inspire the griffin? |journal=Interdisciplinary Science Reviews |doi=10.1177/03080188241255 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Demers-Potvin & Larsson (2024) describe fossil material of ''[[Centrosaurus|Centrosaurus apertus]]'' from the strata of the Campanian [[Dinosaur Park Formation]] in [[Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park]] (Canada), expanding known geographical range of this species.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Demers-Potvin |first1=A. V. |last2=Larsson |first2=H. C. E. |year=2024 |title=Occurrence of ''Centrosaurus apertus'' (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) in Saskatchewan, Canada, and expanded dinosaur diversity in the easternmost exposure of the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=61 |issue=11 |pages=1127–1155 |doi=10.1139/cjes-2023-0125 }}</ref>
* Barrera Guevara ''et al.'' (2024) reinterpret fossil material of ''[[Coahuilaceratops|Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna]]'' as derived from [[Cerro Huerta Formation]] (and representing the first dinosaur taxon described from this formation) rather than from [[Cerro del Pueblo Formation]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Barrera Guevara |first1=M. P. |last2=Espinosa Chávez |first2=B. |last3=Serrano Brañas |first3=C. I. |last4=de León Dávila |first4=C. |last5=Posada Martinez |first5=D. |last6=Freedman Fowler |first6=E. |last7=Fowler |first7=D. |year=2024 |title=Stratigraphic Reassessment of the Mexican Chasmosaurine ''Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna'' as the First Diagnostic Dinosaur Remains from the Cerro Huerta Formation (Lower Maastrichtian) Supporting the Southern Origin of the Triceratopsini |journal=Diversity |volume=16 |issue=7 |at=390 |doi=10.3390/d16070390 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

== Birds ==
=== New bird taxa ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" align="center"
!Name
!Novelty
!Status
!Authors
!Age
!Type locality
!Country
!Notes
!Images
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''[[Agapornis longipes]]''<ref name="A.longipes24">{{Cite journal |last1=1Pavia |first1=Marco |last2=Braga |first2=José |last3=Delfino |first3=Massimo |last4=Kgasi |first4=Lazarus |last5=Manegold |first5=Albrecht |last6=Steininger |first6=Christine |last7=Zipfel |first7=Bernhard |last8=Val |first8=Aurore |date=2024-08-09 |title=A new species of Lovebird (Aves, Psittaculidae, Agapornis) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Cradle of Humankind (Gauteng, South Africa) |journal=[[Geobios]] |issue=in press |language=en |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2024.05.006|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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In press
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Pavia ''et al.''
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[[Pliocene|Plio]]–[[Pleistocene]] transition
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[[Cradle of Humankind]]
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{{Flag|South Africa}}
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A [[lovebird]]; a species of ''Agapornis''.
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''[[Ardenna buchananbrowni]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Tennyson |first1=A. J. D. |last2=Salvador |first2=R. B. |last3=Tomotani |first3=B. M. |last4=Marx |first4=F. G. |title=A New Diving Pliocene ''Ardenna'' Shearwater (Aves: Procellariidae) from New Zealand |year=2024 |journal=Taxonomy |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=237–249 |doi=10.3390/taxonomy4020012 |doi-access=free |hdl=10037/33366 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Tennyson ''et al.''
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[[Pliocene]] ([[Waipipian]])
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[[Tangahoe Formation]]
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{{Flag|New Zealand}}
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A species of ''[[Ardenna]]''.
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''[[Avisaurus|Avisaurus darwini]]''<ref name=HellCreekFmEnantiornithes>{{Cite journal|last1=Clark |first1=A. D. |last2=Atterholt |first2=J. |last3=Scannella |first3=J. B. |last4=Carroll |first4=N. |last5=O'Connor |first5=J. K. |title=New enantiornithine diversity in the Hell Creek Formation and the functional morphology of the avisaurid tarsometatarsus |year=2024 |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=19 |issue=10 |at=e0310686 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0310686 |doi-access=free |pmid=39383133 |pmc=11463745 |bibcode=2024PLoSO..1910686C }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Clark ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
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[[Hell Creek Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}<br/>({{Flag|Montana}})
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A member of [[Enantiornithes]] belonging to the family [[Avisauridae]].
|[[File:Avisaurus_darwini_fossil.png|frameless]]
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''[[Bambusicola wenzensis]]''<ref name=Marocortyx />
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Comb. nov
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Valid
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(Jánossý)
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Pliocene
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{{Flag|Poland}}
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A [[bamboo partridge]]; moved from ''Francolinus capeki wenzensis'' Jánossý (1974).
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''[[Buteo chimborazoensis]]''<ref name=Ukugyps>{{Cite journal|last1=Lo Coco |first1=G. E. |last2=Agnolín |first2=F. L. |last3=Carrión |first3=J. L. R. |title=New records of Pleistocene birds of prey from Ecuador |year=2024 |journal=Journal of Ornithology |doi=10.1007/s10336-024-02229-1 |bibcode=2024JOrni.tmp..116L }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Lo Coco, Agnolín & Carrión
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Pleistocene
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{{Flag|Ecuador}}
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A species of ''[[Buteo]]''.
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''[[Chauvireria|Chauvireria axaina]]''<ref name=Marocortyx>{{cite journal|last=Zelenkov |first=N. V. |year=2024 |title=The Diversity and Evolution of Quails and Allies (Aves: Galliformes: Phasianidae: Coturnicini) in the Miocene–Early Pleistocene of Eurasia. Chapter 3. Systematics of Fossil Quails and Allies (Coturnicini) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=58 |issue=10 |pages=1130–1185 |doi=10.1134/S0031030124600896 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/386503101 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Zelenkov
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Miocene
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{{Flag|Russia}}<br/>({{Flag|Rostov Oblast}})<br/>
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
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''Chauvireria egorovkensis''<ref name=Marocortyx />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Zelenkov
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Miocene
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{{Flag|Ukraine}}
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|-
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''Chauvireria minor''<ref name=Marocortyx />
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Comb. nov
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Valid
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(Jánossý)
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Miocene
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{{Flag|Mongolia}}<br/>
{{Flag|Poland}}<br/>
{{Flag|Russia}}<br/>({{Flag|Buryatia}}<br/>{{Flag|Voronezh Oblast}}?)<br/>
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
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Moved from ''Francolinus (Lambrechtia) minor'' Jánossý (1974).
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''[[Chloephaga dabbenei]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Agnolín |first1=F. L. |last2=Álvarez Herrera |first2=G. P. |last3=Tomassini |first3=R. |title=Pleistocene record of ''Chloephaga'' Eyton, 1838 (Anseriformes: Anatidae) in the Argentine Pampas, with the description of a new species |year=2024 |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=23 |issue=18 |pages=241–255 |doi=10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a18 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Agnolín, Álvarez Herrera & Tomassini
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Pleistocene
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A species of ''[[Chloephaga]]''.
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|-
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''[[Coturnix augustus]]''<ref name=Marocortyx />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Zelenkov
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Pliocene
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{{Flag|Mongolia}}
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A species of ''[[Coturnix]]''.
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|-
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''[[Enkuria]]''<ref>{{cite journal|last=Zelenkov |first=N. V. |year=2024 |title=Gray Partridges (Phasianidae: Genera ''Perdix'' and ''Enkuria'' gen. nov.) from the Early Pleistocene of Crimea and Remarks on the Evolution of the Genus ''Perdix'' |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=58 |issue=3 |pages=335–352 |doi=10.1134/S0031030124700084 |bibcode=2024PalJ...58..335Z }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Zelenkov
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Pliocene and Pleistocene
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{{Flag|Crimea}}
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A relative of the [[grey partridge]]. The type species is ''E. voinstvenskyi''; genus also includes ''"Phasianus" etuliensis'' Bocheński & Kurochkin (1987) from [[Moldova]].
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|-
|''[[Eocypselus|Eocypselus geminus]]''<ref name=Eocypselus>{{cite journal|last1=Mayr|first1=G.|last2=Kitchener|first2=A.C.|year=2024|title=New fossils of ''Eocypselus'' and ''Primapus'' from the British London Clay reveal a high taxonomic and ecological diversity of early Eocene swift-like apodiform birds|journal=Ibis|issue=advance online publication|doi=10.1111/ibi.13323|doi-access=free}}</ref>
| Sp. nov
| In press
| Mayr & Kitchener
| [[Eocene]]
| [[London Clay]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| A species of ''Eocypselus''.
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|-
|''[[Eocypselus|Eocypselus grandissimus]]''<ref name=Eocypselus />
| Sp. nov
| In press
| Mayr & Kitchener
| [[Eocene]]
| [[London Clay]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| A species of ''Eocypselus''.
|
|-
|''[[Eocypselus|Eocypselus paulomajor]]''<ref name=Eocypselus />
| Sp. nov
| In press
| Mayr & Kitchener
| [[Eocene]]
| [[London Clay]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| A species of ''Eocypselus''.
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|-
|''[[Fluvioviridavis michaeldanielsi]]''<ref name="FluvioviridavisSpp.">{{Cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=Gerald |last2=Kitchener |first2=Andrew C. |date=2024-06-07 |title=The non-apodiform Strisores (potoos, nightjars and allied birds) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze |journal=Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments |language=en |doi=10.1007/s12549-024-00610-9 |issn=1867-1594|doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PdPe..tmp...21M }}</ref>
|Sp. nov
|
|Mayr & Kitchener
|[[Eocene]]
|[[London Clay]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|A species of ''Fluvioviridavis''.
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|-
|''[[Fluvioviridavis nazensis]]''<ref name="FluvioviridavisSpp."/>
|Sp. nov
|
|Mayr & Kitchener
|[[Eocene]]
|[[London Clay]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|A species of ''Fluvioviridavis''.
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|-
|
''[[Imparavis]]''<ref name=Imparavis>{{Cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Xiaoli |last2=Clark |first2=Alexander D. |last3=O'Connor |first3=Jingmai K. |last4=Zhang |first4=Xiangyu |last5=Wang |first5=Xing |last6=Zheng |first6=Xiaoting |last7=Zhou |first7=Zhonghe |date=2024-02-27 |title=First Edentulous Enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Avifauna |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667124000405 |journal=[[Cretaceous Research]] |volume=159 |issue=in press |pages=105867 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105867 |bibcode=2024CrRes.15905867W |s2cid=268103010 |issn=0195-6671}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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In press
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Wang ''et al.''
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[[Early Cretaceous]]
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[[Jiufotang Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
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An [[enantiornithine]]. The type species is ''I. attenboroughi''.
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|-
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''[[Kustokazanser]]''<ref name="ZelenkovWaterfowl24">{{Cite journal |last=Zelenkov |first=Nikita |year=2024 |title=A remarkable diversity of waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes) from the upper Eocene and lower Oligocene of Kazakhstan |journal=[[Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology]] |volume=43 |issue=6 |at=e2374306 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2374306}}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
|
|
Zelenkov
|
Late Eocene
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[[Aksyir Svita]]
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{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
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An [[anseriform]] of [[Incertae sedis|uncertain placement]]; a new genus for ''"[[Cygnavus]]" formosus''.
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|-
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''[[Lumbrerornis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bertelli |first1=S. |last2=Giannini |first2=N. P. |last3=García-López |first3=D. A. |last4=Deraco |first4=V. |last5=Babot |first5=J. |last6=Del Papa |first6=C. |last7=Armella |first7=M. A. |last8=Herrera |first8=C. |last9=Mayr |first9=G. |year=2024 |title=The first Eocene bird from Northwestern Argentina  |journal=Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=78–89 |doi=10.5710/PEAPA.31.05.2024.511 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Bertelli  ''et al.''
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Eocene (Lutetian)
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Lumbrera Formation
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A bird of uncertain affinities, possibly related to the families [[Palaeotididae]] and [[Geranoididae]]. The type species is ''L. rougieri''.
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|-
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''[[Magnusavis]]''<ref name=HellCreekFmEnantiornithes />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Clark ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
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Hell Creek Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}<br/>({{Flag|Montana}})
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A member of Enantiornithes. The type species is ''M. ekalakaenis''.
|[[File:Magnusavis_ekalakaenis_holotype_fossil.png|frameless]]
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''[[Marocortyx]]''<ref name=Marocortyx />
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Zelenkov
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Pliocene and Pleistocene
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{{Flag|Morocco}}<br/>
{{Flag|Spain}}
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A member of the family [[Phasianidae]] belonging to the tribe [[Coturnicini]]. The type species is ''"Plioperdix" africana'' Mourer-Chauviré & Geraads (2010); genus also includes ''"Palaeocryptonyx" novaki'' Sánchez Marco (2009).
