page_title: 2008 in paleontology
section_title: Newly named dinosaurs
hierarchical_section_title: 2008 in paleontology / Archosaurs / Dinosaurs / Newly named dinosaurs
caption_attribution_description: Kryptops palaias, an abelisaurid from the Early Cretaceous of Niger, the reconstruction is highly speculative due to the fragmentary nature of the fossil, after Sereno and Brusatte, 2008, pencil drawing, digital coloring
context_page_description: Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks, burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces, palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science.
context_section_description: 28 new dinosaur genera were erected in 2008. Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.
caption: Kryptops
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