This article records newtaxa of every kind offossilarchosaur that are scheduled to bedescribed during 2024, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to thepaleontology of archosaurs that will be published in 2024.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Ahdeskatanka[1]	Gen. et sp. nov		Cossette & Tarailo	Wasatchian	Golden Valley Formation	United States ( North Dakota)	A member of the familyAlligatoridae belonging to the subfamilyAlligatorinae. The type species isA. russlanddeutsche.
Aphaurosuchus kaiju[2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Martinset al.	Late Cretaceous	Adamantina Formation	Brazil	Abaurusuchid. Announced in 2023; the final article version was published in 2024.
Araripesuchus manzanensis[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Fernández Dumontet al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Candeleros Formation	Argentina
Asiatosuchus oenotriensis[4]	Sp. nov		Narváezet al.	Eocene (Lutetian)		Spain	Abasal member ofCrocodyloidea.
Benggwigwishingasuchus[5]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Smithet al.	Middle Triassic (Anisian)	Favret Formation	United States ( Nevada)	A member ofParacrocodylomorpha, probably belonging to the groupPoposauroidea. The type species isB. eremicarminis.
Caipirasuchus catanduvensis[6]	Sp. nov		Ioriet al.	Late Cretaceous	Adamantina Formation	Brazil
Enalioetes[7]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sachset al.	Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)	Stadthagen Formation	Germany	Ametriorhynchid. The type species isE. schroederi.
Epoidesuchus[8]	Gen. et sp. nov		Ruizet al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)	Adamantina Formation	Brazil	Apeirosauridnotosuchian. The type species isE. tavaresae.
Garzapelta[9]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Reyes, Martz & Small	Late Triassic (Norian)	Cooper Canyon Formation	United States ( Texas)	Anaetosaur. The type species isG. muelleri.
Ophiussasuchus[10]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	López-Rojaset al.	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian–Tithonian)	Lourinhã Formation	Portugal	Agoniopholidid crocodylomorph. The type species isO. paimogonectes.
Paranacaiman[11]	Gen. et sp. nov		Bonaet al.	Miocene	Ituzaingó Formation	Argentina	Acaiman. The type species isP. bravardi. Fossils of this genus were previously referred toCaiman lutescens.
Paranasuchus[11]	Gen. et comb. nov		Bonaet al.	Miocene	Ituzaingó Formation	Argentina	A caiman. The type species is"Caiman" gasparinae.
Parvosuchus[12]	Gen. et sp. nov		Müller	Triassic (Ladinian–Carnian)	Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence	Brazil	Agracilisuchid pseudosuchian. The type species isP. aurelioi.
Schultzsuchus[13]	Gen. et comb. nov		Desojo & Rauhut	Triassic (Ladinian–Carnian)	Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence	Brazil	A member of Paracrocodylomorpha, probably belonging to the group Poposauroidea. The type species is"Prestosuchus" loricatus von Huene (1938).
Sutekhsuchus[14]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Burkeet al.	Miocene	Moghra Formation	Egypt  Libya	A member of the familyGavialidae belonging to the subfamilyGavialinae. The type species is"Tomistoma" dowsoni Fourtau (1920).
Varanosuchus[15]	Gen et sp. nov	Valid	Pochat-Cottillouxet al.	Early Cretaceous	Sao Khua Formation	Thailand	Anatoposaurid. The type species isV. sakonnakhonensis.