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|-
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''[[Masillatrogon|?Masillatrogon incertus]]''<ref name=Sulcitarsus>{{Cite journal|last1=Mayr |first1=G. |last2=Kitchener |first2=A. C. |title=Two distinctive, but difficult-to-classify, avian species and a new trogon (Trogoniformes) from the early Eocene London Clay |year=2024 |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=312 |issue=3 |pages=309–323 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2024/1216 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Mayr & Kitchener
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Eocene
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London Clay
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A [[trogon]].
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|-
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''[[Melanitta kirbori]]''<ref name=M.kirbori>{{Cite journal |last1=Zelenkov |first1=N. V. |date=October 2024 |title=The Oldest Finds of the Genera ''Melanitta'', ''Marmaronetta'', and Other Ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from the Lower Pleistocene of the Crimea |journal=Paleontological Journal |language=en |volume=58 |issue=5 |pages=593–603 |doi=10.1134/S0031030124600653 |bibcode=2024PalJ...58..593Z |issn=0031-0301}}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Zelenkov
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[[Lower Pleistocene]]
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[[Taurida Cave]]
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{{Flag|Crimea}}
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A [[scoter]]; a species of ''Melanitta''.
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|-
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''[[Miochelidon]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Volkova |first=N. V. |title=The Oldest Swallow (Aves: Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) from the Upper Lower Miocene of Southeastern Siberia |year=2024 |journal=Doklady Biological Sciences |volume=518 |issue=1 |pages=261–265 |doi=10.1134/S0012496624600258 |pmid=39212885 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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|
Volkova
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Miocene
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[[Tagay Formation]]
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{{Flag|Russia}}
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A [[swallow]]. The type species is ''M. eschata''.
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|-
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''[[Mionetta|Mionetta turgaiensis]]''<ref name="ZelenkovWaterfowl24" />
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Sp. nov
|
|
Zelenkov
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Early Oligocene
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[[Chelkarnura Formation]]
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{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
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A species of ''Mionetta''.
|
|-
|''[[Nasiornis]]''<ref name="LondonClay_Messelornithids">{{Cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=Gerald |last2=Kitchener |first2=Andrew C. |date=2024 |title=Messelornithids and messelornithid-like birds from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK) |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016699524000421 |journal=[[Geobios]] |issue=in press |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2023.12.011 |issn=0016-6995|doi-access=free }}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
|In press
|Mayr & Kitchener
|[[Eocene]]
|[[London Clay]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|A [[messelornithid]]. The type species is ''N. messelornithoides''.
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|-
|''[[Navaornis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Chiappe |first1=Luis M. |last2=Navalón |first2=Guillermo |last3=Martinelli |first3=Agustín G. |last4=Carvalho |first4=Ismar de Souza |last5=Miloni Santucci |first5=Rodrigo |last6=Wu |first6=Yun-Hsin |last7=Field |first7=Daniel J. |date=2024-10-30 |title=Cretaceous bird from Brazil informs the evolution of the avian skull and brain |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=635 |issue=8038 |pages=376–381 |doi=10.1038/s41586-024-08114-4 |pmid=39537887 |pmc=11560842 |bibcode=2024Natur.635..376C |issn=1476-4687}}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
|Valid
|[[Luis M. Chiappe|Chiappe]] ''et al.''
|Late Cretaceous 
|[[Adamantina Formation]]
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|A member of Enantiornithes. The type species is ''N. hestiae''.
|[[File:Navaornis_skull.webp|frameless]]
|-
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''[[Paakniwatavis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Musser |first1=G. |last2=Clarke |first2=J. A. |title=A new Paleogene fossil and a new dataset for waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes) clarify phylogeny, ecological evolution, and avian evolution at the K-Pg Boundary |year=2024 |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=19 |issue=7 |at=e0278737 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0278737 |doi-access=free |pmid=39078833 |pmc=11288464 |bibcode=2024PLoSO..1978737M }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Musser & [[Julia Clarke|Clarke]]
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Eocene
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[[Green River Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}<br/>({{Flag|Wyoming}})
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An early member of [[Anseriformes]]. The type species is ''P. grandei''.
|[[File:Paakniwatavis_(holotype_slab,_FMNH_PA725).png|frameless]]
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''[[Pakudyptes]]''<ref name="Pakudyptes">{{Cite journal |last1=Ando |first1=Tatsuro |last2=Robinson |first2=Jeffrey |last3=Loch |first3=Carolina |last4=Nakahara |first4=Tamon |last5=Hayashi |first5=Shoji |last6=Richards |first6=Marcus D. |last7=Fordyce |first7=Robert Ewan |date=2024-07-31 |title=A new tiny fossil penguin from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand and the morphofunctional transition of the penguin wing |journal=[[Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand]] |volume=54 |issue=5 |language=en |pages=660–681 |doi=10.1080/03036758.2024.2362283 |issn=0303-6758|doi-access=free |pmid=39440294 |pmc=11459834 |bibcode=2024JRSNZ..54..660A }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
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Ando ''et al''.
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Late Oligocene
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[[Otekaike Limestone]]
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{{Flag|New Zealand}}
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An early [[penguin]]. The type species is ''P. hakataramea''.
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|-
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''[[Palaeocryptonyx|Palaeocryptonyx capeki]]''<ref name=Marocortyx />
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Comb. nov
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Valid
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(Lambrecht)
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Pleistocene
|
|
{{Flag|Poland}}<br/>
{{Flag|Romania}}<br/>
{{Flag|Russia}}<br/>({{Flag|Krasnodar Krai}})
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A member of the family Phasianidae belonging to the tribe Coturnicini; moved from ''Francolinus capeki'' Lambrecht (1933).
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|-
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''[[Palaeoperdix|Palaeoperdix hungarica]]''<ref name=Marocortyx />
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Comb. nov
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Valid
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(Jánossý)
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Miocene
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{{Flag|Hungary}}
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A member of the family Phasianidae belonging to the tribe Coturnicini; moved from ''Palaeocryptonyx hungaricus'' Jánossý (1991).
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|-
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''Palaeoperdix miocenica''<ref name=Marocortyx />
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Comb. nov
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Valid
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(Villalta)
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Miocene
|
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A member of the family Phasianidae belonging to the tribe Coturnicini; moved from ''Coturnix(?) miocenica'' Villalta (1963).
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|-
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''[[Paralyra]]''<ref name=PJ581>{{cite journal|last=Zelenkov |first=N. V. |year=2024 |title=Grouse (Aves: Phasianidae: Tetraonini) from the Early Pleistocene of Crimea, and the Taxonomic Status of ''Lagopus atavus'' |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=112–123 |doi=10.1134/S0031030124010106 |bibcode=2024PalJ...58..112Z |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379874555 }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Zelenkov
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Pliocene and Pleistocene
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{{Flag|Poland}}
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A grouse; a new genus for ''"Lagopus lagopus" atavus'' Jánossy (1974), originally described from the Rębielice Królewskie 1 locality in Poland, subsequently also described from the Taurida Cave in [[Crimea]].<ref name=PJ581 />
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''[[Paraortygoides|?Paraortygoides argillae]]''<ref name=Waltonortyx>{{Cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=G. |last2=Kitchener |first2=A. C. |year=2024 |title=The galliform birds from the lower Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, U.K.): new species suggest faunal connections to Asia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=43 |issue=6 |at=e2374305 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2374305 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Mayr & Kitchener
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Eocene (Ypresian)
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London Clay
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A member of [[Galliformes]], possibly belonging to the family [[Gallinuloididae]].
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|?''[[Parvirallus|Parvirallus incertus]]''<ref name="LondonClay_Messelornithids" />
|Sp. nov
|In press
|Mayr & Kitchener
|Eocene
|London Clay
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|A messelornithid; a possible species of ''[[Parvirallus]].''
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| ''[[Phalacrocorax bakonyiensis]]''<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Horváth, I.|author2=Futó, J.|author3=Kessler, J.|year=2024|title=''Phalacrocorax bakonyiensis'' n. sp., a new species of cormorant from the Late Miocene of Hungary|journal=Ornis Hungarica|volume=32|issue=1 |pages=222–230|doi=10.2478/orhu-2024-0016|doi-access=free}}</ref>
| Sp. nov
| Valid
| Horváth, Futó, & Kessler
| [[Miocene]]
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| A [[cormorant]]; a species of ''[[Phalacrocorax]]''.
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''[[Plioperdix|Plioperdix boevi]]''<ref name=Marocortyx />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Zelenkov
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Miocene
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{{Flag|Russia}}<br/>({{Flag|Rostov Oblast}}<br/>{{Flag|Stavropol Krai}})
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A member of the family Phasianidae belonging to the tribe Coturnicini.
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''[[Pristineanis]]''<ref name=Pristineanis>{{Cite journal|last1=Mayr |first1=G. |last2=Kitchener |first2=A. C. |title=The Picocoraciades (hoopoes, rollers, woodpeckers, and allies) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze |year=2024 |journal=PalZ |volume=98 |issue=2 |page=291 |doi=10.1007/s12542-024-00687-9 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PalZ...98..291M }}</ref>
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Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Mayr & Kitchener
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Eocene
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London Clay
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}<br/>
{{Flag|United States}}
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A possible member of [[Piciformes]]. The type species is ''P. minor''; genus also includes new species ''P. major'', as well as ''"Neanis" kistneri'' Feduccia (1973).
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''[[Prophaethon|Prophaethon waltonensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mayr |first1=G. |last2=Kitchener |first2=A. C. |year=2024 |title=A new species of the Prophaethontidae (Aves, Phaethontiformes) from the early Eocene London Clay |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2418895 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Mayr & Kitchener
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Eocene
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London Clay
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A member of the family [[Prophaethontidae]].
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''[[Pterodroma zinorum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rando |first1=J. C. |last2=Pieper |first2=H. |last3=Pereira |first3=F. |last4=Torres-Roig |first4=E. |last5=Alcover |first5=J. A. |year=2024 |title=Petrel extinction in Macaronesia (North-East Atlantic Ocean): the case of the genus ''Pterodroma'' (Aves: Procellariiformes: Procellariidae) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=202 |issue=2 |at=zlae123 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae123 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Rando ''et al.''
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Quaternary
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{{Flag|Portugal}}<br/>({{Flag|Azores}})
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A [[gadfly petrel]].
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''[[Septencoracias|Septencoracias simillimus]]''<ref name=Pristineanis />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Mayr & Kitchener
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Eocene (Ypresian)
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London Clay
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A [[Crown group#Stem groups|stem group]] [[Coraciidae|roller]] belonging or related to the family [[Primobucconidae]].
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|''[[Shuilingornis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Xuri |last2=Cau |first2=Andrea |last3=Wang |first3=Yinuo |last4=Kundrát |first4=Martin |last5=Zhang |first5=Guili |last6=Liu |first6=Yichuan |last7=Chiappe |first7=Luis M. |date=2024-09-24 |title=A new gansuid bird (Avialae, Euornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Jiufotang Formation of Jianchang, western Liaoning, China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=166 |pages=106014 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106014 |issn=0195-6671|doi-access=free }}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
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|Wang ''et al.''
|[[Early Cretaceous]]
|Jiufotang Formation
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|A [[Euornithes|euornithe]] in the family [[Gansuidae]]. The type species is ''S. angelai.''
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''[[Sulcitarsus]]''<ref name=Sulcitarsus />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Mayr & Kitchener
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Eocene
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London Clay
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A bird of uncertain affinities, with similarities of hindlimb elements to those of [[cuckoo-roller]]s and members of [[Accipitriformes]]. The type species is ''S. aenigmatus''.
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''[[Tologuica|Tologuica vetusta]]''<ref name=Marocortyx />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Zelenkov
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Miocene
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Tagay Formation
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{{Flag|Russia}}<br/>({{Flag|Irkutsk Oblast}})
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A member of the family Phasianidae belonging to the tribe Coturnicini.
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''[[Torgos platycephalus]]''<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gorbatcheva |first1=V. O. |last2=Zelenkov |first2=N. V. |year=2024 |title=A Vulture of the Genus ''Torgos'' (Aves: Accipitridae) in the Late Pleistocene of Azerbaijan |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=58 |issue=4 |pages=475–482 |doi=10.1134/S0031030124600367 |bibcode=2024PalJ...58..475G }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Gorbatcheva & Zelenkov
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Pleistocene
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{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
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A vulture, a species of ''[[Torgos]]''.
