# 2010 in archosaur paleontology

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The year 2010 in Archosaur paleontology was eventful. Archosaurs include the only living dinosaur group — birds — and the reptile crocodilians, plus all extinct dinosaurs, extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs. Archosaur palaeontology is the scientific study of those animals, especially as they existed before the Holocene Epoch began about 11,700 years ago. The year 2010 in paleontology included various significant developments regarding archosaurs.
This article records new taxa of fossil archosaurs of every kind that have been described during the year 2010, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that occurred in the year 2010.

## Newly named crurotarsans

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Baurusuchus albertoi | Valid | Nascimento Zaher | Turonian/Santonian | Adamantina Formation | Brazil | |
| Crocodylus anthropophagus | Valid | Brochu Njau et al. | Plio-Pleistocene | | Tanzania | A horned crocodile that preyed on early hominids |
| Cerrejonisuchus | Valid | Hastings Bloch et al. | Paleocene | Cerrejón Formation | Colombia | A short-snouted dyrosaurid which had a generalist feeding strategy. It grew to lengths of about 7 feet. |
| Diplocynodon elavericus | Valid | Martin | Late Eocene | | France | |
| Eoneustes | Valid | Young Brusatte Ruta de Andrade | Bathonian | | France | A new genus for "Teleidosaurus" gaudryi (Collot, 1905). "Metriorhynchus" bathonicus (Mercier, 1933) is a second species of Eoneustes. |
| Gracilineustes | Valid | Young Brusatte Ruta de Andrade | Callovian/Kimmeridgian | Oxford Clay | France England | A new genus for "Metriorhynchus" leedsi (Andrews, 1913). "Metriorhynchus" acutus (Lennier, 1887) is a second species of Gracilineustes. |
| Krabisuchus | Valid | Martin Lauprasert | Late Eocene | | Thailand | An early alligatorine. |
| Pakasuchus | Valid | O’Connor Sertich et al. | Albian | | Tanzania | |
| Pravusuchus | Valid | Stocker | Norian | Chinle Formation | USA | A phytosaur. |
| Stagonolepis olenkae | Valid | Sulej | Late Carnian | Krasiejów deposits | Poland | |
| Theriosuchus sympiestodon | Valid | Martin Rabi Csiki | Maastrichtian | Haţeg Basin | Romania | Originally described as a species of Theriosuchus; Tennant, Mannion & Upchurch (2016) transferred it to the genus Sabresuchus. |
| Torvoneustes | Valid | Andrade Young et al. | Kimmeridgian | Kimmeridge Clay | UK | A new genus for "Dakosaurus" carpenteri (Wilkinson et al., 2008) |
| Tsoabichi | Valid | Brochu | Eocene (Wasatchian) | Green River Formation | USA | An early caiman. |

## Newly named basal dinosauriforms

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Asilisaurus | Valid | Nesbitt Sidor et al. | Anisian | Manda Beds | Tanzania | A silesaurid, and the oldest known ornithodire. | |

## Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

* A new family of allosauroid theropods, Neovenatoridae, is published by Benson, Carrano, and Brusatte.
* A new family of tyrannosauroid theropods, Proceratosauridae is published by Rauhut, Milner and Moore-Fay.
62 new genera and additional 2 new species have been described in 2010.
| Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Aardonyx | Valid | Yates Bonnan et al. | | Hettangian | Elliot Formation | South Africa | A facultively quadrupedal prosauropod which displays transitional characters connecting more primitive obligate bipedal forms with the more derived obligative quadrupedal sauropodomorphs. | |
| Abydosaurus | Valid | Chure Britt et al. | | Albian | Cedar Mountain Formation | USA | A narrow toothed brachiosaurid whose remains include the first known cranial material of any Cretaceous sauropod from the Americas. | |
| Ajkaceratops | Valid | Ösi Butler Weishampel | | Santonian | Csehbánya Formation | Hungary | A coronosaurian ceratopsian. | |
| Archaeoceratops yujingziensis | Valid | You Tanque Dodson | | ?Aptian–Albian | Xinminpu Group | China | A second species of Archaeoceratops. | |
| Arkharavia | Nomen Dubium | Alifanov Bolotsky | | Maastrichtian | Udurchukan Formation | Russia | A Somphospondylan Sauropod known only from a single weakly heterocoelous tail vertebrae. Heterocoelous vertebrae are those where the centrum or body of a vertebra has saddle-shaped surface where it meets the vertebrae both in front and behind it. | |
| Atsinganosaurus | Valid | Garcia Amico et al. | | Late Cretaceous | Grès à Reptiles Formation | France | A titanosaur | |
| Austrocheirus | Valid | Ezcurra Agnolin Novas | 2002 | Maastrichtian | Pari Aike Formation | Argentina | A basal abelisauroid | |
| Banji | Valid | Xu Han | | Maastrichtian | Nanxiong Formation | China | An oviraptorid known from a skull with a striated crest. | |
| Barilium | Valid | Norman | | Early Valanginian | Wealden Group | England | A new genus for "Iguanodon" dawsoni (Lydekker, 1888). | |
| Beishanlong | Valid | Makovicky Li et al. | | Aptian-Albian | Xinminpu Group | China | A giant ornithomimosaur. | |
| Bistahieversor | Valid | Carr Williamson | | Campanian | Kirtland Formation | USA | A 30-foot tyrannosauroid known from the remains of both adults and juveniles. Previously considered a species of Daspletosaurus. | |
| Blasisaurus | Valid | Cruzado-Caballero Pereda-Suberbiola Ruiz-Omeñaca | | Late Maastrichtian | Arén Formation | Spain | A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid | |
| Bolong | Valid | Wu Godefroit Hu | | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | An iguanodontoid | |
| Chromogisaurus | Valid | Ezcurra | | Late Triassic | Ischigualasto Formation | Argentina | A guaibasaurid sauropodomorph | |
| Chuxiongosaurus | Valid | Lü Kobayashi et al. | | Early Jurassic | Lower Lufeng Formation | China | A prosauropod. | |
| Coahuilaceratops | Valid | Loewen Sampson et al. | | Early Maastrichtian | Cerro Huerta Formation | Mexico | A chasmosaurine ceratopsid with the largest horns of any dinosaur currently known. | |
| Concavenator | Valid | Ortega Escaso Sanz | | Barremian | Calizas de La Huérguina Formation | Spain | A carcharodontosaurid with a pointed, hump-like crest near the hips and bumps on the ulnae that may be quill knobs. | |
| Cruxicheiros | Valid | Benson Radley | early 1960s | Lower Bathonian | Chipping Norton Formation | UK | A large basal tetanuran known from scant remains. | |
| Diabloceratops | Valid | Kirkland DeBlieux | | Middle Campanian | Wahweap Formation | USA | A centrosaurine ceratopsid. | |
| Duriatitan | Valid | Barrett Benson Upchurch | | Late Jurassic | Kimmeridge Clay Formation | UK | A titanosauriform sauropod | |
| Fruitadens | Valid | Butler Galton et al. | late 1970s | Lower Tithonian | Morrison Formation | USA | A heterodontosaurid and the smallest known ornithischian dinosaur. | |
| Fukuititan | Valid | Azuma Shibata | | Barremian | Kitadani Formation | Japan | A titanosauriform sauropod. | |
