View source for 2019 in archosaur paleontology

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This article records new [[taxa]] of [[fossil]] [[archosaur]]s of every kind that are scheduled [[binomial nomenclature|described]] during the year 2019, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to [[paleontology]] of archosaurs that are scheduled to occur in the year 2019.

==General research==
* An archosaur trackway consisting of 10 successive [[Pes (anatomy)|pes]] imprints will be described from the [[Upper Triassic]] Irohalene Member of the [[Timezgadiouine Formation]] ([[Morocco]]) by Zouheir ''et al.'' (2019), supporting a cosmopolitan distribution of pentadactyl but functionally tridactyl [[Chirotheriidae|chirotheres]] (''[[Parachirotherium]]'') and [[Grallatoridae|grallatorids]] across the [[Ladinian]]-[[Carnian]] boundary, and documenting the occurrence of very large ''[[Eubrontes]]'' trackmakers in the early Carnian.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Tariq Zouheir |author2=Abdelkbir Hminna |author3=Hendrik Klein |author4=Abdelouahed Lagnaoui |author5=Hafid Saber |author6=Joerg W. Schneider |year=2019 |title=Unusual archosaur trackway and associated tetrapod ichnofauna from Irohalene member (Timezgadiouine formation, late Triassic, Carnian) of the Argana Basin, Western High Atlas, Morocco |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1513506 }}</ref>
* A study on assemblages of nesting [[ring-billed gull]]s, [[California gull]]s, [[American white pelican]]s and [[double-crested cormorant]]s at [[Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge]] ([[Montana]], [[United States]]), evaluating their utility as [[Taphonomy|taphonomic]] models for interpreting nesting sites of fossils archosaurs, will be published by Ferguson, Varricchio & Ferguson (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Ashley L. Ferguson |author2=David J. Varricchio |author3=Alex J. Ferguson |year=2019 |title=Nest site taphonomy of colonial ground-nesting birds at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1546699 }}</ref>
* A study on size and shape differences between brains and [[endocast]]s of extant [[American alligator]] and [[Chicken|domestic chicken]], and on its implications for inferring whether endocasts are a reliable proxy for brain [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]] in archosaurs in general, will be published by Watanabe ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Akinobu Watanabe |author2=Paul M. Gignac |author3=Amy M. Balanoff |author4=Todd L. Green |author5=Nathan J. Kley |author6=Mark A. Norell |year=2019 |title=Are endocasts good proxies for brain size and shape in archosaurs throughout ontogeny? |journal=Journal of Anatomy |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1111/joa.12918 |pmid=30506962 }}</ref>

==Pseudosuchians==

===Research===
* A study on the bone [[histology]] of ''[[Coahomasuchus]] chathamensis'', and on its implications for inferring [[ontogeny]] and growth strategy of this species, will be published by Hoffman, Heckert & Zanno (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Devin K. Hoffman |author2=Andrew B. Heckert |author3=Lindsay E. Zanno |year=2019 |title=Disparate growth strategies within Aetosauria: Novel histologic data from the aetosaur ''Coahomasuchus chathamensis'' |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1002/ar.24019 |pmid=30408334 }}</ref>
* A study on the anatomy of the best-preserved skeleton of ''[[Prestosuchus]] chiniquensis'', as well as on the phylogenetic relationships of this species, will be published by Roberto-Da-Silva ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Lúcio Roberto-Da-Silva |author2=Rodrigo Temp Müller |author3=Marco Aurélio Gallo de França |author4=Sérgio Furtado Cabreira |author5=Sérgio Dias-Da-Silva |year=2019 |title=An impressive skeleton of the giant top predator ''Prestosuchus chiniquensis'' (Pseudosuchia: Loricata) from the Triassic of Southern Brazil, with phylogenetic remarks |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1559841 }}</ref>
* Description of the anatomy of the skull of a new specimen of ''Prestosuchus chiniquensis'' from the ''Dinodontosaurus'' Assemblage Zone of the Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence, Santa Maria Super sequence ([[Brazil]]) is published by Mastrantonio ''et al.'' (2019), who also present the first description of a [[rauisuchia]]n cranial [[endocast]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Bianca Martins Mastrantonio |author2=María Belén Von Baczko |author3=Julia Brenda Desojo |author4=Cesar L. Schultz |year=2019 |title=The skull anatomy and cranial endocast of the pseudosuchid archosaur ''Prestosuchus chiniquensis'' from the Triassic of Brazil |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.4202/app.00527.2018 }}</ref>
* A study on habitat shifts during the evolutionary history of [[Crocodylomorpha]] is published by Wilberg, Turner & Brochu (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Eric W. Wilberg |author2=Alan H. Turner |author3=Christopher A. Brochu |year=2019 |title=Evolutionary structure and timing of major habitat shifts in Crocodylomorpha |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=9 |pages=Article number 514 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-36795-1 |pmid=30679529 |pmc=6346023 }}</ref>
* A study on the quality of the fossil record of non‐marine crocodylomorphs is published by Mannion ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Philip D. Mannion |author2=Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza |author3=Pedro L. Godoy |author4=Yung Nam Cheah |year=2019 |title=Spatiotemporal sampling patterns in the 230 million year fossil record of terrestrial crocodylomorphs and their impact on diversity |journal=Palaeontology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1111/pala.12419 }}</ref>
* New fossil material (an isolated left [[dentary]]) of ''[[Orthosuchus]] stormbergi'' will be described from the Upper [[Elliot Formation]] ([[South Africa]]) by Dollman, Viglietti & Choiniere (2019), who also examine the [[Stratigraphy|stratigraphic]] positions of all valid [[Crocodylomorpha|crocodylomorph]] specimens from the main [[Karoo Basin]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=K. N. Dollman |author2=P. A. Viglietti |author3=J. N. Choiniere |year=2019 |title=A new specimen of ''Orthosuchus stormbergi'' (Nash 1968) and a review of the distribution of Southern African Lower Jurassic crocodylomorphs |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1387110 }}</ref>
* [[Teleosauridae|Teleosaurid]] and [[Metriorhynchidae|metriorhynchid]] teeth will be described from, respectively, the [[Middle Jurassic]] ([[Aalenian]]) and [[Upper Jurassic]] ([[Tithonian]]) of [[Slovakia]] by Čerňanský ''et al.'' (2019), representing the first record of members of both families from the country.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Andrej Čerňanský |author2=Ján Schlögl |author3=Tomáš Mlynský |author4=Štefan Józsa |year=2019 |title=First evidence of the Jurassic thalattosuchian (both teleosaurid and metriorhynchid) crocodylomorphs from Slovakia (Western Carpathians) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1414212 }}</ref>
* Description of new fossil material of ''[[Pepesuchus]]'' from the [[Upper Cretaceous]] [[Adamantina Formation]] ([[Brazil]]) and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of this taxon is published by Geroto & Bertini (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Caio Fabricio Cezar Geroto |author2=Reinaldo J. Bertini |year=2019 |title=New material of ''Pepesuchus'' (Crocodyliformes; Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Bauru Group: implications about its phylogeny and the age of the Adamantina Formation |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=185 |issue=2 |pages=312–334 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zly037 }}</ref>
* Partial [[Dyrosauridae|dyrosaurid]] skeleton discovered in the 1930s in [[Paleocene]] ([[Danian]]) strata along the Atlantic coast of [[Senegal]] will be described by Martin, Sarr & Hautier (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jeremy E. Martin |author2=Raphaël Sarr |author3=Lionel Hautier |year=2019 |title=A dyrosaurid from the Paleocene of Senegal |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1017/jpa.2018.77 }}</ref>