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''[[Ukugyps]]''<ref name=Ukugyps />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Lo Coco, Agnolín & Carrión
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Pleistocene
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{{Flag|Ecuador}}
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A condor. The type species is ''U. orcesi''.
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''[[Uyrekura]]''<ref name="ZelenkovWaterfowl24" />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Zelenkov
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Early Oligocene
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[[Chelkarnura Formation]]
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{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
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An [[anatid]] of [[Incertae sedis|uncertain placement]]. The type species is ''U. chalkarica''.
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|''[[Walbeckornis|Walbeckornis waltonensis]]''<ref name="LondonClay_Messelornithids" />
|Sp. nov
|In press
|Mayr & Kitchener
|Eocene
|London Clay
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|A species of ''[[Walbeckornis]]''.
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''[[Waltonirrisor]]''<ref name=Pristineanis />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Mayr & Kitchener
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Eocene (Ypresian)
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London Clay
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A member of [[Upupiformes]]. The type species is ''W. tendringensis''.
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''[[Waltonortyx]]''<ref name=Waltonortyx />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Mayr & Kitchener
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Eocene (Ypresian)
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London Clay
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A member of Galliformes, the type genus of the new family [[Waltonortygidae]]. The type species is ''W. bumbanipodiides''.
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''[[Wunketru]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=De Mendoza |first1=Ricardo Santiago |last2=Degrange |first2=Federico Javier |last3=Tambussi |first3=Claudia Patricia |title=An assessment of the anseriform affinities of ''"Telmabates" howardae'' |year=2024 |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=135 |at=104786 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104786 |bibcode=2024JSAES.13504786D |s2cid=267159455 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0895981124000087}}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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De Mendoza, Degrange & Tambussi
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[[Eocene]]
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[[Las Flores Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Anseriformes]] of uncertain affinites; a new genus for ''"[[Telmabates]]" howardae''.
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''[[Xenavicula]]''<ref name=Sulcitarsus />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Mayr & Kitchener
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Eocene
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London Clay
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A bird of uncertain affinities, with similarities to members of [[Telluraves]], the type genus of the new family [[Xenaviculidae]]. The type species is ''X. pamelae''.
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''[[Ypresicolius]]''<ref name="Ypresicolius">{{Cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=Gerald |last2=Kitchener |first2=Andrew C. |date=2024-12-12 |title=A new mousebird (Aves, Coliiformes) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, United Kingdom) constitutes a morphological link between sandcoleids and coliids |url=https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/46/20 |journal=Geodiversitas |language=en |volume=46 |issue=20 |pages=979–993 |doi=10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a20|doi-broken-date=13 December 2024 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Mayr & Kitchener
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Eocene
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London Clay
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A [[mousebird]]. The type species is ''Y. sandcoleiformis''.
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=== Avian research ===
* A study performing quantitative functional imaging of the brain during rest and flight in [[rock dove]]s with implications for the evolution of avian flight is published by Balanoff ''et al.'' (2024). They found increased neural activity in the [[cerebellum]] during flight, and through comparisons with cranial [[endocast]]s of extinct theropods, suggest that cerebellar expansion underlying such activity occurred at the base of [[Maniraptora]], prior to the origin of avian flight.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Balanoff |first1=Amy |last2=Ferrer |first2=Elizabeth |last3=Saleh |first3=Lemise |last4=Gignac |first4=Paul M. |last5=Gold |first5=M. Eugenia L. |last6=Marugán-Lobón |first6=Jesús |last7=Norell |first7=Mark |last8=Ouellette |first8=David |last9=Salerno |first9=Michael |last10=Watanabe |first10=Akinobu |last11=Wei |first11=Shouyi |last12=Bever |first12=Gabriel |last13=Vaska |first13=Paul |title=Quantitative functional imaging of the pigeon brain: implications for the evolution of avian powered flight |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |date=2024 |volume=291 |issue=2015 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2023.2172 |pmid=38290541 |pmc=10827418 |pmc-embargo-date=January 31, 2025 }}</ref>
* The [[Cretaceous]] fossil record of [[avialan]]s from [[China]] is reviewed by Zhou & Wang (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Zhonghe |last2=Wang |first2=Min |title=Cretaceous fossil birds from China |journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications |date=2024 |volume=544 |issue=1 |doi=10.1144/SP544-2023-129|s2cid=267184802 }}</ref>
* Evidence of gradual and sequential moult of wing flight feathers in two probable members of [[Confuciusornithiformes]] from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (China) is presented by Wang ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wang |first1=X. |last2=O'Connor |first2=J. |last3=Zheng |first3=X. |last4=Wang |first4=Y. |last5=Kiat |first5=Y. |title=Earliest evidence of avian primary feather moult |year=2024 |journal=Biology Letters |volume=20 |issue=7 |at=20240106 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2024.0106 |pmid=38955226 |pmc=11285806 |pmc-embargo-date=July 3, 2025 }}</ref>
* A [[Morphometrics|morphometric]] study of a large sample of specimens of ''[[Confuciusornis|Confuciusornis sanctus]]'' is published by Zhou ''et al.'' (2024), who interpret their findings as indicative of the presence of [[sexual dimorphism]] in this species.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zhou |first1=Y. |last2=Pan |first2=Y. |last3=Wang |first3=M. |last4=Wang |first4=X. |last5=Zheng |first5=X. |last6=Zhou |first6=Z. |year=2024 |title=Fossil evidence sheds light on sexual selection during the early evolution of birds |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=121 |issue=3 |at=e2309825120 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2309825120 |pmid=38190528 |pmc=10801838 |bibcode=2024PNAS..12109825Z |s2cid=266871669 }}</ref>
* The fossil record of [[avialan]]s from the Upper Cretaceous [[Maastricht Formation]] ([[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]]) is reviewed by Field ''et al.'' (2024), who additionally present new data on the bone [[histology]] and hindlimb length of ''[[Asteriornis maastrichtensis]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Field |first1=Daniel J. |last2=Benito |first2=Juan |last3=Werning |first3=Sarah |last4=Chen |first4=Albert |last5=Kuo |first5=Pei-Chen |last6=Crane |first6=Abi |last7=Widrig |first7=Klara E. |last8=Ksepka |first8=Daniel T. |last9=Jagt |first9=John W.M. |title=Remarkable insights into modern bird origins from the Maastrichtian type area (north-east Belgium, south-east Netherlands) |journal=Netherlands Journal of Geosciences |date=2024 |volume=103 |doi=10.1017/njg.2024.11|bibcode=2024NJGeo.103E..15F }}</ref>
* Stoicescu ''et al.'' (2024) describe partial femur of an avialan belonging or related to the species ''[[Elopteryx|Elopteryx nopcsai]]'' from the Maastrichtian strata at the Nălaț-Vad locality ([[Romania]]), interpret ''E. nopcsai'' as a probable secondarily flightless avialan, and argue that ''[[Balaur bondoc]]'' might be a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|junior synonym]] of ''E. nopcsai''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Stoicescu |first1=V. |last2=Codrea |first2=V. A. |last3=Bordeianu |first3=M. |last4=Solomon |first4=A. A. |title=''Elopteryx'' at Nălaț-Vad: new theropod material described from the Hațeg Basin (Romania) |year=2024 |journal=North-Western Journal of Zoology |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=73–80 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381164730 }}</ref>
* A study the relationship between the morphology of cervical vertebrae and dietary modes in extant and extinct birds is published by Liu ''et al.'' (2024), who report that ''[[Bohaiornis]]'', ''[[Brevirostruavis]]'' and ''[[Longipteryx]]'' had cervical morphologies resembling those of extant insectivorous or raptorial birds, while ''[[Yanornis]]'' and ''[[Iteravis]]'' had cervical morphologies closer to those of extant generalist or herbivorous birds, falling into the ecological niches of aquatic or semiaquatic birds.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Liu |first1=B.-Y. |last2=Stidham |first2=T. A. |last3=Wang |first3=X.-P. |last4=Li |first4=Z.-H. |last5=Zhou |first5=Z.-H. |year=2024 |title=Morphometric analysis of the cervical vertebral series in extant birds with implications for Mesozoic avialan feeding ecology |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=99–119 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.240305 |url=https://www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.240305 }}</ref>
* New information on the development of the skeletons of members of [[Enantiornithes]] throughout their [[ontogeny]], based on the study of two early immature specimens from the Lower Cretaceous [[Jiufotang Formation]] (China), is presented by [[Jingmai O'Connor|O'Connor]] ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=O'Connor |first1=J. K. |last2=Atterholt |first2=J. |last3=Bailleul |first3=A. M. |last4=Wang |first4=M. |last5=Kuo |first5=P.-C. |last6=Zhou |first6=Z. |year=2024 |title=Description and osteohistology of two early immature enantiornithines (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota |journal=Geobios |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2024.05.004 }}</ref>
* O'Connor ''et al.'' (2024) report the discovery of gymnosperm seeds within the abdominal cavities of two specimens of ''[[Longipteryx]]'', providing evidence of [[Frugivore|frugivory]] of ''Longipteryx''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=O'Connor |first1=J. |last2=Clark |first2=A. |last3=Herrera |first3=F. |last4=Yang |first4=X. |last5=Wang |first5=X. |last6=Zheng |first6=X. |last7=Hu |first7=H. |last8=Zhou |first8=Z. |title=Direct evidence of frugivory in the Mesozoic bird ''Longipteryx'' contradicts morphological proxies for diet |journal=Current Biology |volume=34 |issue=19 |pages=4559–4566.e1 |year=2024 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2024.08.012 |pmid=39260360 |bibcode=2024CBio...34.4559O }}</ref>
* A study aiming to determine the diets of members of the family [[Bohaiornithidae]] is published by Miller ''et al.'' (2024), who interpret their findings as indicating that the family included taxa adapted to diverse diets, and predict the ancestral member of Enantiornithes to have been a generalist which ate a wide variety of foods.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Miller |first1=Case Vincent |last2=Bright |first2=Jen A |last3=Wang |first3=Xiaoli |last4=Zheng |first4=Xiaoting |last5=Pittman |first5=Michael |title=Synthetic analysis of trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes with new insights from Bohaiornithidae |journal=eLife |date=2024 |volume=12 |at=RP89871 |doi=10.7554/eLife.89871.3|doi-access=free |pmid=38687200 |pmc=11060716 }}</ref>
* A study on the limb bone histology and growth dynamics of ''[[Musivavis|Musivavis amabilis]]'' is published by Kundrát ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kundrát |first1=M. |last2=Horváth |first2=D. |last3=Wang |first3=Z. |last4=Wang |first4=X. |year=2024 |title=Developmental distribution of osteocyte lacunae in the limb bone cortex of ''Musivavis amabilis'' with a review of bone microstructure adaptations in Enantiornithes |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=158 |at=105839 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105839 |bibcode=2024CrRes.15805839K |s2cid=267250890 }}</ref>
