2002 in paleontology
New taxa
Columns: Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Unit | Location
Austriadactylus | gen et sp nov | Valid | Dalla Vecchia, Wild, & Reitner | Seefelder Beds | Austria | Hatzegopteryx | gen et sp nov | Valid | Buffetaut, Grigorescu, & Csiki | Densuș-Ciula Formation | Romania | Jeholopterus | gen et sp nov | Valid | Wang & Zhou | Daohugou Beds | China | Piksi | gen et sp nov | Valid | Varricchio | Two Medicine Formation | United States | Pterorhynchus | gen et sp nov | Valid | Czerkas & Ji | Daohugou Beds | China | Thalassodromeus | gen et sp nov | Valid | Kellner & Campos | Santana Formation | Brazil | Utahdactylus | gen et sp nov | Valid | Czerkas & Mickelson | Morrison Formation , Utah | USA