* Revision of the large-sized [[neosuchia]]ns ''[[Kansajsuchus]]'' and "''[[Turanosuchus]]''" from the [[Late Cretaceous]] of Central Asia is published by Kuzmin ''et al.'' (2019), who interpret ''Kansajsuchus'' as a member of [[Paralligatoridae]], and consider ''Turanosuchus aralensis'' to be a member of the genus ''Kansajsuchus'' belonging or related to the species ''K. extensus''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ivan T. Kuzmin |author2=Pavel P. Skutschas |author3=Elizaveta A. Boitsova |author4=Hans-Dieter Sues |year=2019 |title=Revision of the large crocodyliform ''Kansajsuchus'' (Neosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Central Asia |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=185 |issue=2 |pages=335–387 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zly027 }}</ref>
* A study on the inner cavities of the skull of the [[holotype]] specimen of ''[[Lohuecosuchus]] megadontos'' is published by Serrano-Martínez ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Alejandro Serrano-Martínez |author2=Fabien Knoll |author3=Iván Narváez |author4=Stephan Lautenschlager |author5=Francisco Ortega |year=2019 |title=Inner skull cavities of the basal eusuchian ''Lohuecosuchus megadontos'' (Upper Cretaceous, Spain) and neurosensorial implications |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=93 |pages=66–77 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.016 }}</ref>
* New crocodylian fossils, documenting the presence of four previously unrecognised alligatoroids, are described from the Lower [[Miocene]] [[Castillo Formation, Venezuela|Castillo Formation]] ([[Venezuela]]) by Solórzano ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Andrés Solórzano |author2=Ascanio D. Rincón |author3=Giovanne M. Cidade |author4=Mónica Núñez-Flores |author5=Leonardo Sánchez |year=2019 |title=Lower Miocene alligatoroids (Crocodylia) from the Castillo Formation, northwest of Venezuela |journal=Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments |volume=in press |pages= |doi=10.1007/s12549-018-0332-5 }}</ref>
* Redescription of the [[holotype]] specimen of ''[[Mourasuchus]] arendsi'' from the [[Urumaco Formation]] of [[Venezuela]] will be published by Cidade ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Giovanne M. Cidade |author2=Andrés Solórzano |author3=Ascánio Daniel Rincón |author4=Douglas Riff |author5=Annie Schmaltz Hsiou |year=2019 |title=Redescription of the holotype of the Miocene crocodylian ''Mourasuchus arendsi'' (Alligatoroidea, Caimaninae) and perspectives on the taxonomy of the species |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1528246 }}</ref>
* A study on the [[histology]] of [[long bone]]s of extant [[yacare caiman]] and fossil caimans from the Upper Miocene–Pliocene [[Solimões Formation]] (Brazil) will be published by Andrade ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Rafael César Lima Pedroso de Andrade |author2=Mariana Valéria Araújo Sena |author3=Esaú Victor Araújo |author4=Renan Alfredo Machado Bantim |author5=Douglas Riff |author6=Juliana Manso Sayão |year=2019 |title=Osteohistological study on both fossil and living Caimaninae (Crocodyliformes, Crocodylia) from South America and preliminary comments on growth physiology and ecology |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1493475 }}</ref>
* Fossils of a specimen of ''[[Asiatosuchus]] depressifrons'' from the late [[Paleocene]] of Mont de [[Berru]] ([[France]]), representing the oldest European [[Crocodyloidea|crocodyloid]] remains reported so far, will be described by Delfino ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Massimo Delfino |author2=Jeremy E. Martin |author3=France de Lapparent de Broin |author4=Thierry Smith |year=2019 |title=Evidence for a pre-PETM dispersal of the earliest European crocodyloids |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1396323 }}</ref>
* A review of the taxonomic diversity of the crocodiles from the early [[Pliocene]] of [[Kanapoi]] ([[Kenya]]) will be published by Brochu (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Christopher A. Brochu |year=2019 |title=Pliocene crocodiles from Kanapoi, Turkana Basin, Kenya |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |volume=in press |pages= |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.10.003 |pmid=29132687 }}</ref>
* Evidence of [[Gavialinae|gavialine]]‐specific [[atavistic]] characters in the skeletons of fossil [[Tomistominae|tomistomines]] ''[[Penghusuchus]] pani'' and ''[[Toyotamaphimeia]] machikanensis'' is presented by Iijima & Kobayashi (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Masaya Iijima |author2=Yoshitsugu Kobayashi |year=2019 |title=Mosaic nature in the skeleton of East Asian crocodylians fills the morphological gap between “Tomistominae” and Gavialinae |journal=Cladistics |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1111/cla.12372 }}</ref>
* A revision of members of the genus ''[[Gavialis]]'' described on the basis of fossils from the [[Sivalik Hills]] of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] will be published by Martin (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Jeremy E. Martin |year=2019 |title=The taxonomic content of the genus ''Gavialis'' from the Siwalik Hills of India and Pakistan |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1002/spp2.1247 }}</ref>
* A review of the fossil crocodylomorph fauna of the [[Cenozoic]] of South America is published by Cidade, Fortier & Hsiou (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Giovanne M. Cidade |author2=Daniel Fortier |author3=Annie Schmaltz Hsiou |year=2019 |title=The crocodylomorph fauna of the Cenozoic of South America and its evolutionary history: A review |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=90 |pages=392–411 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2018.12.026 }}</ref>

===New taxa===
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! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
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! Type locality
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''[[Acresuchus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Jonas P. Souza-Filho |author2=Rafael G. Souza |author3=Annie Schmaltz Hsiou |author4=Douglas Riff |author5=Edson Guilherme |author6=Francisco Ricardo Negri |author7=Giovanne M. Cidade |year=2019 |title=A new caimanine (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) species from the Solimões Formation of Brazil and the phylogeny of Caimaninae |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=Online edition |issue= |pages=e1528450 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1528450 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Souza-Filho ''et al.''
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Late [[Miocene]]
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[[Solimões Formation]]
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A [[caiman]]. Genus includes new species ''A. pachytemporalis''.
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''[[Barrosasuchus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Rodolfo A. Coria |author2=Francisco Ortega |author3=Andrea B. Arcucci |author4=Philip J. Currie |year=2019 |title=A new and complete peirosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from Sierra Barrosa (Santonian, Upper Cretaceous) of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=95 |pages=89–105 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.11.008 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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[[Rodolfo Coria|Coria]] ''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 [[Peirosauridae|peirosaurid]] [[Crocodyliformes|crocodyliform]]. Genus includes new species ''B. neuquenianus''.
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''[[Jiangxisuchus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Chun Li |author2=Xiao-chun Wu |author3=Scott Rufolo |year=2019 |title=A new crocodyloid (Eusuchia: Crocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous of China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=94 |pages=25–39 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.09.015 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Li, Wu & Rufolo
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[[Late Cretaceous]] ([[Maastrichtian]])
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[[Nanxiong Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Crocodyloidea]]. Genus includes new species ''J. nankangensis''.