* The [[Cretaceous]] fossil record of [[avialan]]s from [[Antarctica]] is reviewed by Acosta Hospitaleche ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Acosta Hospitaleche |first1=Carolina |last2=Irazoqui |first2=Facundo |last3=Bona |first3=Paula |last4=Paulina-Carabajal |first4=Ariana |title=Review of the Cretaceous avian diversity of Antarctica: a changing scenario for the evolution of early Neornithine birds |journal=Advances in Polar Science |date=2024 |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=1–13 |doi=10.12429/j.advps.2023.0025}}</ref>
* Álvarez-Herrera & Agnolín (2024) compare Maastrichtian bird assemblages from [[Santa Cruz Province, Argentina]] and from Antarctica, note that the asseblanges differ in composition (only members of Neornithes and kin are present in Antarctica, unlike in Argentina), and interpret those differences as possibly caused by accelerated growth and high metabolism of members of Neornithes compared to more [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] birds.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Álvarez-Herrera |first1=G. P. |last2=Agnolín |first2=F. L. |year=2024 |title=Mesozoic birds from southern Patagonia shed light on the early Antarctic avifauna |journal=Ameghiniana |doi=10.5710/AMGH.29.07.2024.3605 }}</ref>
* A study on the antiquity of the [[crown group]] of birds is published by Brocklehurst & Field (2024), who argue that the crown group originated between 110.5 and 90.3 million years ago, and that the majority of higher-order diversification within the crown group either spanned or postdated the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brocklehurst |first1=N. |last2=Field |first2=D. J. |year=2024 |title=Tip dating and Bayes factors provide insight into the divergences of crown bird clades across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=291 |issue=2016 |at=20232618 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2023.2618 |pmid=38351798 |pmc=10865003 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on patterns of avian molecular evolution is published by Berv ''et al.'' (2024), who interpret their findings as indicating that the [[Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event]] influenced the evolution of bird genomes, physiology and life history traits that in turn influenced the diversification of modern birds.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Berv |first1=J. S. |last2=Singhal |first2=S. |last3=Field |first3=D. J. |last4=Walker-Hale |first4=N. |last5=McHugh |first5=S. W. |last6=Shipley |first6=J. R. |last7=Miller |first7=E. T. |last8=Kimball |first8=R. T. |last9=Braun |first9=E. L. |last10=Dornburg |first10=A. |last11=Parins-Fukuchi |first11=C. T. |last12=Prum |first12=R. O. |last13=Winger |first13=B. M. |last14=Friedman |first14=M. |last15=Smith |first15=S. A. |title=Genome and life-history evolution link bird diversification to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction |year=2024 |journal=Science Advances |volume=10 |issue=31 |pages=eadp0114 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.adp0114 |doi-access=free |pmid=39083615 |pmc=11290531 |bibcode=2024SciA...10P.114B }}</ref>
* Widrig, Navalón & Field (2024) describe the external and internal morphology of the braincase of ''[[Lithornis|Lithornis vulturinus]]'', interpret its neuroanatomy as likely similar to the neuroanatomy of the ancestral crown bird, and interpret ''L. vulturinus'' as a diurnal bird that likely was reliant on visual cues and had a well-developed sense of smell.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Widrig |first1=K. E. |last2=Navalón |first2=G. |last3=Field |first3=D. J. |year=2024 |title=Paleoneurology of stem palaeognaths clarifies the plesiomorphic condition of the crown bird central nervous system |journal=Journal of Morphology |volume=285 |issue=6 |at=e21710 |doi=10.1002/jmor.21710 |doi-access=free |pmid=38760949 }}</ref>
* The [[histochemistry]] of an [[ostrich]] eggshell from the [[Miocene]] [[Liushu Formation]] ([[China]]) is examined by Wu ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wu |first1=Qian |last2=Pan |first2=Yan-Hong |last3=Li |first3=Zhi-Heng |last4=Zhou |first4=Zhong-He |last5=Bailleul |first5=Alida M. |year=2024 |title=First histochemical examination of a Miocene ostrich eggshell with the oldest mineral-bound peptides |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=120–134 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.240329}}</ref>
* Schroeter (2024) presents a characterization of diagenetiforms in a moa proteome.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schroeter |first1=E |date=2024 |title=Characterization of Diagenetiforms in an Expanded Proteome of the Extinct Moa (Dinornithidae): Identifying Biological, Diagenetic, Experimental Artifact, and Mislabeled Modifications in Degraded Tissues |url= |journal=Minerals |volume= 14|issue= 2|page=137 |doi=10.3390/min14020137 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024Mine...14..137S |access-date=}}</ref>
* Review of moa tracks and other traces is published by Hunt & Lucas (2024), who name new ichnotaxa ''[[Turanganuipus|Turanganuipus worthyi]]'',''[[Moapus|Moapus tennysoni]]'', ''[[Dinornipus|Dinornipus oweni]]'', ''[[Gisbornepus|Gisbornepus angustus]]'', ''[[Tutaenuipus|Tutaenuipus woodi]]'' and ''[[Aotearoapus|Aotearoapus lockleyorum]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hunt |first1=A. P. |last2=Lucas |first2=S. G. |title=An overview of the ichnology of moa tracks and other traces from the late Cenozoic of New Zealand |year=2024 |journal=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin |volume=95 |pages=179–197 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383306380 }}</ref>
* Pickford (2024) revises fossil eggshells from the Miocene strata from the Karingarab aeolianite succession ([[Namibia]]), originally described as ''Struthio karingarabensis'', and transfers this oospecies to the genus ''[[Diamantornis]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pickford |first1=M. |title=Taxonomic revision of the extinct avian oospecies ''Diamantornis karingarabensis'' (Senut ''et al.'', 1998) from the Latest Miocene of Namibia |year=2024 |journal=Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia |volume=27 |pages=66–71 |url=https://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/9f8_6_Vol%2027_2024_Pickford_Egg%20shells.pdf }}</ref>
* A draft [[genome]] of the [[little bush moa]] is presented by Edwards ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Edwards |first1=Scott V. |last2=Cloutier |first2=Alison |last3=Cockburn |first3=Glenn |last4=Driver |first4=Robert |last5=Grayson |first5=Phil |last6=Katoh |first6=Kazutaka |last7=Baldwin |first7=Maude W. |last8=Sackton |first8=Timothy B. |last9=Baker |first9=Allan J. |title=A nuclear genome assembly of an extinct flightless bird, the little bush moa |journal=Science Advances |date=2024 |volume=10 |issue=21 |pages=eadj6823 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.adj6823|pmid=38781323 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024SciA...10J6823E }}</ref>
* Tomlinson ''et al.'' (2024) reconstruct the range and extinction dynamics of six species of moa, and interpret their findings as indicating that the studied species likely had similar spatial patterns of geographic range collapse, and that their final populations persisted in cold, mountainous areas that continue to function as sanctuaries for New Zealand's remaining flightless birds.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tomlinson |first1=S. |last2=Lomolino |first2=M. V. |last3=Wood |first3=J. R. |last4=Anderson |first4=A. |last5=Brown |first5=S. C. |last6=Haythorne |first6=S. |last7=Perry |first7=G. L. W. |last8=Wilmshurst |first8=J. M. |last9=Austin |first9=J. J. |last10=Fordham |first10=D. A. |title=Ecological dynamics of moa extinctions reveal convergent refugia that today harbour flightless birds |year=2024 |journal=Nature Ecology & Evolution |volume=8 |issue=8 |pages=1472–1481 |doi=10.1038/s41559-024-02449-x |pmid=39048729 |bibcode=2024NatEE...8.1472T }}</ref>
* Fossil material of a possible member of [[Galloanserae]] is described from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) [[Lance Formation]] ([[Wyoming]], [[United States]]) by Brownstein (2024), who interprets this finding as supporting a cosmopolitan distribution of early crown birds.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brownstein |first=C. D. |year=2024 |title=A juvenile bird with possible crown-group affinities from a dinosaur-rich Cretaceous ecosystem in North America |journal=BMC Ecology and Evolution |volume=24 |issue=1 |at=20 |doi=10.1186/s12862-024-02210-9 |pmid=38336630 |pmc=10858573 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024BMCEE..24...20B }}</ref>
* Crane ''et al.'' (2024) reevalute the anatomy of the mandible of ''Asteriornis maastrichtensis'' and find that no retroarticular process (a trait originally interpreted as supporting the placement of ''A. maastrichtensis'' within Galloanserae) is preserved in the [[holotype]], which does not preserve the caudal extremities of the mandibles; however, the authors do not rule out the possibility that the studied bird originally had robust retroarticular processes comparable to those of extant members of Galloanserae, and their phylogenetic analysis supports the placement of ''Asteriornis'' within Galloanserae.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Crane |first1=A. |last2=Benito |first2=J. |last3=Chen |first3=A. |last4=Musser |first4=G. |last5=Torres |first5=C. R. |last6=Clarke |first6=J. A. |last7=Lautenschlager |first7=S. |last8=Ksepka |first8=D. T. |last9=Field |first9=D. J. |title=Taphonomic damage obfuscates interpretation of the retroarticular region of the ''Asteriornis'' mandible |journal=Geobios |date=2024 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2024.03.003 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* McInerney, Blokland & [[Trevor Worthy|Worthy]] (2024) redescribe the skull morphology of ''[[Genyornis|Genyornis newtoni]]'' and study its phylogenetic affinities, recovering the family [[Dromornithidae]] as more likely to be members of [[Anseriformes]] related to [[screamer]]s than close relatives of the family [[Gastornithidae]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=McInerney |first1=P. L. |last2=Blokland |first2=J. C. |last3=Worthy |first3=T. H. |year=2024 |title=Skull morphology of the enigmatic ''Genyornis newtoni'' Stirling and Zeitz, 1896 (Aves, Dromornithidae), with implications for functional morphology, ecology, and evolution in the context of Galloanserae |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=36 |issue=6 |pages=1093–1165 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2308212 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2024HBio...36.1093M }}</ref>
* A study on the vertebral column of ''[[Annakacygna|Annakacygna hajimei]]'' is published by Matsuoka, Seoka & Hasegawa (2024), who reconstruct the neck of this bird with a curve at its base that increased the buoyancy and stability of the bird's body when it was in the water by helping it to put the base of the neck with its air sacs below the water surface.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Matsuoka |first1=H. |last2=Seoka |first2=R. |last3=Hasegawa |first3=Y. |title=Reexamination of the prepelvic vertebrae found in the holotype of ''Annakacygna hajimei'' (Aves, Anseriformes, Cygnini) revealed the adaptive morphology of vertebral column linked to the mode of life of the "ultimate bird" |journal=Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History |year=2024 |volume=28 |pages=15–44 |url=https://www.gmnh.pref.gunma.jp/wp-content/uploads/bulletin28_02.pdf }}</ref>
* A case for the validity of ''[[Miotadorna|Miotadorna catrionae]]'' is presented by Tennyson ''et al.'' (2024),<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tennyson |first1=Alan J. D. |last2=Greer |first2=Liam |last3=Lubbe |first3=Pascale |last4=Marx |first4=Felix G. |last5=Giovanardi |first5=Simone |last6=Rawlence |first6=Nicolas J. |title=A response to Worthy ''et al.'' 2022. A swan-sized fossil anatid (Aves: Anatidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand. ''Zootaxa'', 5168 (1), 39–50. |journal=Zootaxa |date=2024 |volume=5453 |issue=1 |pages=127–128 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.8|pmid=39646991 }}</ref> in response to Worthy ''et al.'' (2022)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Worthy |first1=Trevor H. |last2=Scofield |first2=R. Paul |last3=Hand |first3=Suzanne J. |last4=De Pietri |first4=Vanesa L. |last5=Archer |first5=Michael |title=A swan-sized fossil anatid (Aves: Anatidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand |journal=Zootaxa |date=2022 |volume=5168 |issue=1 |pages=39–50 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5168.1.3|pmid=36101302 }}</ref> considering it a [[junior synonym]] of ''Miotadorna sanctibathansi''.