• Evidence of the impact of function on the evolution of the lower jaw morphology in crocodile-line archosaurs is presented by Rawsonet al. (2024).^[16]
• A review of studies on the thermometabolism of crocodile-line archosaurs from the preceding 20 years is published by Faure-Brac (2024).^[17]
• Sennikov (2024) interpretsornithosuchids as macrophagous predators with specialized jaw apparatus, and notes analogs between them and saber-toothedtherapsids (including mammals).^[18]
• A study on the locomotion ofRiojasuchus tenuisceps is published by von Baczkoet al. (2024), who reconstructR. tenuisceps as having an erect posture and parasagittal gait, but do not conclusively resolve whether it was bipedal or quadrupedal.^[19]
• A study on the anatomy of the skull and on the neurology ofTarjadia ruthae is published by Desojoet al. (2024).^[20]
• A study on the humeral bone histology ofBenggwigwishingasuchus eremacarminis is published by Klein (2024), who finds no evidence of secondary aquatic adaptations, but reports evidence indicative a slower growth rate than inEffigia andSillosuchus.^[21]
• Redescription of the skeletal anatomy ofShuvosaurus inexpectatus is published byNesbitt &Chatterjee (2024).^[22]
• Mastrantonioet al. (2024) describe the anatomy of the postcranial skeleton of the most complete specimen ofPrestosuchus chiniquensis reported to date, and revise the diagnosis forP. chiniquensis.^[23]
• A study on growth patterns ofPrestosuchus chiniquensis, as indicated by microstructure of bone tissues of three specimens, is published by Fariaset al. (2024).^[24]
• Ponce, Cerda & Desojo (2024) describe partial fibula ofAetosauroides scagliai from theIschigualasto Formation and partial tibia ofTarjadia ruthae from theChañares Formation diagnosed as affected byperiostitis, representing the first records of periostitis in non-crocodylomorph pseudosuchians reported to date.^[25]

• Parkeret al. (2024) study the anatomy and bone histology of a specimen ofCoahomasuchus kahleorum from the Triassic Dockum Group (Texas,United States), providing evidence that the studied specimen is not a juvenile form of another known aetosaur, and providing new information on the anatomy ofC. kahleorum.^[26]

• Review of adaptations of crocodylomorphs to lifestyles other than semiaquatic (i.e. terrestrial or fully aquatic) throughout their evolutionary history is published by Pochat-Cottilloux (2024).^[27]
• Pochat-Cottillouxet al. (2024) report evidence indicating that shape variation ofendosseous labyrinths of extant crocodylians is affected byallometry to a greater degree than by phylogenetic relationships of the studied crocodylians, and interpret these results as indicative of problems with inclusion of fossil forms in the studies of the impact of ecology on the evolution of crocodylomorph endosseous labyrinths.^[28]
• Description of the anatomy and bone histology of the postcranial skeleton ofTerrestrisuchus gracilis is published by Spiekman,Butler &Maidment.^[29]
• A study on the bone histology and growth patterns ofOrthosuchus stormbergi is published by Weisset al. (2024).^[30]
• Woodwardet al. (2024) note correlation between alligator femur volume and body mass, and use femur volume to determine body mass ofgoniopholidids,dyrosaurs,notosuchians andthalattosuchians.^[31]
• A study on the morphological diversity of the pelvic girdle of thalattosuchians and dyrosaurids throughout their evolutionary history is published by Scavezzoniet al. (2024).^[32]
• A study on the anatomy and evolution of the pectoral girdles of thalattosuchians and dyrosaurids, an on the implications of the postcranial anatomy of crocodylomorphs for the studies of their phylogenetic relationships, is published by Scavezzoniet al. (2024).^[33]
• Younget al. (2024) provide higher level systematization for Thalattosuchia under both thePhyloCode and theInternational Code of Zoological Nomenclature, naming new taxaNeothalattosuchia,Euthalattosuchia andDakosaurina.^[34]
• A study on the morphology ofosteoderms ofIndosinosuchus and an unnamed member ofMesoeucrocodylia from the Late Jurassic Phu Noi excavation site (Thailand) is published by Bhuttarachet al. (2024).^[35]
• A study on the bone microstructure ofMacrospondylus bollensis is published by Johnsonet al. (2024), who report evidence of growth at a regular rate until the animal reached adult size, of bone compactness values within the range of those of modern crocodilians, and of an amphibious lifestyle ofM. bollensis, while retaining the ability to move on land.^[36]
• Weryńskiet al. (2024) identify ateleosauroid rostrum from the Częstochowa Sponge Limestone Formation (Poland) as belonging to a non-machimosaurinmachimosaurid feeding on large prey, with morphological similarities toNeosteneosaurus edwardsi andProexochokefalos heberti, providing evidence that such teleosauroids were present outside of Western Europe during theOxfordian.^[37]