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==Non-avian dinosaurs==

===Research===
* A study evaluating the impact of new fossil discoveries and changing phylogenetic hypotheses on [[Biogeography|biogeographical]] scenarios for dinosaur origins will be published by Marsola ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Júlio C. A. Marsola |author2=Gabriel S. Ferreira |author3=Max C. Langer |author4=David J. Button |author5=Richard J. Butler |year=2019 |title=Increases in sampling support the southern Gondwanan hypothesis for the origin of dinosaurs |journal=Palaeontology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1111/pala.12411 }}</ref>
* A study on the [[Chronostratigraphy|chronostratigraphic]] position of the uppermost Cretaceous dinosaur localities from south-western Europe, and on their implications for inferring the course of the [[Maastrichtian]] dinosaur turnover, is published by Fondevilla ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=V. Fondevilla |author2=V. Riera |author3=B. Vila |author4=A. G. Sellés |author5=J. Dinarès-Turell |author6=E. Vicens |author7=R. Gaete |author8=O. Oms |author9=À. Galobart |year=2019 |title=Chronostratigraphic synthesis of the latest Cretaceous dinosaur turnover in South-Western Europe |journal=Earth-Science Reviews |volume=in press |pages= |doi=10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.01.007 }}</ref>
* A diverse assemblage of dinosaur footprints is described from the [[Lower Cretaceous]] ([[Berriasian]]-[[Valanginian]]) [[Ashdown Formation]] of [[East Sussex]], southern [[England]] by Shillito & Davies (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Anthony P. Shillito |author2=Neil S. Davies |year=2019 |title=Dinosaur-landscape interactions at a diverse Early Cretaceous tracksite (Lee Ness Sandstone, Ashdown Formation, southern England) |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=514 |pages=593–612 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.018 }}</ref>
* Theropod footprints with anatomical features which don't match any known [[Gondwana]]n theropod with preserved [[Pes (anatomy)|pedal]] bones are described from the [[Albian]] [[Lagarcito Formation]] ([[Argentina]]) by Melchor ''et al.'' (2019), who name a new [[ichnotaxon]] ''[[Picunichnus]] quijadaensis'' Melchor.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ricardo N. Melchor |author2=David L. Rivarola |author3=Aldo Martín Umazano |author4=Magdalena Nalín Moyano |author5=Fátima R. Mendoza Belmontes |year=2019 |title=Elusive Cretaceous Gondwanan theropods: the footprint evidence from central Argentina |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=in press |pages= |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.01.004 }}</ref>
* A study on the [[ichnotaxon]]omy of theropod footprints from the [[Lower Cretaceous]] [[Kitadani Formation]] ([[Japan]]) is published by Tsukiji ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yuta Tsukiji |author2=Yoichi Azuma |author3=Fumito Shiraishi |author4=Masateru Shibata |year=2019 |title=A diverse theropod footprint assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Tetori Group, central Japan |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=97 |pages=16–33 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.01.003 }}</ref>
* A study on putative theropod footprints assigned to the ichnogenus ''[[Eubrontes]]'' is published by Weems (2019), who argues that bipedal [[Sauropodomorpha|sauropodomorphs]] were more likely trackmakers of these tracks.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Robert E. Weems |year=2019 |title=Evidence for bipedal prosauropods as the likely ''Eubrontes'' track-makers |journal=Ichnos: an International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/10420940.2018.1532902 }}</ref>
* A study on [[Sauropoda|sauropod]] tracks from the Jurassic Tafaytour tracksites (Argana Basin, [[Morocco]]), and on their implications for inferring forelimb posture in sauropod dinosaurs, is published by Lallensack ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jens N. Lallensack |author2=Shinobu Ishigaki |author3=Abdelouahed Lagnaoui |author4=Michael Buchwitz |author5=Oliver Wings |year=2019 |title=Forelimb orientation and locomotion of sauropod dinosaurs: insights from the ?Middle Jurassic Tafaytour tracksites (Argana Basin, Morocco) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=in press |issue= |pages=e1512501 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1512501 }}</ref>
* Description of dinosaur egg fossils from the late [[Early Cretaceous]] [[Chaochuan Formation]] ([[Zhejiang]], [[China]]) is published by Zhang ''et al.'' (2019), who name a new [[ootaxon]] ''[[Multifissoolithus]] chianensis''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Shu-Kang Zhang |author2=Jun-Fang Xie |author3=Xing-Sheng Jin |author4=Tian-Ming Du |author5=Mei-Yan Huang |year=2019 |title=New type of dinosaur eggs from Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China and a revision of ''Dongyangoolithus nanmaensis'' |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.190107 }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic placement of ''[[Chilesaurus]] diegosuarezi'' and its implications for the phylogenetic relationships of major dinosaur groups will be published by Müller & Dias-da-Silva (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rodrigo Temp Müller |author2=Sérgio Dias-da-Silva |year=2019 |title=Taxon sample and character coding deeply impact unstable branches in phylogenetic trees of dinosaurs |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1418341 }}</ref>
* New spinosaurid specimens are described from the [[Kem Kem Beds]] ([[Morocco]]) by Arden ''et al.'' (2019), who interpret these specimens as providing evidence of aquatic adaptations in the skulls of spinosaurids, and name a new clade [[Spinosaurini]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Thomas M.S. Arden |author2=Catherine G. Klein |author3=Samir Zouhri |author4=Nicholas R. Longrich |year=2019 |title=Aquatic adaptation in the skull of carnivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) and the evolution of aquatic habits in ''Spinosaurus'' |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=93 |pages=275–284 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.013 }}</ref>
* New fossil material of juvenile spinosaurids is described from the Kem Kem Beds by Lakin & Longrich (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Rebecca J. Lakin |author2=Nicholas R. Longrich |year=2019 |title=Juvenile spinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) from the middle Cretaceous of Morocco and implications for spinosaur ecology |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=93 |pages=129–142 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.09.012 }}</ref>
* New theropod fossils, including partial tail vertebra of a member of [[Megaraptora]] and an association of tail vertebrae and pelvic elements displaying a combination of characteristics that are present in megaraptorid and [[Carcharodontosauridae|carcharodontosaurid]] theropods, are described from the early Late Cretaceous [[Griman Creek Formation]] at [[Lightning Ridge, New South Wales]] ([[Australia]]) by Brougham, Smith & Bell (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Tom Brougham |author2=Elizabeth T. Smith |author3=Phil R. Bell |year=2019 |title=New theropod (Tetanurae: Avetheropoda) material from the ‘mid’-Cretaceous Griman Greek Formation at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=Article ID 180826 |doi=10.1098/rsos.180826 }}</ref>
* Partial postcranial skeleton of a probable [[carcharodontosauria]]n theropod is described from the [[Upper Jurassic]] ([[Tithonian]]) [[Freixial Formation]] ([[Portugal]]) by Malafaia ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Elisabete Malafaia |author2=Pedro Mocho |author3=Fernando Escaso |author4=Pedro Dantas |author5=Francisco Ortega |year=2019 |title=Carcharodontosaurian remains (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=93 |issue=1 |pages=157–172 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2018.47 }}</ref>
* Description of the anatomy of the [[axial skeleton]] of ''[[Concavenator]] corcovatus'' is published by Cuesta, Ortega & Sanz (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Elena Cuesta |author2=Francisco Ortega |author3=José L. Sanz |year=2019 |title=Axial osteology of ''Concavenator corcovatus'' (Theropoda; Carcharodontosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=95 |pages=106–120 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.10.026 }}</ref>