| Geminiraptor | Valid | Senter Kirkland et al. | | ?lower Barremian | Cedar Mountain Formation | USA | A troodontid. | |
| Glishades | Valid | Prieto-Márquez | | Campanian | Two Medicine Formation | USA | A basal hadrosauroid | |
| Haplocheirus | Valid | Choiniere Xu et al. | 2004 | Oxfordian | Shishugou Formation | China | The most primitive known alvarezsauroid. | |
| Hippodraco | Valid | McDonald Kirkland et al. | | Upper Barremian-lowermost Aptian | Cedar Mountain Formation | USA | A basal iguanodontian | |
| Hypselospinus | Valid | Norman | | Early Valanginian | Wealden Group | England | A new genus for "Iguanodon" fittoni (Lydekker, 1889). | |
| Ignavusaurus | Junior synonym of Massospondylus | Knoll | | Hettangian | Elliot Formation | Lesotho | Originally interpreted as a distinct basal sauropodomorph, but now appears to be a misidentified juvenile Massospondylus specimen. | |
| Iguanacolossus | Valid | McDonald Kirkland et al. | | ?lower Barremian | Cedar Mountain Formation | USA | A basal iguanodontian | |
| Jeyawati | Valid | Mcdonald Wolfe Kirkland | | Turonian | Moreno Hill Formation | USA | Basal hadrosauroid. | |
| Kayentavenator | Valid | Gay | | Sinemurian/Pliensbachian | Kayenta Formation | USA | A basal tetanuran | |
| Kileskus | Valid | Averianov Krasnolutskii Ivantsov | | Bathonian | Itat Formation | Russia | A tyrannosauroid | |
| Kosmoceratops | Valid | Sampson Loewen et al. | | Late Campanian | Kaiparowits Formation | USA | A chasmosaurine ceratopsid. | |
| Kukufeldia | Valid | McDonald Barrett Chapman | 1848 | Barremian | Wealden Formation | UK | A basal iguanodont, formerly classified as Iguanodon anglicus | ñ |
| Linheraptor | Valid | Xu Choinere et al. | | Campanian | Bayan Mandahu Formation | China | A dromaeosaurid | |
| Liubangosaurus | Valid | Mo Xu Buffetaut | | Early Cretaceous | Xinlong Formation | China | A eusauropod. | |
| Machairasaurus | Valid | Longrich Currie Dong | | Late Cretaceous | Bayan Mandahu Formation | China | An ingeniine oviraptorid. | |
| Medusaceratops | Valid | Ryan Russell Hartman | | Campanian | Judith River Formation | USA | A ceratopsid dinosaur. Initially considered to be a member of Chasmosaurinae, subsequently reinterpreted as a member of Centrosaurinae. | |
| Mojoceratops | Valid | Longrich | | Late Campanian | Dinosaur Park Formation | Canada | A long-horned chasmosaurine ceratopsid. | |
| Ojoceratops | Valid | Sullivan Lucas | | Late Cretaceous | Ojo Alamo Formation | USA | A chasmosaurine ceratopsid. | |
| Paludititan | Valid | Csiki Codrea et al. | | Maastrichtian | Haţeg Basin | Romania | A titanosaur | |
| Panamericansaurus | Valid | Calvo Porfiri | | Campanian-Maastrichtian | Allen Formation | Argentina | An aeolosaurini titanosaur | |
| Pneumatoraptor | Valid | Ősi Apesteguía Kowalewski | | Santonian | Csehbánya Formation | Hungary | A small bird-like paravian estimated to reach slightly more than two feet in length. | |
| Proplanicoxa | Valid | Carpenter Ishida | | Late Barremian | Wessex Formation | England | A basal iguanodont | |
| Psittacosaurus gobiensis | Valid | Sereno Zhao Tan | | Lower Cretaceous | Bayan Gobi Formation | China | A ninth or eleventh species of Psittacosaurus. | |
| Rahiolisaurus | Valid | Novas Chatterjee et al. | | Maastrichtian | Lameta Formation | India | An abelisaurid | |
| Rubeosaurus | Valid | McDonald Horner | | Campanian | Two Medicine Formation | USA | A new genus for "Styracosaurus" ovatus Gilmore, 1930. | |
| Sanjuansaurus | Valid | Alcober Martinez | | Late Carnian | Ischigualasto Formation | Argentina | A herrerasaurid | |