* Evidence from the study of mitogenomes of the extant [[Brazilian merganser]] and extinct [[Auckland Island merganser]], interpreted as indicating that the studied mergansers are not sister taxa and that their ancestors moved into the [[Southern Hemisphere]] in two separate colonization events at least 7 million years ago, is presented by Rawlence ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rawlence |first1=N. J. |last2=Verry |first2=A. J. F. |last3=Cole |first3=T. L. |last4=Shepherd |first4=L. D. |last5=Tennyson |first5=A. J. D. |last6=Williams |first6=M. |last7=Wood |first7=J. R. |last8=Mitchell |first8=K. J. |year=2024 |title=Ancient mitogenomes reveal evidence for the Late Miocene dispersal of mergansers to the Southern Hemisphere |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae040 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the evolutionary history of [[Neoaves|neoavians]], as indicated by genomic data, is published by Wu ''et al.'' (2024), who argue that the initial diversification of the crown group of birds was correlated with the rise of flowering plants in the Cretaceous, that modern birds survived the [[Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event]] relatively well, and that the [[Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum]] had a significant impact on the diversification of the seabirds;<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wu |first1=S. |last2=Rheindt |first2=F. E. |last3=Zhang |first3=J. |last4=Wang |first4=J. |last5=Zhang |first5=L. |last6=Quan |first6=C. |last7=Li |first7=Z. |last8=Wang |first8=M. |last9=Wu |first9=F. |last10=Qu |first10=Y. |last11=Edwards |first11=S. V. |last12=Zhou |first12=Z. |last13=Liu |first13=L. |year=2024 |title=Genomes, fossils, and the concurrent rise of modern birds and flowering plants in the Late Cretaceous |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=121 |issue=8 |at=e2319696121 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2319696121 |pmid=38346181 |pmc=10895254 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PNAS..12119696W }}</ref> Claramunt ''et al.'' (2024) subsequently considered these results to be questionable, arguing that the study has problems with their choices of fossils and calibration strategy,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Claramunt |first1=S. |last2=Braun |first2=E. L. |last3=Cracraft |first3=J. |last4=Fjeldså |first4=J. |last5=Ho |first5=S. Y. W. |last6=Houde |first6=P. |last7=Nguyen |first7=J. M. T. |last8=Stiller |first8=J. |year=2024 |title=Calibrating the genomic clock of modern birds using fossils |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=121 |issue=39 |at=e2405887121 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2405887121 |pmid=39284060 |doi-access=free |pmc=11441564 |bibcode=2024PNAS..12105887C }}</ref> while Wu ''et al.'' (2024) rejected these criticisms.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wu |first1=S. |last2=Rheindt |first2=F. E. |last3=Zhang |first3=J. |last4=Wang |first4=J. |last5=Zhang |first5=L. |last6=Quan |first6=C. |last7=Li |first7=Z. |last8=Wang |first8=M. |last9=Wu |first9=F. |last10=Qu |first10=Y. |last11=Edwards |first11=S. V. |last12=Zhou |first12=Z. |last13=Liu |first13=L. |year=2024 |title=Reply to Claramunt et al.: Robustness of the Cretaceous radiation of crown aves |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=121 |issue=39 |at=e2412448121 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2412448121 |pmid=39284071 |doi-access=free |pmc=11441489 |bibcode=2024PNAS..12112448W }}</ref>
* A study on the impression of the skeleton of a small [[flamingo]] described from the late Cenozoic Pie de Vaca site ([[Mexico]]) is published by Galicia-Coleote, Cruz & Eduardo Corona-M (2024), who interpret the studied imprint as representing an adult flamingo different from known the American extant and extinct species, providing evidence of the presence of a group of small flamingos in the late Cenozoic of North America.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Galicia-Coleote |first1=O. |last2=Cruz |first2=J. A. |last3=Corona-M |first3=E. |year=2024 |title=A new approach to the fossil flamingo from Pie de Vaca locality (Puebla, Central México) and some taxonomic and biogeographic implications |journal=Geobios |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2024.05.007 }}</ref>
* Revision of the systematics and nomenclature of the [[dodo]], the [[Rodrigues solitaire]] and the family-group nomina based upon them is published by Young ''et al.'' (2024), who name the new subtribe [[Raphina (subtribe)|Raphina]] for the two taxa.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Young |first1=M. T. |last2=Hume |first2=J. P. |last3=Day |first3=M. O. |last4=Douglas |first4=R. P. |last5=Simmons |first5=Z. M. |last6=White |first6=J. |last7=Heller |first7=M. O. |last8=Gostling |first8=N. J. |year=2024 |title=The systematics and nomenclature of the Dodo and the Solitaire (Aves: Columbidae), and an overview of columbid family-group nomina |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=201 |issue=4 |at=zlae086 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae086 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Zelenkov (2024) describes a fragmentary humerus of a [[buttonquail]] from the Lower Pleistocene strata from the Taurida Cave (Crimea), representing the first record of a member of the family Turnicidae from Eurasia from the Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene interval.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zelenkov |first=N. V. |year=2024 |title=Unexpected Find of a Buttonquail (Aves: Charadriiformes: Turnicidae) in the Lower Pleistocene of Crimea |journal=Doklady Biological Sciences |volume=513 |issue=1 supplement |pages=S1–S4 |doi=10.1134/S0012496623600148 |pmid=38190042 |s2cid=266843308 }}</ref>
* Goodman & Rasolonjatovo (2024) study the carpal [[Spur (zoology)|spur]] of the [[Malagasy lapwing]], find it to be larger than wing spurs of living lapwings, and interpret it as likely used for defence against predators.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Goodman |first1=S. M. |last2=Rasolonjatovo |first2=H. A. M. |title=Description of the wing spur in the subfossil Malagasy lapwing, ''Vanellus madagascariensis'' (Aves: Charadriiformes, Charadriidae): Insights into some of its possible life history traits and why it is extinct |journal=Geobios |year=2024 |volume=85 |pages=19–24 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.002 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024Geobi..85...19G }}</ref>
* Abbassi ''et al.'' (2024) describe an assemblage of vertebrate footprints from the Oligocene Lower Red Formation ([[Iran]]), including footprints of small shorebirds and possible herons and storks.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Abbassi |first1=N. |last2=Tinooni |first2=M. S. |last3=Ghorbani Dehnavi |first3=M. |last4=Shakeri |first4=S. |last5=Eshaghi |first5=A. |year=2024 |title=Oligocene vertebrate footprints from the Lower Red Formation, Central Iran |journal=Fossil Record |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=265–287 |doi=10.3897/fr.27.133914 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024FossR..27..265A }}</ref>
* Mayr & Kitchener (2024) describe a [[tarsometatarsus]] and an associated [[Pes (anatomy)|pedal]] [[Phalanx bone|phalanx]] from the Eocene London Clay (United Kingdom), showing similarities to bones of [[frigatebird]]s and interpreted as possible fossil material of ''[[Marinavis|Marinavis longirostris]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mayr |first1=G. |last2=Kitchener |first2=A. C. |year=2024 |title=A large frigatebird-like tarsometatarsus from the London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze may shed light on the affinities of a poorly known early Eocene seabird taxon |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=523–528 |doi=10.4202/app.01169.2024 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Guilherme ''et al.'' (2024) report the first discovery of the left [[tibiotarsus]] of ''[[Macranhinga|Macranhinga ranzii]]'' from the Miocene [[Solimões Formation]] ([[Brazil]]), and estimate the body mass of the studied darter as ranging from 14.39 to 19.1 kg.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Guilherme |first1=E. |last2=Mendes |first2=I. D. |last3=D'Apolito |first3=C. |last4=Souza |first4=L. G. |last5=Negri |first5=F. R. |last6=Magalhães |first6=K. G. |last7=Souza-Filho |first7=J. P. |title=The tibiotarsus of a giant darter from the upper Miocene of Amazonia and weight estimates for fossil darters |year=2024 |journal=Palaeoworld |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2024.10.003 }}</ref>
* Zelenkov ''et al.'' (2024) describe fossil material of a large marine bird from the Eocene Tavda Formation ([[Tyumen Oblast]], [[Russia]]), interpreted as evidence of a worldwide distribution of [[Crown group#Stem groups|stem]] albatrosses or similar large [[Procellariiformes|procellariiforms]] as early as the Eocene.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zelenkov |first1=N. V. |last2=Maslintsyna |first2=M. P. |last3=Malyshkina |first3=T. P. |last4=Maslennikov |first4=A. A. |last5=Syromyatnikova |first5=E. V. |last6=Gimranov |first6=D. O. |title=A Large Marine Bird (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Eocene of Western Siberia |journal=Doklady Biological Sciences |year=2024 |volume=518 |issue=1 |pages=230–233 |doi=10.1134/S0012496624600131 |pmid=39128959 }}</ref>
* A study on the internal structure and resistance to bending forces of [[Tarsometatarsus|tarsometatarsi]] of extant and Eocene penguins is published by Jadwiszczak, Krüger & Mörs (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jadwiszczak |first1=P. |last2=Krüger |first2=A. |last3=Mörs |first3=T. |title=Fossil and modern penguin tarsometatarsi: cavities, vascularity, and resilience |journal=Integrative Zoology |year=2024 |doi=10.1111/1749-4877.12852 |doi-access=free |pmid=38858828 }}</ref>
* A new specimen of ''[[Palaeeudyptes]]'' is described by Xia, Pei & Li (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Xia |first1=Bo-Yang |last2=Pei |first2=Jun-Ling |last3=Li |first3=Quan-Guo |title=A new penguin fossil from Seymour Island and reassessment of taxonomy and diversity of Eocene Antarctic penguins |journal=Palaeoworld |date=2024 |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=1668–1680 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2024.04.007|bibcode=2024Palae..33.1668X }}</ref>
* A study on the long limb bone microstructure of extant [[king penguin]]s throughout their ontogeny is published by Canoville, Robin & de Buffrénil (2024), who find evidence of substantial intraspecific variability regardless of the ontogenetic stage, and evidence indicating that limb bones of king penguins reach adult size early in the development while their microstructure continues to change until adulthood; on the basis of their findings the authors do not consider the conclusions of Cerda, Tambussi & Degrange (2014)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cerda |first1=I. A. |last2=Tambussi |first2=C. P. |last3=Degrange |first3=F. J. |year=2014 |title=Unexpected microanatomical variation among Eocene Antarctic stem penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=27 |issue=5 |pages=549–557 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2014.896907 |hdl=11336/41915 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> and Ksepka ''et al.'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ksepka |first1=D. T. |last2=Werning |first2=S. |last3=Sclafani |first3=M. |last4=Boles |first4=Z. M. |year=2015 |title=Bone histology in extant and fossil penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes) |journal=Journal of Anatomy |volume=227 |issue=5 |pages=611–630 |doi=10.1111/joa.12367 |pmid=26360700 |pmc=4609197 }}</ref> about the paleobiology of fossil penguins to be properly supported by their data.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Canoville |first1=A. |last2=Robin |first2=J.-P. |last3=de Buffrénil |first3=V. |title=Ontogenetic development of limb bone microstructure in the king penguin, ''Aptenodytes patagonicus'' (Miller, 1778), with considerations for palaeoecological inferences in Sphenisciformes |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |year=2024 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae002 }}</ref>
* The evolutionary dynamics of [[microsatellite]]s in [[Adélie penguin]]s based on both modern and ancient genetic samples (up to 46.5 thousand years old) are studied by McComish ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McComish |first1=Bennet J |last2=Charleston |first2=Michael A |last3=Parks |first3=Matthew |last4=Baroni |first4=Carlo |last5=Salvatore |first5=Maria Cristina |last6=Li |first6=Ruiqiang |last7=Zhang |first7=Guojie |last8=Millar |first8=Craig D |last9=Holland |first9=Barbara R |last10=Lambert |first10=David M |title=Ancient and Modern Genomes Reveal Microsatellites Maintain a Dynamic Equilibrium Through Deep Time |journal=Genome Biology and Evolution |date=2024 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=evae017 |doi=10.1093/gbe/evae017|pmid=38412309 |pmc=10972684 }}</ref>
* Torres Etchegorry & Degrange (2024) reconstruct [[endocast]] of ''[[Argentavis|Argentavis magnificens]]'', and interpret its probable brain morphology as suggesting that ''Argentavis'' was a scavenger or even a [[Kleptoparasitism|kleptoparasitic]] bird, living in open areas without much vegetation.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Torres Etchegorry |first1=M. |last2=Degrange |first2=F. J. |title=Insights into ''Argentavis magnificens'' (Aves, Teratornithidae) lifestyle based on neuroanatomy |journal=Journal of Anatomy |year=2024 |doi=10.1111/joa.14184 |pmid=39626195 }}</ref>
* Leoni ''et al.'' (2024) describe the first fossil material of a [[turkey vulture]] from cave deposits in northeastern Brazil, which preserves trace marks likely produced by a felid and indicating that the vulture died in the cave it was discovered in.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Leoni |first1=R |last2=Alves-Silva |first2=L |last3=da Costa |first3=J |last4=de Araujo-Junior |first4=H |last5=Dantas |first5=M |date=2024 |title=First fossil record of a Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) in northeast of Brazil: Taxonomy, ichnology, and taphonomic history |url= |journal=South American Earth Sciences |volume= 136|issue= |pages= |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104831 |bibcode=2024JSAES.13604831L |s2cid=267602385 |access-date=}}</ref>