* The first [[Neurocranium|neurocranial]] and [[Paleoneurology|paleoneurological]] description of ''[[Dilong paradoxus]]'', comparing it with large [[Tyrannosauridae|tyrannosaurids]], will be published by Kundrát ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Martin Kundrát |author2=Xing Xu |author3=Martina Hančová |author4=Andrej Gajdoš |author5=Yu Guo |author6=Defeng Chen |year=2019 |title=Evolutionary disparity in the endoneurocranial configuration between small and gigantic tyrannosauroids |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1518442 }}</ref>
* A study on the tooth replacement patterns in tyrannosaurid theropods, as indicated by data from a juvenile specimen of ''[[Tarbosaurus]] bataar'', will be published by Hanai & Tsuihiji (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Tomoya Hanai |author2=Takanobu Tsuihiji |year=2019 |title=Description of tooth ontogeny and replacement patterns in a juvenile ''Tarbosaurus bataar'' (Dinosauria: Theropoda) using CT‐scan data |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1002/ar.24014 |pmid=30378771 }}</ref>
* Description of an [[Ornithomimidae|ornithomimid]] specimen [[University of Alberta|UALVP]] 16182, putatively assigned to the genus ''[[Dromiceiomimus]]'', and a study on the validity of this genus will be published by Macdonald & [[Philip J. Currie|Currie]] (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ian Macdonald |author2=Philip J. Currie |year=2019 |title=Description of a partial ''Dromiceiomimus'' (Dinosauria: Theropoda) skeleton with comments on the validity of the genus |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1139/cjes-2018-0162 }}</ref>
* A study on the anatomy of the skull of ''[[Beipiaosaurus]] inexpectus'' is published by Liao & [[Xu Xing (paleontologist)|Xu]] (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Chun-Chi Liao |author2=Xing Xu |year=2019 |title=Cranial osteology of ''Beipiaosaurus inexpectus'' (Theropoda: Therizinosauria) |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.190115 }}</ref>
* [[Histology|Histological]] analysis of the forelimb bones of ''[[Daliansaurus]] liaoningensis'' is presented by Shen ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Caizhi Shen |author2=Junchang Lü |author3=Chunling Gao |author4=Masato Hoshino |author5=Kentaro Uesugi |author6=Martin Kundrát |year=2019 |title=Forearm bone histology of the small theropod ''Daliansaurus liaoningensis'' (Paraves: Troodontidae) from the Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=253–261 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1360296 }}</ref>
* Evidence indicating that the [[pennaceous feather]]s of ''[[Anchiornis]]'' were composed of both feather [[Beta-keratin|β-keratins]] and [[Alpha-keratin|α-keratins]] is presented by Pan ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yanhong Pan |author2=Wenxia Zheng |author3=Roger H. Sawyer |author4=Michael W. Pennington |author5=Xiaoting Zheng |author6=Xiaoli Wang |author7=Min Wang |author8=Liang Hu |author9=Jingmai O’Connor |author10=Tao Zhao |author11=Zhiheng Li |author12=Elena R. Schroeter |author13=Feixiang Wu |author14=Xing Xu |author15=Zhonghe Zhou |author16=Mary H. Schweitzer |year=2019 |title=The molecular evolution of feathers with direct evidence from fossils |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1073/pnas.1815703116 |pmid=30692253 }}</ref>
* A [[Dinosauriformes|dinosauriform]] [[femur]], possibly of a juvenile specimen of the species ''[[Pampadromaeus]] barberenai'', will be described from the [[Late Triassic]] of southern [[Brazil]] by Müller ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rodrigo Temp Müller |author2=Max Cardoso Langer |author3=Cristian Pereira Pacheco |author4=Sérgio Dias-da-Silva |year=2019 |title=The role of ontogeny on character polarization in early dinosaurs: a new specimen from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil and its implications |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1395421 }}</ref>
* A study on the [[bony labyrinth]] scale and geometry through [[ontogeny]] in ''[[Massospondylus]] carinatus'', evaluating whether the putative gait change from quadrupedal juvenile to bipedal adult is reflected in labyrinth morphology, will be published by Neenan ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=James M. Neenan |author2=Kimberley E. J. Chapelle |author3=Vincent Fernandez |author4=Jonah N. Choiniere |year=2019 |title=Ontogeny of the ''Massospondylus'' labyrinth: implications for locomotory shifts in a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur |journal=Palaeontology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1111/pala.12400 }}</ref>
* A study on the leverage of forelimb muscles in the transition from the narrow‐gauge stance of [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] sauropods to a wide‐gauge stance in [[titanosaur]]s will be published by Klinkhamer ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ada J. Klinkhamer |author2=Heinrich Mallison |author3=Stephen F. Poropat |author4=Trish Sloan |author5=Stephen Wroe |year=2019 |title=Comparative three‐dimensional moment arm analysis of the sauropod forelimb: Implications for the transition to a wide‐gauge stance in titanosaurs |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1002/ar.23977 |pmid=30315633 }}</ref>
* An isolated tooth-crown of a member of [[Eusauropoda]], possibly a member of [[Mamenchisauridae]] or [[Euhelopodidae]], is described from the [[Upper Jurassic]] [[Qigu Formation]] ([[China]]) by Maisch & Matzke (2019), representing the first record of an eusauropod from this formation reported so far.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Michael W. Maisch |author2=Andreas T. Matzke |year=2019 |title=First record of a eusauropod (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic Qigu-Formation (southern Junggar Basin, China), and a reconsideration of Late Jurassic sauropod diversity in Xinjiang |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=291 |issue=1 |pages=109–117 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2019/0792 }}</ref>
* A [[Cervical vertebrae|cervical vertebra]] of a member of the genus ''[[Omeisaurus]]'' will be described from the [[Middle Jurassic]] Lower Member of the [[Shaximiao Formation]] ([[China]]) by Tan ''et al.'' (2019), providing new information on the skeletal [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]] of this genus, and representing the easternmost occurrence of ''Omeisaurus'' reported so far.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Chao Tan |author2=Hui Dai |author3=Jian-Jun He |author4=Feng Zhang |author5=Xu-Feng Hu |author6=Hai-Dong Yu |author7=Ning Li |author8=Guang-Biao Wei |author9=Guang-Zhao Peng |author10=Yong Ye |author11=Qian-Nan Zhang |author12=Xin-Xin Ren |author13=Hai-Lu You |year=2019 |title=Discovery of ''Omeisaurus'' (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) in the Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.181115 }}</ref>
* Redescription of the complete series of the neck vertebrae of ''[[Xinjiangtitan]] shanshanesis'' will be published by Zhang ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Xiao-Qin Zhang |author2=Da-Qing Li |author3=Yan Xie |author4=Hai-Lu You |year=2019 |title=Redescription of the cervical vertebrae of the mamenchisaurid sauropod ''Xinjiangtitan shanshanesis'' Wu ''et al.'' 2013 |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1539970 }}</ref>
* Partial vertebra of a sauropod dinosaur belonging to the group [[Turiasauria]] is described from the [[Lower Cretaceous]] [[Wealden Supergroup]] ([[United Kingdom]]) by Mannion (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Philip D. Mannion |year=2019 |title=A turiasaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Wealden Supergroup of the United Kingdom |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |pages=e6348 |doi=10.7717/peerj.6348 |pmid=30697494 |pmc=6348093 }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the [[Late Jurassic]] sauropod dinosaurs from the [[Tendaguru Formation]] of [[Tanzania]] (''[[Australodocus]] bohetii'', ''[[Janenschia]] robusta'' and ''[[Tendaguria]] tanzaniensis'') is published by Mannion ''et al.'' (2019).<ref name=Wamweracaudia>{{Cite journal|author1=Philip D. Mannion |author2=Paul Upchurch |author3=Daniela Schwarz |author4=Oliver Wings |year=2019 |title=Taxonomic affinities of the putative titanosaurs from the Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications for eusauropod dinosaur evolution |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=Online edition |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zly068 }}</ref>