| Seitaad | Valid | Sertich Loewen | 2005 | Pleinsbachian | Navajo Sandstone | USA | A basal sauropodomorph | |
| Sellacoxa | Valid | Carpenter Ishida | | Early Valanginian | Wealden Group | England | A basal iguanodont | |
| Sinoceratops | Valid | Xu Wang et al. | | Upper Cretaceous | Wangshi Group | China | A basal centrosaurine. | |
| Tatankaceratops | Valid | Ott Larson | | Maastrichtian | Hell Creek Formation | USA | A chasmosaurine ceratopsid. | |
| Texacephale | Valid | Longrich Sankey Tanke | | Upper Campanian | Aguja Formation | USA | A basal pachycephalosaur. | |
| Tianyuraptor | Valid | Zheng Xu et al. | | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | A short-armed dromaeosaurid. | |
| Tonganosaurus | Valid | Li Yang et al. | | Early Jurassic | Yimen Formation | China | A mamenchisaurid sauropod. | |
| Torilion | Junior synonym | Carpenter Ishida | | Mid Valanginian | Wadhurst Clay | England | Junior synonym of Barilium | |
| Utahceratops | Valid | Sampson Loewen et al. | | Late Campanian | Kaiparowits Formation | USA | A chasmosaurine ceratopsid. | |
| Vagaceratops | Valid | Sampson Loewen et al. | | Late Campanian | Dinosaur Park Formation | Canada | A chasmosaurine ceratopsid. A new genus for "Chasmosaurus" irvinensis Holmes et al., 2001. | |
| Wadhurstia | Junior synonym | Carpenter Ishida | | Early Valanginian | Wadhurst Clay | England | Junior synonym of Hypselospinus | |
| Willinakaqe | Valid | Juárez Valieri Haro et al. | | late Campanian-early Maastrichtian | Allen Formation | Argentina | Second hadrosauroid from South America. | |
| Xiongguanlong | Valid | Li Norell et al. | | Aptian–Albian | Xinminpu Group | China | A longirostrine tyrannosauroid. | |
| Xixianykus | Valid | Xu Wang et al. | | Campanian | Majiacun Formation | China | A parvicursorine. | |
| Xixiasaurus | Valid | Lü Xu et al. | | Campanian | Majiacun Formation | China | A troodontid. | |
| Xixiposaurus | Valid | Sekiya | | Lower Jurassic | Lower Lufeng Formation | China | A prosauropod. | |
| Zhuchengceratops | Valid | Xu Wang et al. | | Upper Cretaceous | Wangshi Group | China | A leptoceratopsid. | |
| Zuolong | Valid | Choiniere Clark et al. | | Oxfordian | Shishugou Formation | China | Basal coelurosaur | |

## Newly named birds

| Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Agapornis atlanticus | Valid | Sp. nov. | Cécile Mourer-Chauviré Denis Geraads | Late Pliocene | Ahl al Oughlam | Morocco | A Psittacidae, a lovebird. |
| Ankonetta larriestrai | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Marcos M. Cenizo Federico L. Agnolín | Early or Middle Miocene | Santa Cruz Formation | Argentina | A basal member of Anatidae. This is type species of the new genus. |
| Aquila bullockensis | Valid | Sp. nov. | Priscilla Gaff Walter E. Boles | Middle Miocene | Bullock Creek | Australia:  Northern Territory | An Accipitridae, the oldest Aquila species is in Australia. |
| Balaur bondoc | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Csiki Vremir et al. | Late Cretaceous: Maastrichtian | Sebeş Formation | Romania | A four-toed, two-fingered avialian. |
| Bauxitornis mindszentyae | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Gareth J. Dyke Attila Ősi | Santonian | Csehbánya Formation | Hungary | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman & Paul, 1985. This is the type species of the new genus. |
| ?Borvocarbo tardatus | Valid | Sp. nov. | Ursula B. Göhlich Cécile Mourer-Chauviré | Early Miocene | MN 4c | Germany:  Bavaria | A Phalacrocoracoidea, Pelecaniformes, possibly a species of Borvocarbo. |
