Newly discovered / described fossil species 2019
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Dec. 11, 2019
Name: Asfaltovenator vialidadi
Named By: Oliver Rauhut and Diego Pol
Meaning: "Hunter from Asfalto"
What: Allosauroid theropod dinosaur
When: ~ 170,000,000 B.C.E. (Middle Jurassic epoch)
Where: Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Argentina)
Additional Information: Placement within Allosauroidea is probable but tentative
Study: Probable basal allosauroid from the early Middle Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina highlights phylogenetic uncertainty in tetanuran theropod dinosaurs
Picture Source: Serjoscha Evers on Twitter
Name: Asfaltovenator vialidadi
Named By: Oliver Rauhut and Diego Pol
Meaning: "Hunter from Asfalto"
What: Allosauroid theropod dinosaur
When: ~ 170,000,000 B.C.E. (Middle Jurassic epoch)
Where: Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Argentina)
Additional Information: Placement within Allosauroidea is probable but tentative
Study: Probable basal allosauroid from the early Middle Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina highlights phylogenetic uncertainty in tetanuran theropod dinosaurs
Picture Source: Serjoscha Evers on Twitter
@AWP will like this one
Dec. 11, 2019
Name: Aegicetus gehennae
What: Protocetid cetacean
When: ~ 35,000,000 B.C.E. (Eocene epoch)
Where: Wadi Al Hitan World Heritage Site (Egypt)
Additional Information: Youngest protocetid.
Study: Aegicetus gehennae, a new late Eocene protocetid (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, and the transition to tail-powered swimming in whales
Picture Source: (of a related species) Georgiacetus
Dec. 11, 2019
Name: Aegicetus gehennae
What: Protocetid cetacean
When: ~ 35,000,000 B.C.E. (Eocene epoch)
Where: Wadi Al Hitan World Heritage Site (Egypt)
Additional Information: Youngest protocetid.
Study: Aegicetus gehennae, a new late Eocene protocetid (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, and the transition to tail-powered swimming in whales
Picture Source: (of a related species) Georgiacetus
Dec. 17, 2019
Name: Jinbeisaurus wangi
What: Tyrannosauroid theropod dinosaur
When: Late Cretaceous
Where: Huiquanpu Formation (Shanxi Province, China)
Additional Information: N/A
Study: A new tyrannosauroid from the Upper Cretaceous of Shanxi, China - ScienceDirect
Picture Source: Paleo News #120 Jinbeisaurus wangi is a #Newspecies of #tyranosauroid from the late #Cretaceous of - @glimpses_of_prehistory
Dec. 18, 2019
Name: Asmodochelys parhami
What: Marine turtle
When: ~ 75,000,000 B.C.E.
Where: Demopolis Chalk (Alabama and Mississippi, United States)
Additional Information: N/A
Study: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.191950
Picture Source: 75 million-year-old sea turtle fossil discovery is a new genus and species that sheds light on the evolution of its modern relatives - News
Name: Jinbeisaurus wangi
What: Tyrannosauroid theropod dinosaur
When: Late Cretaceous
Where: Huiquanpu Formation (Shanxi Province, China)
Additional Information: N/A
Study: A new tyrannosauroid from the Upper Cretaceous of Shanxi, China - ScienceDirect
Picture Source: Paleo News #120 Jinbeisaurus wangi is a #Newspecies of #tyranosauroid from the late #Cretaceous of - @glimpses_of_prehistory
Dec. 18, 2019
Name: Asmodochelys parhami
What: Marine turtle
When: ~ 75,000,000 B.C.E.
Where: Demopolis Chalk (Alabama and Mississippi, United States)
Additional Information: N/A
Study: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.191950
Picture Source: 75 million-year-old sea turtle fossil discovery is a new genus and species that sheds light on the evolution of its modern relatives - News
SpinyLiving
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Not really newly described species, but I thought I'd share it anyway
Earliest Fossil Evidence of Parental Behaviour Found
Earliest Fossil Evidence of Parental Behaviour Found
Name: Nullotitan glaciaris & Isasicursor santacrucensis
What: Titanosaur sauropod & Elasmarian ornithopod
When: Late Cretaceous
Where: Chorrillo Formation (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
Additional Information: N/A
Study: https://www.researchgate.net/public...ceous_Santa_Cruz_Province_Patagonia_Argentina
Picture Source: Dinosaurs from the "End of the World"
What: Titanosaur sauropod & Elasmarian ornithopod
When: Late Cretaceous
Where: Chorrillo Formation (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
Additional Information: N/A
Study: https://www.researchgate.net/public...ceous_Santa_Cruz_Province_Patagonia_Argentina
Picture Source: Dinosaurs from the "End of the World"