* Ibiricu, Martínez & Casal (2019) present the reconstruction of the pelvic and hindlimb musculature of ''[[Epachthosaurus]] sciuttoi''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Lucio M. Ibiricu |author2=Rubén D. Martínez |author3=Gabriel A. Casal |year=2019 |title=The pelvic and hindlimb myology of the basal titanosaur ''Epachthosaurus sciuttoi'' (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1535598 }}</ref>
* Fossils of a titanosaur sauropod related to ''[[Rapetosaurus]]'' and the indeterminate Italian titanosaur specimen [[Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano|MSNM]] V7157 are described from the Algora vertebrate fossil site located in the [[Cenomanian]] strata of the [[Arenas de Utrillas Formation]] ([[Spain]]) by Mocho ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=P. Mocho |author2=A. Pérez-García |author3=M. Martín Jiménez |author4=F. Ortega |year=2019 |title=New remains from the Spanish Cenomanian shed light on the Gondwanan origin of European Early Cretaceous titanosaurs |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=95 |pages=164–190 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.09.016 }}</ref>
* New sauropod trackway, representing the first record of a narrow-gauge sauropod trackway from the [[Cenomanian]] reported so far, will be described from the [[Candeleros Formation]] ([[Argentina]]) by Heredia ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Arturo Miguel Heredia |author2=Pablo José Pazos |author3=Diana Elizabeth Fernández |author4=Ignacio Díaz Martínez |author5=Marcos Comerio |year=2019 |title=A new narrow-gauge sauropod trackway from the Cenomanian Candeleros Formation, northern Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=96 |pages=70–82 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.11.016 }}</ref>
* New reconstruction of the jaw musculature of [[ornithischia]]n dinosaurs, rejecting the notion of presence of novel "cheek" muscle, is proposed by Nabavizadeh (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Ali Nabavizadeh |year=2019 |title=New reconstruction of cranial musculature in ornithischian dinosaurs: implications for feeding mechanisms and buccal anatomy |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1002/ar.23988 |pmid=30332723 }}</ref>
* A study on the [[Morphology (biology)|morphological]] diversity of [[Stegosauria|stegosaurs]] through the evolutionary history of the group will be published by Romano (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Marco Romano |year=2019 |title=Disparity vs. diversity in Stegosauria (Dinosauria, Ornithischia): cranial and post-cranial sub-dataset provide different signals |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1397655 }}</ref>
* A study on pathological characteristics of left [[femur]] of a specimen of ''[[Gigantspinosaurus]] sichuanensis'' from the [[Late Jurassic]] of [[China]] will be published by Hao ''et al.'' (2019), who interpret this specimen as probably affected by bone tumor.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Bao-Qiao Hao |author2=Yong Ye |author3=Susannah C R. Maidment |author4=Sergio Bertazzo |author5=Guang-Zhao Peng |author6=Hai-Lu You |year=2019 |title=Femoral osteopathy in ''Gigantspinosaurus sichuanensis'' (Dinosauria: Stegosauria) from the Late Jurassic of Sichuan Basin, Southwestern China |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1561673 }}</ref>
* A study on the age of the Kulinda locality (south-eastern [[Siberia]], [[Russia]]) which yielded fossils of ''[[Kulindadromeus]] zabaikalicus'' is published by Cincotta ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Aude Cincotta |author2=Ekaterina B. Pestchevitskaya |author3=Sofia M. Sinitsa |author4=Valentina S. Markevich |author5=Vinciane Debaille |author6=Svetlana A. Reshetova |author7=Irina M. Mashchuk |author8=Andrei O. Frolov |author9=Axel Gerdes |author10=Johan Yans |author11=Pascal Godefroit |year=2019 |title=The rise of feathered dinosaurs: ''Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus'', the oldest dinosaur with ‘feather-like’ structures |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |pages=e6239 |doi=10.7717/peerj.6239 }}</ref>
* A study on the nature of the [[Fluvial processes|fluvial]] systems of [[Laramidia]] during the Late Cretaceous, as indicated by data from vertebrate and invertebrate fossils from the [[Kaiparowits Formation]] of southern [[Utah]], and on the behavior of [[hadrosaurid]] dinosaurs over these landscapes, will be published by Crystal ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Victoria F. Crystal |author2=Erica S.J. Evans |author3=Henry Fricke |author4=Ian M. Miller |author5=Joseph J.W. Sertich |year=2019 |title=Late Cretaceous fluvial hydrology and dinosaur behavior in southern Utah, USA: Insights from stable isotopes of biogenic carbonate |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=516 |pages=152–165 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.022 }}</ref>
* New information on the anatomy of the skeleton of ''[[Pachyrhinosaurus]] perotorum'' is presented by Tykoski, [[Anthony Fiorillo|Fiorillo]] & Chiba (2019), who also provide a new diagnosis of this species.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Ronald S. Tykoski |author2=Anthony R. Fiorillo |author3=Kentaro Chiba |year=2019 |title=New data and diagnosis for the Arctic ceratopsid dinosaur ''Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum'' |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/14772019.2018.1532464 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abstract/10.1080/14772019.2018.1532464 }}</ref>

===New taxa===
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! Name
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''[[Adynomosaurus]]''<ref name="Prieto-Marquez2019">{{cite journal |last1=Prieto-Márquez | first1=Albert |last2=Fondevilla |first2=Víctor  |last3=Sellés |first3=Albert G. |last4=Wagner |first4=Jonathan R.  |last5=Galobart |last6=Àngel |year=2019 |title=''Adynomosaurus arcanus'', a new lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Ibero-Armorican Island of the European Archipelago | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667118303227 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=96 |pages=19–37 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.12.002 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Prieto-Márquez ''et al.''
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[[Late Cretaceous]]
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[[Tremp Formation]]
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[hadrosaurid]] [[ornithopod]] belonging to the subfamily [[Lambeosaurinae]]. Genus includes new species ''A. arcanus''.
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''[[Anhuilong]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Xin-Xin Ren |author2=Jian-Dong Huang |author3=Hai-Lu You |year=2019 |title=The second mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Eastern China |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1515935 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Ren, Huang & You
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[[Middle Jurassic]]
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[[Hongqin Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Mamenchisauridae|mamenchisaurid]] [[Sauropoda|sauropod]]. Genus includes new species ''A. diboensis''.
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''[[Bajadasaurus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Pablo A. Gallina |author2=Sebastián Apesteguía |author3=Juan I. Canale |author4=Alejandro Haluza |year=2019 |title=A new long-spined dinosaur from Patagonia sheds light on sauropod defense system |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=9 |pages=Article number 1392 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-37943-3 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Gallina ''et al.''
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[[Early Cretaceous]] ([[Berriasian]]–[[Valanginian]])
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[[Bajada Colorada Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Dicraeosauridae|dicraeosaurid]] [[Sauropoda|sauropod]]. The type species is ''B. pronuspinax''.
