Dinosaurs of 1997

[tlford@ix.netcom.com]

A friend of mine asked if I could put a list of the 1997 and 1998
dinosaur. I'm going to wait on the 1998 list because I'm waiting for a
few more papers to come in.

Here is the 1997 list.


Dinos, 1997

Genera 8

Species 6

Fanual lists 2

Nomen nudum 2

Family: Podokesauridae von HUENE, 1914

Gojirasaurus quayi CARPENTER, 1997

Carpenter, Kenneth, 1997. A Giant Coelophysoid (Ceratosauria) Theropod
from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, USA. N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh,
205, 2: 189-208.

Family: Allosauridae MARSH, 1878

Prodeinodon tibetensis (faunal list in ZHANG & LI, 1997)

Zhang, Shunxin and Li Fenglin, 1997. Mesozoic Dinosaur Localities in
China and Their Stratigraphy. In: Dinofest International, Proceedings of
a Symposium sponsered by Arizona State University. A Publication of The
Academy of Natural Sciences, edited by Donald L. Wolberg, Edmund Sump,
and Gary D. Rosenberg: 265-273.

Family: Dromaeosauridae D. A. RUSSELL, 1969

Megaraptor namuhualquii (nomen nudum) in SHREEVE,1997

Shreeve, James, 1997. Uncovering Patagonia's Lost World. National
Geographic, Volume 192, Number 6: 120-137.

Family: Unenlagiidae?

Unenlagia comahuensis NOVAS & PUERTA, 1997

Novas, Fernando E., and Pablo F. Puerta, 1997. New evidence concerning
avian origins from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Nature, Volume 387:
390-392.

Family: Caenagnathidae R. M. STERNBERG, 1940

Microvenator chagyaensis (faunal list in ZHANG & LI, 1997)

Zhang, Shunxin and Li Fenglin, 1997. Mesozoic Dinosaur Localities in
China and Their Stratigraphy. In: Dinofest International, Proceedings of
a Symposium sponsered by Arizona State University. A Publication of The
Academy of Natural Sciences, edited by Donald L. Wolberg, Edmund Sump,
and Gary D. Rosenberg: 265-273.

Family: Ornithomimidae MARSH, 1890

Orcomimus TRIEBOLD, 1997 (nomen nudum)

Triebold, Michael, 1997. The Sandy Site: Small Dinosaurs from the Hell
Creek Formation of South Dakota. In: Dinofest International, Proceedings
of a Symposium sponsered by Arizona State University. A Publication of
The Academy of Natural Sciences, edited by Donald L. Wolberg, Edmund
Sump, and Gary D. Rosenberg: 245-248.

Family: Oviraptoridae BARSBOLD, 1976

Rinchenia mongoliensis (BARSBOLD, 1986) BARSBOLD, 1997 (nomen nudum)

Barsbold, R., 1997. Oviraptorosauria. In: Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs,
edited by Philip J. Currie and Kevin Padian, Academic Press: 505-509.

Theropoda gen sp indet.

"Beelemodon" BAKKER, 1997

Bakker, Robert T., 1997. Raptor Family values: Allosaur parents brought
giant carcasses into their lair to feet their young. In: Dinofest
International, Proceedings of a Symposium sponsered by Arizona State
University. A Publication of The Academy of Natural Sciences, edited by
Donald L. Wolberg, Edmund Sump, and Gary D. Rosenberg: 51-63.

Protarchaeopteryx robusta JI, et al., 1997

Ji, Q.  et Ji., 1997. Protarchaeopteryx, a new genus of
Archaeopterygidae in China. Chinese Geology, 1997, 3, 238: 38-41.

Family: Titanosauridae BONAPARTE& CORIA, 1993

Pellegrinisaurus powelli SALGADO, 1997

Salgado, Leonardo, 1997. Pellegrinisaurus powelli nov. gen. et. sp.
(Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lago
Pellegrini, Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana, Volume 33,
Number 4: 355-365.

Titanosaurus colberti JAIN & BANDYOPADHYAY, 1997

Jain, Sohan L., and Saswati Bandyopadhyay, 1997. New Titanosaurid
(Dinosauria: Sauropodoa) from the Late Cretaceous of Central India.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 17, Number 1: 114-136.

Family: Mamenchisauride  YOUNG & CHAO, 1972

Hudiesaurus sinojapanerum DONG, 1997

Dong, Zhiming, 1997. A Gigantic Sauropod (Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum gen.
et. sp. nov.) from the Turpan Basin, China. . In: Sino-Japanese Silk
Road Dinosaur Expedition, edited by Dong Zhiming, China Ocean Press:
102-110.

Segnosauria incertae sedis

Nanshiungosaurus bohlini DONG & YU, 1997

Dong, Zhiming, and Yu Hailu, 1997. A New Segnosaur from Mazongshan Area,
Gansu Province, China. In: Sino-Japanese Silk Road Dinosaur Expedition,
edited by Dong Zhiming, China Ocean Press: 90-95.

Parafamily: Hypsilophodontidae DOLLO, 1882

Siluosaurus zhangqiani DONG, 1997

Dong, Zhiming, 1997. A Small Ornithopod from Mazongshan Area, Gansu
Province, China. In: Sino-Japanese Silk Road Dinosaur Expedition, edited
by Dong Zhiming, China Ocean Press: 24-26.

Tenontosaurus dosii WINKLER, MURRY & JACOBS, 1997

Winkler, Dale A., Phillip Murry and Louis L. Jacobs, 1997. A new species
of Tenontosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of
Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 17, Number 2: 330-343.

Parafamily: Iguanodontidae COPE, 1869

Probactrosaurus mazongshanensis LU, 1997

Lu, Junchang, 1997. A New Iguanodontidae (Probactrosaurus
mazongshanensis sp. nov. ) from Mazongshan Area, Gansu Province, China.
In: Sino-Japanese Silk Road Dinosaur Expedition, edited by Dong Zhiming,
China Ocean Press: 27-47.

Parafamily: Psittacosauridae OSBORN, 1923

Psittacosaurus mazongshanensis XU, 1997

Xu, Xing, 1997. A New Psittacosaur (Psittacosaurus mazongshanensis sp.
nov. ) From Mazongshan Area, Gansu Province, China. In: Sino-Japanese
Silk Road Dinosaur Expedition, edited by Dong Zhiming, China Ocean
Press: 48-67.

Family: Archaeoceratopsidae DONG & AZUMA, 1997

Archaeoceratops oshimai DONG & AZUMA, 1997

Dong, Zhiming, and Yoichi Azuma, 1997. On a Primitive Neoceratopsian
from the Early Cretaceous of China. In: Sino-Japanese Silk Road Dinosaur
Expedition, edited by Dong Zhiming, China Ocean Press: 68-89.

Aves: 

Genera 1, 2 sp

SUPERORDER: ODONTOGNATHES MARSH, 1880

        ORDER: HESPERORNITHIFORMES FURBRINGER, 1888

Family: Hesperornithidae MARSH, 1872

Pasquiaornis hardiei TOKARYK, CUMBAA & STORER, 1997
Pasquiaornis tankei TOKARYK, CUMBAA & STORER, 1997

Tokaryk, Tim T,. Stephen L. Cumbaa, and John E. Storer, 1997. Early Late
Cretaceous Birds from Saskatchewan, Canada: The oldest Diverse Avifauna
known from North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 17,
Number 1: 172-176.


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