| Camptodontus yangi | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Li Li En-pu Gong Li-dong Zhang Ya-jun Yang Lian-hai Hou | Early Cretaceous | Aptian, Jiufotang Formation | China | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Longipterygidae Zhang, Zhou, Hou et Gu, 2000, this is the type species of the new genus. |
| Carduelis aurelioi | Valid | Sp. nov. | Carlos Rando Josep A. Alcover Juan C. Illera | Late Pleistocene to Holocene | | Spain:  Canary Islands | A Fringillidae, Carduelinae. |
| Celericolius acriala | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Daniel T. Ksepka Julia A. Clarke | Eocene | | USA:  Wyoming | A Coliidae, a species of Coliidae. This is the type species of the new genus. |
| Confuciusornis jianchangensis | Disputed | Sp. nov. | Li Li Wang Jing-qi Hou Shi-lin | Aptian | Jiufotang Formation | China | A species of Confuciusornis known from a single skeleton. Considered to be a junior synonym of Confuciusornis sanctus by Wang, O'Connor & Zhou (2018). |
| Corvus harkanyensis | Valid | Sp. nov. | Jenő Kessler | Late Pliocene | MN 15-16 | Hungary | A new species of Corvus, Corvidae. |
| Cuculus pannonicus | Valid | Sp. nov. | Jenö Kessler | Late Miocene; Late Pliocene | MN 13; MN 16 | Hungary | A new species of Cuculus, Cuculidae. |
| Cyrilavis | Valid | Gen. nov. | Larry D. Martin | Early Eocene | Green River Formation | USA:  Wyoming;  UK:  England | A new genus with Primobucco olsoni Feduccia et Martin, 1976. as the type species. |
| Dasornis abdoun | Valid | Sp. nov. | Estelle Bourdon | Early Eoceen | Ypresian | Morocco | An Odontopterygiformes. Dasornis Owen, 1870. The type species is Dasornis londinensis Owen, 1870. |
| Eozygodactylus americanus | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Ilka Weidig | Eocene Wasatchian | Green River Formation | USA:  Wyoming | A Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, ?Piciformes, this is the type species of the new genus. |
| Eurystomus beremedensis | Valid | Sp. nov. | Jenö Kessler | Late Pliocene | MN 16 | Hungary | A new species of Eurystomus, Coraciidae. |
| Flexomornis howei | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Ronald S. Tykoski Anthony R. Fiorillo | Campanian | Woodbine Formation | USA:  Texas | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. This is the type species of the new genus. |
| Geronticus olsoni | Valid | Sp. nov. | Cécile Mourer-Chauviré Denis Geraads | Late Pliocene | Ahl al Oughlam | Morocco | A Threskiornithidae, a species of Geronticus. |
| Glaucidium baranensis | Valid | Sp. nov. | Jenö Kessler | Late Pliocene | MN 15-16 | Hungary | A new species of Glaucidium, Strigidae. |
| Gyps bochenskii | Valid | Sp. nov. | Zlatozar N. Boev | Late Pliocene | MN 17 | Bulgaria | A new species of Gyps, Accipitridae. |
| Hollanda luceria | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Alyssa K. Bell Luis M. Chiappe Gregory M. Erickson Shigeru Suzuki Mahito Watabe Rinchen Barsbold K. Tsogtbaatar | Campanian | Barun Goyot Formation | Mongolia | A predatory ground bird known from an unusual hind limb. This is the type species of the new genus. |
| Huoshanornis huji | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Wang Xia Zhang Zihui Gao Chunling Hou Lianhan Meng Qingjin Liu Jinyuan | Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. This is the type species of the new genus. |
| Inkayacu paracasensis | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Julia A. Clarke Daniel T. Ksepka Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi Ali J. Altamirano Matthew D. Shawkey Liliana D’Alba Jakob Vinther Thomas J. DeVries Patrice Baby | Late Eocene | Ica Region | Peru | A giant Spheniscidae and the type species of the new genus. |