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''[[Laiyangosaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Jialiang Zhang |author2=Xiaolin Wang |author3=Qiang Wang |author4=Shunxing Jiang |author5=Xin Cheng |author6=Ning Li |author7=Rui Qiu |year=2019 |title=A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China |journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1590/0001-3765201720160920 |pmid=28876393 }}</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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[[Late Cretaceous]]
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[[Wangshi Group|Jingangkou Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[hadrosaurid]] [[ornithopod]] belonging to the subfamily [[Saurolophinae]] and the tribe [[Edmontosaurini]]. The type species is ''L. youngi''.
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''[[Pilmatueia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rodolfo A. Coria |author2=Guillermo J. Windholz |author3=Francisco Ortega |author4=Philip J. Currie |year=2019 |title=A new dicraeosaurid sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous (Mulichinco Formation, Valanginian, Neuquén Basin) of Argentina |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=93 |pages=33–48 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.019 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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[[Rodolfo Coria|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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A [[Dicraeosauridae|dicraeosaurid]] [[Sauropoda|sauropod]]. The type species is ''P. faundezi''.
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''[[Thanos simonattoi|Thanos]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Rafael Delcourt |author2=Fabiano Vidoi Iori |year=2019 |title=A new Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from São José do Rio Preto Formation, Upper Cretaceous of Brazil and comments on the Bauru Group fauna |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1546700 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Delcourt & Iori
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[[Late Cretaceous]] ([[Santonian]])
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[[São José do Rio Preto Formation]]
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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An [[Abelisauridae|abelisaurid]] [[Theropoda|theropod]]. Genus includes new species ''T. simonattoi''.
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''[[Wamweracaudia]]''<ref name=Wamweracaudia />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Mannion ''et al.''
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[[Late Jurassic]]
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[[Tendaguru Formation]]
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{{Flag|Tanzania}}
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A [[Mamenchisauridae|mamenchisaurid]] [[Sauropoda|sauropod]]. Genus includes new species ''W. keranjei''.
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==Birds==

===Research===
* A study on the impact of varying oxygen concentrations, global temperatures and air densities on the flight performance of extinct birds and on major diversification events which took place during the evolution of birds is published by Serrano ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Francisco José Serrano |author2=Luis María Chiappe |author3=Paul Palmqvist |author4=Borja Figueirido |author5=John Long |author6=José Luis Sanz |year=2019 |title=The effect of long-term atmospheric changes on the macroevolution of birds |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=65 |pages=86–96 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2018.09.002 }}</ref>
* A study on the total mass of the dentition of Mesozoic birds, and on the impact of the reduction and loss of teeth on total body mass of Mesozoic birds, is published by Zhou, Sullivan & Zhang (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ya-Chun Zhou |author2=Corwin Sullivan |author3=Fu-Cheng Zhang |year=2019 |title=Negligible effect of tooth reduction on body mass in Mesozoic birds |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=38–50 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.180307 |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201811/t20181103_5160013.html }}</ref>
* A review of the available evidence of the diet of Mesozoic birds, especially those known from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Lagerstätte (China), is published by O’Connor (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Jingmai O'Connor |year=2019 |title=The trophic habits of early birds |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=513 |pages=178–195 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.03.006 }}</ref>
* A study on the diversity of [[melanosome]] [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]] in [[Iridescence|iridescent]] feathers of extant birds, and on its implications for inferring iridescence in fossil feathers in general and in [[Eocene]] birds [[cf.]] ''[[Primotrogon]]'' and ''[[Scaniacypselus]]'' in particular, is published by Nordén ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Klara K. Nordén |author2=Jaeike Faber |author3=Frane Babarović |author4=Thomas L. Stubbs |author5=Tara Selly |author6=James D. Schiffbauer |author7=Petra Peharec Štefanić |author8=Gerald Mayr |author9=Fiann Smithwick |author10=Jakob Vinther |year=2019 |title=Melanosome diversity and convergence in the evolution of iridescent avian feathers-implications for paleocolor reconstruction |journal=Evolution |volume=73 |issue=1 |pages=15–27 |doi=10.1111/evo.13641 |pmid=30411346 }}</ref>
* A study on ''[[Praeornis]] sharovi'' from the [[Late Jurassic]] of [[Kazakhstan]] will be published by Agnolin, Rozadilla & Carvalho (2019), who interpret the fossil as a tail feather of a [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] bird.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Federico L. Agnolin |author2=Sebastián Rozadilla |author3=Ismar de Souza Carvalho |year=2019 |title=''Praeornis sharovi'' Rautian, 1978 a fossil feather from the early Late Jurassic of Kazakhstan |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1413102 }}</ref>
* A geochemical halo of the calamus of the [[holotype]] feather of ''[[Archaeopteryx]] lithographica'', detected using [[Laser-induced fluorescence|Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence]], is reported by Kaye ''et al.'' (2019), who also assess the implications of their findings for the identification of this feather.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Thomas G. Kaye |author2=Michael Pittman |author3=Gerald Mayr |author4=Daniela Schwarz |author5=Xing Xu |year=2019 |title=Detection of lost calamus challenges identity of isolated ''Archaeopteryx'' feather |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=9 |pages=Article number 1182 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-37343-7 }}</ref>
* A comparative study of all named taxa referred to [[Confuciusornithiformes]], taxonomic revision of the group and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of members of the group is published by Wang, O'Connor & Zhou (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Min Wang |author2=Jingmai O'Connor |author3=Zhong-He Zhou |year=2019 |title=A taxonomical revision of the Confuciusornithiformes (Aves: Pygostylia) |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=1–37 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.180530 |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201811/t20181103_5160014.html }}</ref>
* A remarkably well-preserved foot of an [[Enantiornithes|enantiornithine]] bird, accompanied by part of the wing plumage, is described from the Cretaceous amber from [[Myanmar]] by Xing ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Lida Xing |author2=Ryan C. McKellar |author3=Jingmai O'Connor |author4=Ming Bai |author5=Kuowei Tseng |author6=Luis M. Chiappe |year=2019 |title=A fully feathered enantiornithine foot and wing fragment preserved in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=9 |pages=Article number 927 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-37427-4 |pmid=30700773 |pmc=6353931 }}</ref>
* A study comparing the hindlimb [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]] of [[Hesperornithiformes|hesperornithiforms]] and modern foot-propelled diving birds is published by Bell, Wu & [[Luis M. Chiappe|Chiappe]] (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Alyssa Bell |author2=Yun-Hsin Wu |author3=Luis M. Chiappe |year=2019 |title=Morphometric comparison of the Hesperornithiformes and modern diving birds |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=513 |pages=196–207 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.12.010 }}</ref>
* A study on bird footprints from the [[Maastrichtian]]–[[Danian]] [[Yacoraite Formation]] ([[Argentina]]) is published by de Valais & Cónsole-Gonella (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Silvina de Valais |author2=Carlos Cónsole-Gonella |year=2019 |title=An updated review of the avian footprint record from the Yacoraite Formation (Maastrichtian-Danian), northwestern Argentina |journal=Ichnos: an International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/10420940.2018.1538982 }}</ref>