* A study on the age of remains of [[California condor]]s from the Mule Ears Peak Cave ([[Texas]], United States) is published by Emslie (2024), who find evidence of the presence of condors at the studied site beginning at ~15,000 calendar years before present and evidence of definite nesting ~13,000 calendar years before present, reports evidence from stable isotope analysis of bone collagen interpreted as indicating that the studied condors fed on [[megafauna]] living in a desert grassland ecosystem, and interprets these findings as indicating that the disappearance of the California condor from the inland west of North America as related to the extinctions of megafauna the end of the Pleistocene.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Emslie |first=S. D. |title=A late Pleistocene nest cave of ''Gymnogyps californianus'' (California Condor) in Texas: New radiocarbon and stable isotope analyses |journal=Ornithology |date=2024 |volume=141 |issue=4 |doi=10.1093/ornithology/ukae032 }}</ref>
* The colonization of the [[Mediterranean Basin]] by [[Bonelli's eagle]] is studied by Moleón ''et al.'' (2024), drawing on data from environmental favorability, [[genetic structure]], the fossil record, and ecological relationships with [[golden eagle]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Moleón |first1=Marcos |last2=Graciá |first2=Eva |last3=García |first3=Nuria |last4=Gil-Sánchez |first4=José M. |last5=Godinho |first5=Raquel |last6=Beja |first6=Pedro |last7=Palma |first7=Luís |last8=Real |first8=Joan |last9=Hernández-Matías |first9=Antonio |last10=Muñoz |first10=A. Román |last11=Arrondo |first11=Eneko |last12=Sánchez-Zapata |first12=José A. |title=Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived raptor |journal=People and Nature |date=2024 |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=1303–1319 |doi=10.1002/pan3.10642|doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PeoNa...6.1303M }}</ref>
* Acosta Hospitaleche & Jones (2024) describe fossil material of a large-bodied (with an estimated body mass of around 100&nbsp;kg) [[Phorusrhacidae|phorusrhacid]] or phorusrhacid-like bird from the Eocene [[La Meseta Formation]] ([[Seymour Island]], [[Antarctica]]), interpreted by the authors as likely [[apex predator]] of Antarctica during the Eocene.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Acosta Hospitaleche |first1=C. |last2=Jones |first2=W. |title=Were terror birds the apex continental predators of Antarctica? New findings in the early Eocene of Seymour Island |year=2024 |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=27 |issue=1 |at=27.1.a13 |doi=10.26879/1340 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships and on the evolution of body size and cursoriality in phorusrhacids, providing evidence of niche partitioning and competitive exclusion that controlled phorusrhacid diversity, is published by LaBarge, Gardner & Organ (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=LaBarge |first1=T. W. |last2=Gardner |first2=J. D. |last3=Organ |first3=C. L. |year=2024 |title=The evolution and ecology of gigantism in terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=291 |issue=2021 |at=20240235 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2024.0235 |pmid=38654650 |pmc=11040249 |pmc-embargo-date=April 24, 2025 }}</ref>
* Acosta Hospitaleche & Jones (2024) describe partial tibiotarsus of a [[Psilopterinae|psilopterine]] phorusrhacid from the Eocene (Lutetian) Sarmiento Formation (Argentina), interpreted as belonging to a bird with an estimated body mass of approximately 5&nbsp;kg.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Acosta Hospitaleche |first1=C. |last2=Jones |first2=W. |year=2024 |title=Insights on the oldest terror bird (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) from the Eocene of Argentina |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–9 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2304592 |s2cid=267475903 }}</ref>
* Partial tibiotarsus of an indeterminate phorusrhacid, possibly representing the largest member of the family reported to date, is described from the [[La Victoria Formation]] ([[Colombia]]) by Degrange ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Degrange |first1=F. J. |last2=Cooke |first2=S. B. |last3=Ortiz-Pabon |first3=L. G. |last4=Pelegrin |first4=J. S. |last5=Perdomo |first5=C. A. |last6=Salas-Gismondi |first6=R. |last7=Link |first7=A. |title=A gigantic new terror bird (Cariamiformes, Phorusrhacidae) from Middle Miocene tropical environments of La Venta in northern South America |year=2024 |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=10 |issue=6 |at=e1601 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1601 |bibcode=2024PPal...10E1601D }}</ref>
* A [[carpometacarpus]] of a [[Cuban macaw]] is described from the [[Pleistocene]] of El Abrón Cave ([[Cuba]]) by Zelenkov (2024).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zelenkov |first1=N. V. |title=Cuban Macaw ''Ara tricolor'' in the Upper Pleistocene of Western Cuba |journal=Doklady Biological Sciences |date=2024 |volume=516 |issue=1 |pages=32–35 |doi=10.1134/S0012496624700947|pmid=38538825 }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of ''[[Wieslochia|Wieslochia weissi]]'', ''[[Crosnoornis|Crosnoornis nargizia]]'', ''[[Jamna (bird)|Jamna szybiaki]]'', ''[[Resoviaornis|Resoviaornis jamrozi]]'' and an unnamed passerine from the Oligocene of France described by Riamon, Tourment & Louchart (2020)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Riamon |first1=S. |last2=Tourment |first2=N. |last3=Louchart |first3=A. |year=2020 |title=The earliest Tyrannida (Aves, Passeriformes), from the Oligocene of France |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=10 |issue=1 |at=9776 |doi=10.1038/s41598-020-66149-9 |pmid=32555197 |pmc=7299954 |bibcode=2020NatSR..10.9776R }}</ref> is published by Lowi-Merri ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lowi-Merri |first1=T. M. |last2=Gjevori |first2=M. |last3=Bocheński |first3=Z. M. |last4=Wertz |first4=K. |last5=Claramunt |first5=S. |year=2024 |title=Total-evidence dating and the phylogenetic affinities of early fossil passerines |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |at=2356086 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2356086 |bibcode=2024JSPal..2256086L }}</ref>
* De Pietri ''et al.'' (2024) report evidence of the presence of 10 and 17 passerine species in the Miocene [[St Bathans fauna]] (New Zealand), including a [[honeyeater]] larger than extant [[tūī|tui]] and a [[Cracticinae|cracticid]] comparable in size to extant [[Australian magpie]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=De Pietri |first1=V. L. |last2=Scofield |first2=R. P. |last3=Hand |first3=S. J. |last4=Archer |first4=M. |last5=Worthy |first5=T. H. |year=2024 |title=A preliminary assessment of the diversity of songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from the Miocene St. Bathans Fauna, New Zealand |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=44 |issue=1 |at=e2400252 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2400252 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2024JVPal..44E0252D }}</ref>
* Pöllath & Peters (2024) study the composition of early Holocene bird assemblages from southeast [[Turkey]], northern [[Syria]] and northern [[Iraq]], providing evidence of changes of bird species ranges related to climatic changes during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, aridification during the Holocene and human activities.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pöllath |first1=N. |last2=Peters |first2=J. |year=2024 |title=Early Neolithic avifaunal remains from southeast Anatolia provide insight into Early Holocene species distributions and long-term shifts in their range |journal=Ibis |volume=166 |issue=4 |pages=1264–1279 |doi=10.1111/ibi.13341 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Evidence of disproportionate loss of global bird diversity resulting from extinction caused by human activities since the Late Pleistocene is presented by Matthews ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Matthews |first1=T. J. |last2=Triantis |first2=K. A. |last3=Wayman |first3=J. P. |last4=Martin |first4=T. E. |last5=Hume |first5=J. P. |last6=Cardoso |first6=P. |last7=Faurby |first7=S. |last8=Mendenhall |first8=C. D. |last9=Dufour |first9=P. |last10=Rigal |first10=F. |last11=Cooke |first11=R. |last12=Whittaker |first12=R. J. |last13=Pigot |first13=A. L. |last14=Thébaud |first14=C. |last15=Wagner Jørgensen |first15=M. |last16=Benavides |first16=E. |last17=Soares |first17=F. C. |last18=Ulrich |first18=W. |last19=Kubota |first19=Y. |last20=Sadler |first20=J. P. |last21=Tobias |first21=J. A. |last22=Sayol |first22=F. |title=The global loss of avian functional and phylogenetic diversity from anthropogenic extinctions |year=2024 |journal=Science |volume=386 |issue=6717 |pages=55–60 |doi=10.1126/science.adk7898 |pmid=39361743 |bibcode=2024Sci...386...55M }}</ref>

== Pterosaurs ==

=== New pterosaur taxa ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" align="center"
!Name
!Novelty
!Status
!Authors
!Age
!Type locality
!Country
!Notes
!Images
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''[[Akharhynchus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Jacobs |first1=M. L. |last2=Smith |first2=R. E. |last3=Zouhri |first3=S. |year=2024 |title=A new ornithocheirid pterosaur (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiridae) from the mid-Cretaceous Ifezouane Formation, Kem Kem Group of Morocco |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=166 |at=106015 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106015 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
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Jacobs, Smith & Zouhri
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Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
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Ifezouane Formation
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{{Flag|Morocco}}
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A member of the family [[Ornithocheiridae]]. The type species is ''A. martilli''.
|[[File:Akharhynchus_(holotype_rostrum).jpg|frameless]]
|-
| ''[[Ceoptera]]''<ref name="Ceoptera">{{Cite journal |last1=Martin-Silverstone |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Unwin |first2=David M. |last3=Cuff |first3=Andrew R. |last4=Brown |first4=Emily E. |last5=Allington-Jones |first5=Lu |last6=Barrett |first6=Paul M. |date=2024-02-05 |title=A new pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland and the early diversification of flying reptiles |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=43 |issue=4 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2023.2298741 |issn=0272-4634|doi-access=free }}</ref>
| Gen. et sp. nov
| Valid
| Martin-Silverstone ''et al.''
| [[Middle Jurassic]]
| [[Kilmaluag Formation]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| A [[darwinoptera]]n. The type species is ''C. evansae''.
|
|-
|
''[[Haliskia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pentland |first1=A. H. |last2=Poropat |first2=S. F. |last3=Duncan |first3=R. J. |last4=Kellner |first4=A. W. A. |last5=Bantim |first5=R. A. M. |last6=Bevitt |first6=J. J. |last7=Tait |first7=A. M. |last8=Grice |first8=K. |title=''Haliskia peterseni'', a new anhanguerian pterosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Australia |year=2024 |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=14 |issue=1 |at=11789 |doi=10.1038/s41598-024-60889-8 |doi-access=free |pmid=38866826 |pmc=11169243 |bibcode=2024NatSR..1411789P }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Pentland ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous (Albian)
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[[Toolebuc Formation]]
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A member of [[Anhangueria]]. The type species is ''H. peterseni''.
|[[File:Haliskia Life Restoration.png|frameless]]
|-
|
''[[Inabtanin]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rosenbach |first1=K. L. |last2=Goodvin |first2=D. M. |last3=Albshysh |first3=M. G. |last4=Azzam |first4=H. A. |last5=Smadi |first5=A. A. |last6=Mustafa |first6=H. A. |last7=Zalmout |first7=I. S. A. |last8=Wilson Mantilla |first8=J. A. |year=2024 |title=New pterosaur remains from the Late Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia provide insight into flight capacity of large pterosaurs |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=44 |issue=1 |at=e2385068 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2385068 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2024JVPal..44E5068R }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Rosenbach ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
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[[Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation]]
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{{Flag|Jordan}}
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A member of [[Azhdarchoidea]]. The type species is ''I. alarabia''.
|[[File:Inabtanin_Skeletal.svg|frameless]]
|-
| ''[[Melkamter]]''<ref name="Melkamter">{{Cite journal |last1=Fernandes |first1=Alexandra E. |last2=Pol |first2=Diego |last3=Rauhut |first3=Oliver W. M. |date=2024-12-11 |title=The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina |journal=[[Royal Society Open Science]] |language=en |volume=11 |issue=12 |doi=10.1098/rsos.241238 |pmid=39665092 |pmc=11631458 |issn=2054-5703}}</ref>
| Gen. et sp. nov
| Valid
| Fernandes, Pol & Rauhut
| [[Early Jurassic]]
| [[Cañadón Asfalto Formation]]
| {{flag|Argentina}}
| A [[monofenestrata]]n. The type species is ''M. pateko''.
| [[File:Melkamter (life restoration).jpg|frameless]]
|-
|
''[[Nipponopterus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zhou |first1=X. |last2=Ikegami |first2=N. |last3=Pêgas |first3=R. V. |last4=Yoshinaga |first4=T. |last5=Sato |first5=T. |last6=Mukunoki |first6=T. |last7=Otani |first7=J. |last8=Kobayashi |first8=Y. |title=Reassessment of an azhdarchid pterosaur specimen from the Mifune Group, Upper Cretaceous of Japan |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=167 |at=106046 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106046 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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|
Zhou ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Mifune Group]]
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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A member of the family [[Azhdarchidae]]. The type species is ''N. mifunensis''.
| [[File:Nipponopterus Skeletal.svg|frameless]]
|-
|
''[[Propterodactylus]]''<ref name=Propterodactylus>{{Cite journal |last1=Spindler |first1=Frederik |date=2024-07-23 |title=A pterosaurian connecting link from the Late Jurassic of Germany |url=https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024/5213-pterosaurian-connecting-link |journal=[[Palaeontologia Electronica]] |language=English |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=1–27 |doi=10.26879/1366 |issn=1094-8074|doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Spindler
|
[[Late Jurassic]]
| [[Painten Formation]]
| {{flag|Germany}}
| A [[Transitional fossil|transitional]] [[monofenestrata]]n. The type species is ''P. frankerlae''.