• Scheyeret al. (2024) describe teleosauroid tooth crowns associated with ichthyosaur remains (with scavenging traces also produced by a teleosauroid) from theBajocianHauptrogenstein Formation (Switzerland), representing the oldest fossil material of a member of the tribe Machimosaurini reported to date.^[38]
• Cuboet al. (2024) interpretPelagosaurus typus as an amphibious thalattosuchian likely able to wander over land, with high resting metabolic rate compared to extantectotherms but unlikely to be anendotherm, and interpret its hunting behavior as likely involving slow sustained swimming and rapid sideways movements of the head to capture prey.^[39]
• A study on the endocranial anatomy ofThalattosuchus superciliosus, providing evidence of anatomical differences between geosaurine and non-geosaurine metriorhynchids, is published by Higginset al. (2024), who argue that geosaurines and metriorhynchines likely underwent parallel shifts to a pursuit predatorecomorphology throughout their evolutionary histories.^[40]
• The first fossil material of a member or a relative of the genusPlesiosuchus fromFrance reported to date is described from the Kimmeridgian strata of the Argiles d'Ecqueville formation in Normandy by Hua (2024).^[41]
• Hua, Liston & Tabouelle (2024) describe a specimen ofMetriorhynchuscf.superciliosus from theCallovian strata from the "Vaches Noires" cliffs of Villers-sur-Mer (France), preserved with gastric contents that include remains of the gill apparatus ofLeedsichthys, and interpret the studied specimen as providing evidence ofMetriorhynchus scavenging on the remains ofLeedsichthys.^[42]
• Younget al. (2024) study the evolution of the paratympanic and paranasal sinuses in Crocodylomorpha (with a focus on thalattosuchians), and argue that the expansive snout sinus system of metriorhynchids likely prevented them from deep diving.^[43]
• Leardiet al. (2024) review the phylogenetic nomenclature ofNotosuchia, define notosuchian clades according to thePhyloCode standards and name a new cladePeirosauria.^[44]
• A study on the bone histology ofAraripesuchus buitreraensis, providing evidence of generally slow, annually interrupted growth rate, is published by Navarroet al. (2024).^[45]
• Fernández-Dumont (2024) describes juvenile specimens ofAraripesuchus from the La Buitrera Paleontological Area (Argentina) and provides a list of characters indicating ontogenetic status of specimens ofAraripesuchus.^[46]
• Evidence of a continuous and coordinated tooth replacement inArmadillosuchus arrudai, ensuring that the animal would not lose too many teeth simultaneously and that its feeding abilities were not affected by tooth loss, is presented by Borsoni, Carvalho & Marinho (2024).^[47]
• Dos Santoset al. (2024) describe the skeletal anatomy of the most complete juvenilebaurusuchid specimen reported to date, and report evidence of differences in skull ornamentation and muscle development between juvenile and adult baurusuchid specimens which might be indicative ofontogeneticniche partitioning.^[48]
• A study on tooth replacement patterns in members of the genusCaipirasuchus is published by Borsoni & Carvalho (2024).^[49]
• Redescription of the skull anatomy and a study on the phylogenetic affinities ofBarreirosuchus franciscoi is published by Fachiniet al. (2024).^[50]
• Fossil material of agoniopholidid, interpreted as abasal form that shared several anatomical traits with derived members of the group, is described from the Lower CretaceousKitadani Formation (Japan) by Obuse & Shibata (2024).^[51]
• Forêtet al. (2024) study factors drivingtethysuchian evolution, reporting evidence of a turnover after theCenomanian-Turonian boundary event when a dyrosaurid-dominated fauna replaced apholidosaurid-dominated one, of increased tethysuchian biodiversity after theCretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, and of a positive correlation between body length and temperature.^[52]
• Fossil material of an early-diverging, long-snouted dyrosaurid is described from the CampanianQuseir Formation (Egypt) by Saberet al. (2024).^[53]
• Jouve & Rodríguez-Jiménez (2024) describe a dyrosaurid vertebra from theThanetian Cuervos Formation (Colombia), providing evidence of survival of dyrosaurids in South America until the end of the Paleocene.^[54]
• Kuzminet al. (2024) present the reconstruction of theKansajsuchus extensus and note the presence of significant differences in the braincase structure of pholidosaurids and dyrosaurids, questioning the close affinity of the two groups.^[55]
• Redescription of the anatomy of the skull ofAcynodon adriaticus is published by Muscioniet al. (2024).^[56]
• Rocchi & Vila (2024) describe fossil material ofAllodaposuchuscf.subjuniperus from the lowerMaastrichtian deposits of the Suterranya-Mina de lignit locality (La Posa Formation; Lleida,Spain), providing evidence of the presence of a third early Maastrichtian species ofAllodaposuchus (in addition toA. palustris andA. hulki) in the Tremp Group.^[57]
• Yates & Stein (2024) interpretUltrastenos willisi and"Baru" huberi assynonymous, but maintainUltrastenos as a distinctmekosuchine genus, resulting in a new combinationUltrastenos huberi.^[58]