* A fossil [[tinamou]] belonging to the genus ''[[Eudromia]]'', exceeding the size range of living species of the genus, will be described from the [[Lujanian]] sediments in [[Marcos Paz Partido|Marcos Paz County]] ([[Buenos Aires Province]], [[Argentina]]) by Cenizo ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Marcos Cenizo |author2=Jorge Noriega |author3=Juan Diederle |author4=Esteban Soibelzon |author5=Leopoldo Soibelzon |author6=Sergio Rodriguez |author7=Elisa Beilinson |year=2019 |title=An unexpected large Crested Tinamou (''Eudromia'', Tinamidae, Aves) near to Last Glacial Maximum (MIS 2, late Pleistocene) of the Argentine Pampas |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1491568 }}</ref>
* A study on the [[microstructure]] of the bones of ''[[Vegavis]] iaai'' is published by Garcia Marsà, Agnolín & [[Fernando Novas|Novas]] (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jordi Alexis Garcia Marsà |author2=Federico L. Agnolín |author3=Fernando Novas |year=2019 |title=Bone microstructure of ''Vegavis iaai'' (Aves, Anseriformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=163–167 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1348503 }}</ref>
* A nearly complete [[tarsometatarsus]] of the [[least seedsnipe]] (''Thinocorus rumicivorus'') will be described from the [[Ensenadan]] of [[Argentina]] by Picasso, De Mendoza & Gelfo (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mariana B. J. Picasso |author2=Ricardo S. De Mendoza |author3=Javier N. Gelfo |year=2019 |title=A seedsnipe (Aves, Charadriiformes, Thinocoridae) from the Ensenadan Age/Stage (early-middle Pleistocene) of Buenos Aires, Argentina |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= 1|doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1370647 }}</ref>
* Pedal [[Phalanx bone|phalanx]] of a penguin affected by [[osteomyelitis]] is described from the [[Eocene]] of [[West Antarctica]] by Jadwiszczak & Rothschild (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Piotr Jadwiszczak |author2=Bruce M. Rothschild |year=2019 |title=The first evidence of an infectious disease in early penguins |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=177–180 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1353606 }}</ref>
* Globuli ossei (subspherical structures of [[Endochondral ossification|endochondral]] origin, inserted in the hypertrophic [[cartilage]] of [[long bone]]s) are reported for the first time in a bird (a fossil penguin ''[[Delphinornis]] arctowskii'' from Antarctica) by Garcia Marsà, Tambussi & Cerda (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Jordi Alexis Garcia Marsà |author2=Claudia P. Tambussi |author3=Ignacio A. Cerda |year=2019 |title=First evidence of globuli ossei in bird (Aves, Spheniciformes). Implications on paleohistology and bird behaviour |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1508288 }}</ref>
* A study on changes in the population size of the [[Adélie penguin]] colonies and relative [[krill]] abundance in the [[Prydz Bay]] ([[Antarctica]]) during the [[2nd millennium]], as indicated by data from ornithogenic sediment cores from the [[Vestfold Hills]], will be published by Gao ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Yuesong Gao |author2=Lianjiao Yang |author3=Wenqing Yang |author4=Yuhong Wang |author5=Zhouqing Xie |author6=Liguang Sun |year=2019 |title=Dynamics of penguin population size and food availability at Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, during the last millennium: A solar control |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=516 |pages=220–231 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.027 }}</ref>
* A study on the [[holotype]] specimen of ''[[Calcardea]] junnei'' will be published by [[Gerald Mayr|Mayr]], [[Philip D. Gingerich|Gingerich]] & Smith (2019), who reject the interpretation of this species as a [[heron]], and claim that this bird resembled parrot-like taxon ''[[Vastanavis]]'' from the early [[Eocene]] of [[India]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Gerald Mayr |author2=Philip D. Gingerich |author3=Thierry Smith |year=2019 |title=''Calcardea junnei'' Gingerich, 1987 from the late Paleocene of North America is not a heron, but resembles the early Eocene Indian taxon ''Vastanavis'' Mayr et al., 2007 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1017/jpa.2018.85 }}</ref>
* A study on the identity of a parakeet specimen held at [[National Museums Scotland]], interpreted as most likely originating from [[Mauritius]] by Cheke & Jansen (2016),<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Anthony S. Cheke |author2=Justin J. F. J. Jansen |year=2016 |title=An enigmatic parakeet – the disputed provenance of an Indian Ocean ''Psittacula'' |journal=Ibis |volume=158 |issue=2 |pages=439–443 |doi=10.1111/ibi.12347 }}</ref> is published by Jones ''et al.'' (2019), who consider this parakeet to be the only known skin specimen of extinct [[Echo parakeet|Réunion parakeet]].<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Carl G. Jones |author2=Hazel A. Jackson |author3=Robert Y. McGowan |author4=Julian P. Hume |author5=Joseph M. Forshaw |author6=Vikash Tatayah |author7=Ria Winters |author8=Jim J. Groombridge |year=2019 |title=A parakeet specimen held at National Museums Scotland is a unique skin of the extinct Réunion Parakeet ''Psittacula eques eques'': a reply to Cheke and Jansen (2016) |journal=Ibis |volume=161 |issue=1 |pages=230–238 |doi=10.1111/ibi.12673 }}</ref>
* Remains of 32 species of seabirds and related taxa will be reported from the middle–late Pleistocene Shiriya local fauna (northeastern Japan) by Watanabe, Matsuoka & Hasegawa (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Junya Watanabe |author2=Hiroshige Matsuoka |author3=Yoshikazu Hasegawa |year=2019 |title=Pleistocene seabirds from Shiriya, northeast Japan: systematics and oceanographic context |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1529764 }}</ref>
* A study on the date of extinction of the [[Tristan moorhen]], the [[Inaccessible Island finch]] and the [[Tristan albatross]] on the main island of the [[Tristan da Cunha]] archipelago, aiming to place these extinctions in the context of the changing island ecosystems of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, will be published by Bond, Carlson & Burgio (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Alexander L. Bond |author2=Colin J. Carlson |author3=Kevin R. Burgio |year=2019 |title=Local extinctions of insular avifauna on the most remote inhabited island in the world |journal=Journal of Ornithology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1007/s10336-018-1590-8 }}</ref>
* A study on the fossil bird remains from the [[Pliocene]] locality of [[Kanapoi]] ([[Kenya]]), indicating presence of many aquatic birds, will be published by Field (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Daniel J. Field |year=2019 |title=Preliminary paleoecological insights from the Pliocene avifauna of Kanapoi, Kenya: Implications for the ecology of ''Australopithecus anamensis'' |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.08.007 |pmid=28966047 }}</ref>
* Description of Late [[Pleistocene]] and [[Holocene]] bird remains from [[Jerimalai (cave)|Jerimalai]] and Matja Kuru 1 sites in [[East Timor]] will be published by Meijer, Louys & O'Connor (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Hanneke J.M. Meijer |author2=Julien Louys |author3=Sue O'Connor |year=2019 |title=First record of avian extinctions from the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Timor Leste |journal=Quaternary Science Reviews |volume=203 |pages=170–184 |doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.11.005 }}</ref>

===New taxa===
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! Status
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! Notes
! Images
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''[[Archaeopteryx|Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Martin Kundrát |author2=John Nudds |author3=Benjamin P. Kear |author4=Junchang Lü |author5=Per Ahlberg |year=2019 |title=The first specimen of ''Archaeopteryx'' from the Upper Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation of Germany |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=3–63 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1518443 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Kundrát ''et al.''
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[[Late Jurassic]] ([[Tithonian]])
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[[Mörnsheim Formation]]
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{{Flag|Germany}}
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''[[Conflicto antarcticus|Conflicto]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Claudia P. Tambussi |author2=Federico J. Degrange |author3=Ricardo S. De Mendoza |author4=Emilia Sferco |author5=Sergrio Santillana |year=2019 |title=A stem anseriform from the early Palaeocene of Antarctica provides new key evidence in the early evolution of waterfowl |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zly085 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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In press
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Tambussi ''et al.''