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[[File:Propterodactylus frankerlae (holotype).jpg|frameless]]
|-
|''[[Skiphosoura]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hone |first1=David William Elliott |last2=Fitch |first2=Adam |last3=Selzer |first3=Stefan |last4=Lauer |first4=René |last5=Lauer |first5=Bruce |date=2024-11-18 |title=A new and large monofenestratan reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs |journal=Current Biology |volume=34 |issue=23 |pages=5607–5614.e3 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.023 |pmid=39561774 |issn=0960-9822|doi-access=free |bibcode=2024CBio...34.5607H }}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
|
|Hone ''et al.''
|[[Late Jurassic]]
|[[Mörnsheim Formation]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
|A [[Transitional fossil|transitional]] [[Pterodactyliformes|pterodactyliform]]. The type species is ''S. bavarica''.
|
|-
|''[[Torukjara]]''<ref name="Torukjara">{{Cite journal |last1=Pêgas |first1=Rodrigo V. |date=2024-06-10 |title=A taxonomic note on the tapejarid pterosaurs from the Pterosaur Graveyard site (Caiuá Group, ?Early Cretaceous of Southern Brazil): evidence for the presence of two species |journal=[[Historical Biology]] |language=en |pages=1–22 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381306918 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2355664 |issn=0891-2963}}</ref>
|Gen. et sp. nov
|Valid
|Pêgas
|[[Early Cretaceous]]
|[[Caiuá Group]]
| {{flag|Brazil}}
|A [[Tapejaridae|tapejarid]]. The type species is ''T. bandeirae.''
|[[File:Torukjara_CP.V_8175.png|frameless]]
|}

=== Pterosaur research ===
* A study on the morphological diversity of hands and feet of pterosaurs throughout their evolutionary history is published by Smyth ''et al.'' (2024), who find evidence of changes of the hand and foot morphologies that were related to the shift from climbing lifestyles of early pterosaurs to primarily terrestrial lifestyles with more ground-based locomotion of later, short-tailed pterosaurs in the Middle Jurassic.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Smyth |first1=R. S. H. |last2=Breithaupt |first2=B. H. |last3=Butler |first3=R. J. |last4=Falkingham |first4=P. L. |last5=Unwin |first5=D. M. |year=2024 |title=Hand and foot morphology maps invasion of terrestrial environments by pterosaurs in the mid-Mesozoic |journal=Current Biology |volume=34 |issue=21 |pages=4894–4907.e3 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.014 |pmid=39368469 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024CBio...34.4894S }}</ref>
* A study on the cervical osteology of ''[[Anhanguera (pterosaur)|Anhanguera piscator]]'', ''[[Azhdarcho|Azhdarcho lancicollis]]'' and ''[[Rhamphorhynchus|Rhamphorhynchus muensteri]]'', aiming to reconstruct the cervical arthrology of pterosaurs and the position of the pterosaur neck at rest, is published by Buchmann & Rodrigues (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Buchmann |first1=R. |last2=Rodrigues |first2=T. |year=2024 |title=Arthrological reconstructions of the pterosaur neck and their implications for the cervical position at rest |journal=PeerJ |volume=12 |at=e16884 |doi=10.7717/peerj.16884 |pmc=10893864 |doi-access=free |pmid=38406270 }}</ref>
* A study on the palate structure in ''[[Kunpengopterus]]'', ''[[Hongshanopterus]]'', ''[[Hamipterus]]'' and ''[[Dsungaripterus]]'', providing new information on the relations between the [[Palatine bone|palatine]], ectopterygoid, [[maxilla]] and [[Pterygoid bone|pterygoid]] in the studied pterosaurs resulting in reinterpretation of the main palatal openings, and identifying an opening bordered anteriorly by the maxilla and posteriorly by the palatine that is unique within [[Diapsid]]a and might be a [[Apomorphy and synapomorphy|synapomorphy]] of Pterosauria, is published by Chen ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chen |first1=H. |last2=Jiang |first2=S. |last3=Kellner |first3=A. W. A. |last4=Wang |first4=X. |year=2024 |title=New insights into pterosaur cranial anatomy: X-ray imaging reveals palatal structure and evolutionary trends |journal=Communications Biology |volume=7 |issue=1 |at=456 |doi=10.1038/s42003-024-06132-6 |pmid=38609453 |pmc=11014945 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study aiming to determine the aerodynamic impact of large heads and head crests of pterosaurs is published by Henderson (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Henderson |first=D. M. |year=2024 |title=Using your head — cranial steering in pterosaurs |journal=The Science of Nature |volume=111 |issue=3 |at=29 |doi=10.1007/s00114-024-01915-7 |pmid=38713269 |bibcode=2024SciNa.111...29H }}</ref>
* Schade & Ansorge (2024) describe a fragmentary bone from the lower [[Toarcian]] strata of the [[Ciechocinek Formation|Grimmen Formation]] ([[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]], [[Germany]]), interpret as probable fused tibia and fibula of a pterosaur and the first record of a pterosaur from the studied strata.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Schade |first1=M. |last2=Ansorge |first2=J. |year=2024 |title=Enigmatic fragment possibly marks the first pterosaur record from the Lower Toarcian of Grimmen, NE Germany |journal=PalZ |doi=10.1007/s12542-024-00698-6 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Yun (2024) uses geometric morphometric analyses to investigate the relationships of pterosaur specimens from the Early Cretaceous [[Jinju Formation|Jinju]] and [[Hasandong Formation|Hasandong]] formations (South Korea), and suggests that the material likely cannot be assigned to the [[Boreopteridae]], as had previously been assumed.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Yun|first=Chan-Gyu|year=2024|title=Geometric morphometric approach to establish phylogenetic affinities of enigmatic pterosaur specimens from the Lower Cretaceous of South Korea|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae|volume=20|issue=1|pages=77–86|doi=10.35463/j.apr.2024.01.06|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* Cooper, Smith & Martill (2024) study fossilized gut contents of specimens of ''[[Dorygnathus|Dorygnathus banthensis]]'' and ''[[Campylognathoides|Campylognathoides zitteli]]'' from the [[Posidonia Shale]] ([[Germany]]), reporting evidence of ''Dorygnathus'' feeding on fishes and evidence of ''Campylognathoides'' feeding on belemnites.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cooper |first1=S. L. A. |last2=Smith |first2=R. E. |last3=Martill |first3=D. M. |year=2024 |title=Dietary tendencies of the Early Jurassic pterosaurs ''Campylognathoides'' Strand, 1928, and ''Dorygnathus'' Wagner, 1860, with additional evidence for teuthophagy in Pterosauria |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |at=e2403577 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2403577|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Habib & Hone (2024) study the variation seen in elements and body parts of specimens of ''[[Rhamphorhynchus|Rhamphorhynchus muensteri]]'', providing evidence of high levels of constraint throughout the [[Appendicular skeleton|appendicular]] and [[Axial skeleton|axial]] elements that were likely important for flight, and evidence of increased variability of tails of larger individuals, possibly related to the signalling function of the tail.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Habib |first1=M. B. |last2=Hone |first2=D. W. E. |year=2024 |title=Intraspecific variation in the pterosaur ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri''—implications for flight and socio-sexual signaling |journal=PeerJ |volume=12 |at=e17524 |doi=10.7717/peerj.17524 |doi-access=free |pmid=39035160 |pmc=11260407 }}</ref>
* Evidence from the study of tail vanes of specimens of ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri'' from the [[Solnhofen Limestone]] ([[Germany]]), providing evidence of the presence of thicker tube-like structures criss-crossing with thinner fibres, is presented by Jagielska ''et al.'' (2024), who interpret the studied structures as likely used to maintain stiffness of the tail vane during flight.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jagielska |first1=N. |last2=Kaye |first2=T. G. |last3=Habib |first3=M. B. |last4=Hirasawa |first4=T. |last5=Pittman |first5=M. |title=New soft tissue data of pterosaur tail vane reveals sophisticated, dynamic tensioning usage and expands its evolutionary origins |year=2024 |journal=eLife |volume=13 |at=RP100673 |doi=10.7554/eLife.100673 |pmid=39693234 |pmc=11655060 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* So, Kim & Won (2024) describe a nearly complete skeleton of a probable member of the genus ''[[Jeholopterus]]'' from the Lower Cretaceous [[Sinuiju Formation]], representing the first pterosaur recond from [[North Korea]] reported to date.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=So |first1=K. S. |last2=Kim |first2=P. H. |last3=Won |first3=C. G. |year=2024 |title=First Articulated Rhamphorhynchoid Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=57 |issue=1 supplement |pages=S90–S94 |doi=10.1134/S003103012360018X }}</ref>
* An incomplete hollow bone (possibly an ulna) of a possible [[Pterodactyloidea|pterodactyloid]] pterosaur with an estimated 3.5–4 m wingspan is described from the [[Bajocian]] Greetwell Member of the [[Lincolnshire Limestone Formation]] (Rutland, [[United Kingdom]]) by Withers ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Withers |first1=D. |last2=Martill |first2=D. M. |last3=Smith |first3=R. E. |last4=Ashton |first4=M. |last5=Chinsamy |first5=A. |last6=Wood |first6=C. |last7=Forrest |first7=R. |year=2024 |title=A large pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic (lower Bajocian) of Rutland, United Kingdom |journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association |volume=135 |issue=6 |pages=660–675 |doi=10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.09.003 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Heredia ''et al.'' (2024) describe new tracks of pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the [[Cenomanian]] [[Candeleros Formation]] (Argentina) with a different morphology from previously recorded tracks from this formation, interpreted as more likely produced by individuals of different ages rather than different species.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Heredia |first1=A. M. |last2=Díaz-Martínez |first2=I. |last3=Pazos |first3=P. J. |last4=de Valais |first4=S. |year=2024 |title=Pterosaur tracks from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina: Ichnotaxonomic and palaeoecological perspectives from Gondwana |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=650 |at=112338 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112338 |bibcode=2024PPP...65012338H }}</ref>
* Smyth & Unwin (2024) interpret ''[[Pterodactylus|Pterodactylus antiquus]]'' and ''[[Diopecephalus|Diopecephalus kochi]]'' as distinct pterodactyloid taxa that were not closely related.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Smyth |first1=R. S. H. |last2=Unwin |first2=D. M. |year=2024 |title=Re-evaluation of ''Pterodactylus antiquus'' and ''Diopecephalus kochi'': two troublesome taxonomic concepts |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |at=2421845 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2024.2421845 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Partial finger [[Phalanx bone|phalanx]] of a member of [[Ctenochasmatoidea]] with an estimated wingspan of at least 3 m, representing one of the first records of Jurassic pterodactyloids from the [[United Kingdom]], is described from the [[Kimmeridge Clay]] of Abingdon, Oxfordshire by Etienne ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Etienne |first1=J. L. |last2=Smith |first2=R. E. |last3=Unwin |first3=D. M. |last4=Smyth |first4=R. S. H. |last5=Martill |first5=D. M. |year=2024 |title=A 'giant' pterodactyloid pterosaur from the British Jurassic |journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association |volume=135 |issue=3 |pages=335–348 |doi=10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.05.002 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PrGA..135..335E }}</ref>
* Description of the anatomy of the ankle of ''[[Pterodaustro|Pterodaustro guinazui]]'' is published by Burlot ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Burlot |first1=R. |last2=Codorniú |first2=L. |last3=Defend |first3=L. |last4=Laurin |first4=M. |year=2024 |title=The ankle joint of ''Pterodaustro guinazui'' |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=69 |issue=2 |pages=329–350 |doi=10.4202/app.01097.2023 |doi-access=free |hdl=11336/240037 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* Redescription and a study on the affinities of ''[[Haopterus|Haopterus gracilis]]'' is published by Xu, Jiang & Wang (2024), who recover ''H. gracilis'' as a member of [[Istiodactyliformes]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Xu |first1=Y. |last2=Jiang |first2=S. |last3=Wang |first3=X. |year=2024 |title=The restudy of ''Haopterus gracilis'' from the Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=162 |at=105933 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105933 |bibcode=2024CrRes.16205933X }}</ref>