| Intiornis inexpectatus | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Emilio Novas Federico L. Agnolín Carlos A. Scanferla | Campanian | Las Curtiembres Formation | Argentina | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman et Paul, 1985, the type species of the new genus. |
| Kuiornis indicator | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Trevor H. Worthy Suzanne J. Hand Jacqueline M. T. Nguyen Alan J. D. Tennyson Jennifer P. Worthy R. Paul Scofield Walter E. Boles Michael Archer | Early Miocene | Altonian | New Zealand | A new genus and species of Acanthisittidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
| Lamarqueavis australis | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Federico L. Agnolin | Late Cretaceous | Allen Formation, Campanian or Maastrichtian | Argentina | A Cimolopterygidae Brodkorb, 1963, this is the type species of the new genus. |
| Lamarqueavis minima | Valid | Comb. nov. | Pierce Brodkorb | Late Cretaceous | Lance Formation | USA:  Wyoming | A new genus for Cimolopteryx minima Brodkorb, 1963, transferred to Lamarqueavis by Agnolin, 2010. |
| Lamarqueavis petra | Valid | Comb. nov. | Sylvia Hope | Late Cretaceous | Lance Formation | USA:  Wyoming | A new genus for Cimolopteryx petra Hope, 2002, transferred to Lamarqueavis by Agnolin, 2010. |
| Leptoptilos robustus | Valid | Sp. nov. | Hanneke J.M. Meijer Rokus Awe Due | Late Pleistocene | Liang Bua | Indonesia | A giant marabou stork, Ciconiidae. |
| Longicrusavis houi | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Jingmai K. O'Connor Gao Ke-Qin Luis M. Chiappe | Barremian | Yixian Formation | China | A Hongshanornithidae O’Connor, Gao et Chiappe, 2010, this is the type species of the new genus. |
| Lophogallus naranbulakensis | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Nikita V. Zelenkov Evgeny N. Kurochkin | Middle Miocene | Naran Bulak Formation | Mongolia | A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
| Matuku otagoense | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | R. Paul Scofield Trevor H. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson | Early Miocene | Bannockburn Formation | New Zealand | An Ardeidae, the type species of the new genus. |
| Mogontiacopsitta miocaena | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Gerald Mayr | Late Oligocene / Early Miocene | Mainz Basin | Germany:  Rhineland-Palatinate | A small Psittacidae, the type species of the new genus. |
| Morsoravis sedilis | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Sara Bertelli Bent E. K. Lindow Gareth J. Dyke Luis M. Chiappe | Early Eocene | Fur Formation | Denmark | The type species of the new genus. A bird of uncertain phylogenetic placement; it might be a relative of Charadriiformes or a relative of the passerines and the extinct family Zygodactylidae. Maybe close to Pumiliornis tessellatus G. Mayr, 1999. |
| Oraristrix brea | Valid | Comb. nov. | Kenneth E. Campbell Jr. Zbigniew M. Bocheński | Late Pleistocene | La Brea Tar Pits | USA:  California | Strigidae, a new genus for Strix brea Howard (1933), the type species of the new genus. |
| Palaelodus aotearoa | Valid | Sp. nov. | Trevor H. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson Michael Archer R. Paul Scofield | Early Miocene | Bannockburn Formation | New Zealand | A Phoenicopteriformes, Palaelodidae Stejneger, 1885. |
| Pelagornis chilensis | Valid | Sp. nov. | Gerald Mayr David Rubilar-Rogers | Miocene | Bahia Inglesa Formation | Chile | A Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888 with a large wingspan. |
| Perplexicervix microcephalon | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Gerald Mayr | Middle Eocene | Messel pit, MP 11 | Germany:  Hessen | A member of Neognathae Incertae Sedis. The type species of the new genus. |