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Early [[Paleocene]]
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[[Antarctica]]
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A [[Crown group#Stem groups|stem]]-[[Anseriformes|anseriform]]. Genus includes new species ''C. antarcticus''.
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''[[Orienantius]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Di Liu |author2=L.M. Chiappe |author3=Yuguang Zhang |author4=F.J. Serrano |author5=Qingjin Meng |year=2019 |title=Soft tissue preservation in two new enantiornithine specimens (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of Hebei Province, China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=95 |pages= |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.10.017 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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In press
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Liu ''et al.''
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[[Early Cretaceous]]
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[[Huajiying Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Enantiornithes]]. Genus includes new species ''O. ritteri''.
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''[[Proardea|Proardea? deschutteri]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Gerald Mayr |author2=Vanesa L. De Pietri |author3=R. Paul Scofield |author4=Thierry Smith |year=2019 |title=A fossil heron from the early Oligocene of Belgium – the earliest temporally well‐constrained record of the Ardeidae |journal=Ibis |volume=161 |issue=1 |pages=79–90 |doi=10.1111/ibi.12600 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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[[Gerald Mayr|Mayr]] ''et al.''
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Early [[Oligocene]]
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{{Flag|Belgium}}
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A [[heron]].
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''[[Shangyang graciles|Shangyang]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Min Wang |author2=Zhonghe Zhou |year=2019 |title=A new enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) with completely fused premaxillae from the Early Cretaceous of China |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=Online edition |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/14772019.2018.1527403 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abstract/10.1080/14772019.2018.1527403 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Wang & Zhou
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[[Early Cretaceous]]
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[[Jiufotang Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Enantiornithes]]. Genus includes new species ''S. graciles''.
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''[[Zygodactylus|Zygodactylus ochlurus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Tobin L. Hieronymus |author2=David A. Waugh |author3=Julia A. Clarke |year=2019 |title=A new zygodactylid species indicates the persistence of stem passerines into the early Oligocene in North America |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=19 |pages=Article 3 |doi=10.1186/s12862-018-1319-6 |pmid=30611195 |pmc=6321701 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Hieronymus, Waugh & [[Julia Clarke|Clarke]]
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Early [[Oligocene]]
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[[Renova Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}<br>({{Flag|Montana}})
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A member of the family [[Zygodactylidae]].
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==Pterosaurs==

===Research===
* [[Pterosaur#Pycnofibers|Pycnofibers]] showing diagnostic features of feathers are reported in two specimens of [[Anurognathidae|anurognathid]] pterosaurs (probably belonging either to the genus ''[[Jeholopterus]]'' or ''[[Dendrorhynchoides]]'')<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Zixiao Yang |author2=Baoyu Jiang |author3=Maria E. McNamara |author4=Stuart L. Kearns |author5=Michael Pittman |author6=Thomas G. Kaye |author7=Patrick J. Orr |author8=Xing Xu |author9=Michael J. Benton |year=2019 |title=Supplementary information for: Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching |url=https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41559-018-0728-7/MediaObjects/41559_2018_728_MOESM1_ESM.pdf }}</ref> from the [[Jurassic]] of [[China]] by Yang ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Zixiao Yang |author2=Baoyu Jiang |author3=Maria E. McNamara |author4=Stuart L. Kearns |author5=Michael Pittman |author6=Thomas G. Kaye |author7=Patrick J. Orr |author8=Xing Xu |author9=Michael J. Benton |year=2019 |title=Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching |journal=Nature Ecology & Evolution |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=24–30 |doi=10.1038/s41559-018-0728-7 |pmid=30568282 |url=http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Benton/reprints/2019pterosaur.pdf }}</ref>
* Redescription of the holotype specimen of ''[[Mythunga]] camara'' will be published by Pentland & Poropat (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Adele H. Pentland |author2=Stephen F. Poropat |year=2019 |title=Reappraisal of ''Mythunga camara'' Molnar & Thulborn, 2007 (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueria) from the upper Albian Toolebuc Formation of Queensland, Australia |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=93 |pages=151–169 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.09.011 }}</ref>
* A study on intervertebral foramina in ''[[Vectidraco]]'', ''[[Anhanguera (pterosaur)|Anhanguera]]'' and ''[[Coloborhynchus]]'', and on their implications for inferring palaeoecology and locomotion of these pterosaurs, will be published by Martin‐Silverstone, Sykes & [[Darren Naish|Naish]] (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Elizabeth Martin‐Silverstone |author2=Daniel Sykes |author3=Darren Naish |year=2019 |title=Does postcranial palaeoneurology provide insight into pterosaur behaviour and lifestyle? New data from the azhdarchoid ''Vectidraco'' and the ornithocheirids ''Coloborhynchus'' and ''Anhanguera'' |journal=Palaeontology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1111/pala.12390 }}</ref>

===New taxa===
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! Status
! Authors
! Age
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! Country
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Coloborhynchus|Coloborhynchus fluviferox]]'' <ref>{{cite journal |author1=Megan L. Jacobs |author2=David M. Martill |author3=Nizar Ibrahim |author4=Nick Longrich |year=2019 |title=A new species of ''Coloborhynchus'' (Pterosauria, Ornithocheiridae) from the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=95 |pages=77–88 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.10.018 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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In press
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Jacobs ''et al.''
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[[Cretaceous]]
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[[Kem Kem Beds]]
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{{Flag|Morocco}}
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|}

==Other archosaurs==

===Research===
* Evidence from [[coprolite]]s, isolated worn teeth, fossil regurgitates and crushed or bite-marked [[dicynodont]] bones, indicating that [[Triassic]] archosaur ''[[Smok (archosaur)|Smok wawelski]]'' was at least an occasional [[Osteophagy|osteophage]] consuming bones in a manner comparable to [[Tyrannosauridae|tyrannosaurid]] theropod dinosaurs, is presented by Qvarnström, [[Per E. Ahlberg|Ahlberg]] & Niedźwiedzki (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Martin Qvarnström |author2=Per E. Ahlberg |author3=Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki |year=2019 |title=Tyrannosaurid-like osteophagy by a Triassic archosaur |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=9 |pages=Article number 925 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-37540-4 |pmid=30700743 |pmc=6353991 }}</ref>
* A study on the [[microstructure]] of the [[long bone]]s ([[femur]] and [[tibia]]e) of ''[[Lewisuchus]] admixtus'' is published by Garcia Marsà, Agnolín & [[Fernando Novas|Novas]] (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jordi Alexis Garcia Marsà |author2=Federico L. Agnolín |author3=Fernando Novas |year=2019 |title=Bone microstructure of ''Lewisuchus admixtus'' Romer, 1972 (Archosauria, Dinosauriformes) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=157–162 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1347646 }}</ref>
* A study on the anatomy of the braincase of ''[[Silesaurus]] opolensis'' will be published by Piechowski, Niedźwiedzki & Tałanda (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Rafał Piechowski |author2=Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki |author3=Mateusz Tałanda |year=2019 |title=Unexpected bird-like features and high intraspecific variation in the braincase of the Triassic relative of dinosaurs |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1418339 }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of ''[[Pisanosaurus]] mertii'' will be published by Baron (2019), who interprets this taxon as a likely [[Silesauridae|silesaurid]].<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Matthew G. Baron |year=2019 |title=''Pisanosaurus mertii'' and the Triassic ornithischian crisis: could phylogeny offer a solution? |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1410705 }}</ref>

==References==
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