* Hone ''et al.'' (2024) report that the fossil material assigned to ''[[Luchibang|Luchibang xingzhe]]'' is a composite including remains of two pterosaurs, restrict the [[holotype]] to the rostrum and anterior mandible and consider this fossil material to be sufficient to confirm that ''L. xingzhe'' was a valid [[Istiodactylidae|istiodactylid]] taxon, and interpret the purported postcranial material of ''L. xingzhe'' as remains of an indeterminate member of [[Azhdarchomorpha]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hone |first1=D. W. E. |last2=Jiang |first2=S. |last3=Fitch |first3=A. J. |last4=Xu |first4=Y. |last5=Xu |first5=X. |title=A reassessment on ''Luchibang xingzhe'': A still valid istiodactylid pterosaur within a chimera |year=2024 |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=27 |issue=2 |at=27.2.a41 |doi=10.26879/1359 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Ciaffi & Bellardini (2024) describe isolated teeth of indeterminate members of [[Ornithocheiriformes]] from the [[Lohan Cura Formation]] ([[Neuquén Province]], [[Argentina]]), providing evidence of a more abundant and diversified ornithocheiriform fauna in the south of the Neuquén Basin (at least in the [[Albian]]) than previously known.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ciaffi |first1=A. |last2=Bellardini |first2=F. |year=2024 |title=Pterosaur teeth from the Southern Neuquén Basin (Patagonia, Argentina): New insights on the reconstruction of ornithocheiriform dental anatomy |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=69 |issue=1 |pages=73–86 |doi=10.4202/app.01122.2023 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study evaluating the ability of different proposed take-off motions of pterosaurs to produce leverage during the launch phase, as indicated by tests using a musculoskeletal model based on an indeterminate [[ornithocheirae]]an pterosaur with a 5 m wingspan, is published by Griffin ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Griffin |first1=B. W. |last2=Martin-Silverstone |first2=E. |last3=Pêgas |first3=R. V. |last4=Meilak |first4=E. A. |last5=Costa |first5=F. R. |last6=Palmer |first6=C. |last7=Rayfield |first7=E. J. |year=2024 |title=Modelling take-off moment arms in an ornithocheiraean pterosaur |journal=PeerJ |volume=12 |at=e17678 |doi=10.7717/peerj.17678 |doi-access=free |pmid=39119105 |pmc=11308997 }}</ref>
* Cadena, Atuesta-Ortiz & Wilson Mantilla (2024) describe pterosaur fossil material from the [[Valanginian]] [[Rosablanca Formation]] and the [[Barremian]] [[Paja Formation]] ([[Colombia]]), including fossil material of an ''[[Anhanguera (pterosaur)|Anhanguera]]''-like specimen extending known fossil record of such pterosaurs into the earliest part of the Cretaceous.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cadena |first1=E.-A. |last2=Atuesta-Ortiz |first2=D. A. |last3=Wilson Mantilla |first3=J. A. |year=2024 |title=New pterosaur fossils from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=151 |at=105273 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105273 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Redescription of the anatomy of the postcranial skeleton of ''[[Dsungaripterus|Dsungaripterus weii]]'' is published by Song, Jiang & Wang (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Song |first1=J. |last2=Jiang |first2=S. |last3=Wang |first3=X. |year=2024 |title=Postcranial anatomy of ''Dsungaripterus weii'' (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiroidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Wuerho, China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |at=e2402042 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2402042}}</ref>
* Large pterosaur footprints, likely produced by ''Dsungaripterus weii'', are described from the Lower Cretaceous strata from the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, China) by Li ''et al.'' (2024), who name a new ichnotaxon ''[[Pteraichnus|Pteraichnus junggarensis]]'' and study the relationship between [[Pes (anatomy)|pes]] length and hip height in pterosaurs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Y. |last2=Wang |first2=X. |last3=Jiang |first3=S. |last4=Song |first4=J. |year=2024 |title=First deciphering of large pterosaur footprints and their trackmaker in the Junggar Basin, China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=167 |at=106036 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106036}}</ref>
* Jung & Huh (2024) describe pterosaur tracks from the [[Turonian]] Jangdong Formation ([[South Korea]]), interpreted as likely produced by small-bodied or immature [[Azhdarchidae|azhdarchids]] and as probable evidence of gregariousness of the trackmakers.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jung |first1=J. |last2=Huh |first2=M. |year=2024 |title=New Pterosaur Tracks from the Hwasun Seoyuri Tracksite (Turonian) of South Korea: Implications for their Ecological Niche and Habitat |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=645 |at=112218 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112218 |bibcode=2024PPP...64512218J }}</ref>

== Other archosaurs ==
=== Other new archosaur taxa ===
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''[[Gondwanax]]''<ref name="Gondwanax">{{Cite journal |last1=Temp Müller |first1=Rodrigo |date=2024 |title=A new "silesaurid" from the oldest dinosauromorph-bearing beds of South America provides insights into the early evolution of bird-line archosaurs |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1342937X24002764 |journal=[[Gondwana Research]] |volume=137 |issue=in press |pages=13–28 |language=en |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2024.09.007}}</ref>
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Middle–Late Triassic ([[Ladinian]]–early [[Carnian]])
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A [[sulcimentisauria]]n member of the possibly [[paraphyletic]] family [[Silesauridae]]. The type species is ''G. paraisensis''.
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=== Other archosaur research ===
* Garcia ''et al.'' (2024) describe two new [[Lagerpetidae|lagerpetid]] specimens from the [[Carnian]] strata of the upper [[Santa Maria Formation]] ([[Brazil]]), interpreted as indicative of a [[Sympatry|sympatric]] occurrence of lagerpetids representing different morphotypes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Garcia |first1=M. S. |last2=Fonseca |first2=A. O. |last3=Doering |first3=M. |last4=da Rosa |first4=Á. A. S. |last5=Müller |first5=R. T. |year=2024 |title=A new sympatric occurrence of lagerpetids (Pan-Aves, Pterosauromorpha) in the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=140 |at=104897 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104897 |bibcode=2024JSAES.14004897G }}</ref>
* Agnolín ''et al.'' (2024) revise the anatomy of the pelvic girdle of ''[[Lagerpeton|Lagerpeton chanarensis]]'', reinterpreting it as likely to have a sprawling gait.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Agnolín |first1=F. L. |last2=Novas |first2=F. E. |last3=Ezcurra |first3=M. D. |last4=Miner |first4=S. |last5=Müller |first5=R. T. |year=2024 |title=Comments on the pelvic girdle anatomy of ''Lagerpeton chanarensis'' Romer, 1971 (Archosauria) and its implications on the posture and gait of early pterosauromorphs |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=307 |issue=4 |pages=1001–1010 |doi=10.1002/ar.25389 |pmid=38263641 |s2cid=267197820 }}</ref>
* A study on the anatomy of the skeleton and musculature of the hindlimbs of ''[[Lagosuchus|Lagosuchus talampayensis]]'' is published by Otero, Bishop & Hutchinson (2024), who find that the fossil material of ''L. talampayensis'' is curated with skeletal elements of members of other taxa, and estimate moment-generating capacities of reconstructed musculature.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Otero |first1=A. |last2=Bishop |first2=P. J. |last3=Hutchinson |first3=J. R. |year=2024 |title=Hindlimb biomechanics of ''Lagosuchus talampayensis'' (Archosauria, Dinosauriformes), with comments on skeletal morphology |journal=Journal of Anatomy |doi=10.1111/joa.14183 |doi-access=free |pmid=39630643 }}</ref>

== General research ==
* A study on the evolution of locomotion in [[Archosauromorpha|archosauromorph]] reptiles is published by Shipley ''et al.'' (2024), who interpret their findings as indicative of greater range in limb form and locomotor modes of dinosaurs compared to other archosauromorph groups, and argue that the ability to adopt a wider variety of limb forms and modes might have given dinosaurs a competitive advantage over pseudosuchians.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Shipley |first1=A. E. |last2=Elsler |first2=A. |last3=Singh |first3=S. A. |last4=Stubbs |first4=T. L. |last5=Benton |first5=M. J. |year=2024 |title=Locomotion and the early Mesozoic success of Archosauromorpha |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=11 |issue=2 |at=231495 |doi=10.1098/rsos.231495 |pmid=38328568 |pmc=10846959 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024RSOS...1131495S }}</ref>
* A study on the body size evolution of non-avian dinosaurs and Mesozoic birds is published by Wilson ''et al.'' (2024), who find no evidence that [[Bergmann's rule]] applied to the studied taxa.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wilson |first1=L. N. |last2=Gardner |first2=J. D. |last3=Wilson |first3=J. P. |last4=Farnsworth |first4=A. |last5=Perry |first5=Z. R. |last6=Druckenmiller |first6=P. S. |last7=Erickson |first7=G. M. |last8=Organ |first8=C. L. |year=2024 |title=Global latitudinal gradients and the evolution of body size in dinosaurs and mammals |journal=Nature Communications |volume=15 |issue=1 |at=2864 |doi=10.1038/s41467-024-46843-2 |pmid=38580657 |pmc=10997647 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024NatCo..15.2864W }}</ref>
* Knoll, Ishikawa & Kawabe (2024) present a new method which can be used to determine the brain volume of extinct archosaurs on the basis their endocranial cavity volume.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Knoll |first1=F. |last2=Ishikawa |first2=A. |last3=Kawabe |first3=S. |year=2024 |title=A proxy for brain-to-endocranial cavity index in non-neornithean dinosaurs and other extinct archosaurs |journal=Journal of Comparative Neurology |volume=532 |issue=3 |at=e25597 |doi=10.1002/cne.25597 |pmid=38588163 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Malafaia ''et al.'' (2024) revise fossils from [[Portugal]] that were historically assigned to ''[[Megalosaurus]]'', and find that the majority of this fossil material represents bones of members of different theropod groups, but also that the studied material includes stegosaurian, iguanodontian, sauropod and thalattosuchian bones.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Malafaia |first1=E. |last2=Mocho |first2=P. |last3=Escaso |first3=F. |last4=Narvaéz |first4=I. |last5=Ortega |first5=F. |year=2024 |title=Taxonomic and stratigraphic update of the material historically attributed to ''Megalosaurus'' from Portugal |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=69 |issue=2 |pages=127–171 |doi=10.4202/app.01113.2023 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Dinosaur and probable crocodylomorph tracks, including some of the largest sauropod tracks worldwide, are described from the [[Bathonian]] strata in the El Mers area ([[Morocco]]) by Amzil ''et al.'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Amzil |first1=M. |last2=Oukassou |first2=M. |last3=Lallensack |first3=J. N. |last4=Klein |first4=H. |last5=Zafaty |first5=O. |last6=Saber |first6=H. |last7=Charrière |first7=A. |last8=Meyer |first8=C. |last9=Gierliński |first9=G. D. |year=2024 |title=New dinosaur tracks from the Middle Jurassic red beds of the Middle Atlas (Morocco): Application of photogrammetry to ichnology and conservation of geological heritage |journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association |volume=135 |issue=4 |pages=458–480 |doi=10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.06.004 |bibcode=2024PrGA..135..458A }}</ref>
* MacLennan ''et al.'' (2024) interpret exceptional preservation of fossils (including early birds and feathered non-avian dinosaurs) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (China) as unlikely to be linked to violent volcanic eruptions.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=MacLennan |first1=S. A. |last2=Sha |first2=J. |last3=Olsen |first3=P. E. |last4=Kinney |first4=S. T. |last5=Chang |first5=C. |last6=Fang |first6=Y. |last7=Liu |first7=J. |last8=Slibeck |first8=B. B. |last9=Chen |first9=E. |last10=Schoene |first10=B. |year=2024 |title=Extremely rapid, yet noncatastrophic, preservation of the flattened-feathered and 3D dinosaurs of the Early Cretaceous of China |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=121 |issue=47 |at=e2322875121 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2322875121 |pmid=39495941 |pmc=11588062 |pmc-embargo-date=May 4, 2025 }}</ref>

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