| Plioperdix africana | Valid | Sp. nov. | Cécille Mourer-Chauviré Denis Geraads | Late Pliocene | Casablanca | Morocco | A Phasianidae, Galliformes, a species of Plioperdix Kretzoi, 1955. |
| Presbyornis mongoliensis | Valid | Sp. nov. | Evgeney N. Kurochkin Gareth J. Dyke | Late Paleocene | Bumbam Member of the Narabulag Svita | Mongolia | A Presbyornithidae Wetmore, 1926, Anseriformes. |
| Rhenanorallus rhenanus | Valid | Gerald Mayr | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Late Oligocene / Early Miocene | MN 2a, Wiesbaden Formation, Mainz Basin | Germany:  Rhineland-Palatinate | A small Rallidae, the type species of the new genus. |
| Shenqiornis mengi | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Wang Xuri Jingmai K. O'Connor Zhao Bo Luis M. Chiappe Gao Chunling Cheng Xiaodong | Aptian | Qiaotou Formation | China | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. |
| Shenshiornis primita | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Hu Dongyu Li Li Hou Lianhai Xu Xing | Aptian | Jiufotang Formation | China | A Sapeornithidae Zhou, 2006, this is the type species of the new genus. |
| Vastanavis cambayensis | Valid | Sp. nov. | Gerald Mayr Rajendra S. Rana Kenneth D. Rose Ashok Sahni Kishor Kumar Lachham Singh Thierry Smith | Early Eocene | Ypresian | India | A Vastanavidae G. Mayr, Rana, Rose, Sahni, Kumar, Sing et T. Smith, 2010, basal Psittaciformes. |
| Zhongjianornis yangi | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Zhou Zhonghe Zhang Fucheng Li Zhiheng | Aptian | Jiufotang Formation | China | A beaked basal avialan |

## Newly named pterosaurs

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Aetodactylus | Valid | Myers | Cenomanian | Tarrant Formation | United States | An ornithocheirid known only from a partial lower jaw. |
| Alanqa | Valid | Ibrahim Unwin et al. | Late Cretaceous | Kem Kem Beds | Morocco | An azhdarchid known only from five fragments of the front upper and lower jaws, and possibly a neck vertebra. |
| Archaeoistiodactylus | Valid | Lü Fucha | Middle Jurassic | Tiaojishan Formation | China | An istiodactylid or a poorly preserved specimen of Darwinopterus. |
| Darwinopterus | Valid | Lü Unwin et al. | Oxfordian | Tiaojishan Formation | China | A wukongopterid that was described as a derived rhamphorhynchoid with transitional characters connecting it with pterodactyloids. |
| D. linglongtaensis | Valid | Wang Kellner et al. | Late Jurassic | Daohugou Formation? | China | A second species of Darwinopterus |
| Dawndraco | Disputed | Kellner | Late Coniacian/Early Santonian | Niobrara Formation | USA | A pteranodontid. The type species is Dawndraco kanzai. Martin-Silverstone et al. (2017) consider this species to be a junior synonym of Pteranodon sternbergi. |
| Faxinalipterus | Valid | Bonaparte Schultz Soares | Late Triassic | Caturrita Formation | Brazil | |
| Fenghuangopterus | Valid | Lü Fucha Chen | Middle Jurassic | Tiaojishan Formation | China | An earliest scaphognathine pterosaur. |
| Geosternbergia maiseyi | Valid | Kellner | Late Coniacian - Early Campanian | Sharon Springs Formation | USA | A pteranodontid. |
| Kunpengopterus | Valid | Wang Kellner et al. | Late Jurassic | Daohugou Formation? | China | A wukongopterid. The type species is Kunpengopterus sinensis. |
| Prejanopterus | Valid | Vidarte Calvo | Lower Aptian | Leza Formation | Spain | |
| Sericipterus | Valid | Andres Clark Xing | Oxfordian | Shishugou Formation | China | A rhamphorhynchid with a nearly six foot wingspan. |
| Zhenyuanopterus | Valid | Lü | Barremian | Yixian Formation | China | A boreopterid. |