• Purported sebecosuchian teeth from the Pliocene Otibanda Formation (Papua New Guinea) are reinterpreted as more likely to be mekosuchine teeth by Ristevski, Molnar & Yates (2024).^[59]
• Review of the fossil record andosmoregulation of members ofAlligatoroidea is published by Stout (2024), who argues that fossil members of the group might have been salt-tolerant and more ocean-going than extant alligatoroids.^[60]
• Redescription ofArambourgia gaudryi is published by Conederaet al. (2024), who recoverA. gaudryi as analligatorine, and interpret it as a semi-terrestrial animal.^[61]
• Paivaet al. (2024) recostruct ancestral body sizes across the evolutionary history of caimanines, and interpret evolution of large body sizes in the lineages includingMourasuchus andPurussaurus as related to warmer climatic conditions with less seasonal temperature variation in the western Amazonian region of South America during the Miocene.^[62]
• A study on the skull anatomy ofEosuchus lerichei is published by Burkeet al. (2024), who report possible evidence of the presence of salt glands, and interpretEosuchus as agavialoid that wasn't closely related to "thoracosaurs".^[63]
• Redescription ofCrocodylus palaeindicus and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of members ofCrocodyloidea is published by Chabrolet al. (2024), who considerCrocodylus sivalensis to be ajunior synonym ofC. palaeindicus, find evidence of a close relationship ofCrocodylus checchiai andCrocodylus falconensis with extant American crocodiles, recoverKinyang as acrocodyline rather thanosteolaemine, recoverAlbertosuchus knudsenii,Prodiplocynodon langi and"Crocodylus" affinis outside Crocodyloidea, and consider analligatoroid placement for the cladeOrientalosuchina to be highly labile.^[64]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Allosaurus anax[65]	Sp. nov	Valid	Danisonet al.	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Morrison Formation	United States ( Oklahoma)	Anallosauroid theropod; a species ofAllosaurus.
Alpkarakush[66]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Rauhutet al.	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Balabansai Formation	Kyrgyzstan	Ametriacanthosauridtheropod. The type species isA. kyrgyzicus.
Archaeocursor[67]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Yaoet al.	Early Jurassic (Sinemurian–Pliensbachian)	Ziliujing Formation	China	Abasalornithischian. The type species isA. asiaticus. Announced in 2024; the final article version was published in 2025.
Ardetosaurus[68]	Gen. et sp. nov		van der Lindenet al.	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Morrison Formation	United States ( Wyoming)	Adiplodocine sauropod. The type species isA. viator.
Asiatyrannus[69]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zhenget al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Nanxiong Formation	China	Atyrannosaurine theropod. The type species isA. xui.
Baiyinosaurus[70]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ninget al.	Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)	Wangjiashan Formation	China	Abasalstegosaurian. The type species isB. baojiensis.
Caletodraco[71]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Buffetautet. al	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Chalk of the Pays de Caux	France	Anabelisaurid theropod. The type species isC. cottardi.
Campananeyen[72]	Gen. et sp. nov		Lerzoet al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Candeleros Formation	Argentina	Anrebbachisaurid sauropod. The type species isC. fragilissimus.
Chakisaurus[73]	Gen. et sp. nov		Alvarez Nogueiraet al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian)	Huincul Formation	Argentina	Anelasmarian ornithopod. The type species isC. nekul.
Coahuilasaurus[74]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Longrichet al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Cerro del Pueblo Formation	Mexico	Asaurolophine hadrosaurid belonging to the tribeKritosaurini. The type species isC. lipani.
Comptonatus[75]	Gen. et sp. nov		Lockwoodet al.	Early Cretaceous (Barremian)	Wessex Formation	United Kingdom	Aniguanodontid ornithopod. The type species isC. chasei.
Datai[76]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Xinget al.	Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Early Coniacian)	Zhoutian Formation	China	Anankylosaurid. The type species isD. yingliangis.
Diuqin[77]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Porfiriet al.	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Bajo de la Carpa Formation	Argentina	Aunenlagiine theropod. The type species isD. lechiguanae.
Dornraptor[78]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Baron	Early Jurassic (Hettangian–Sinemurian)	Blue Lias Formation	United Kingdom	Anaverostran theropod. The type species isD. normani.
Emiliasaura[79]	Gen. et sp. nov		Coriaet al.	Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)	Mulichinco Formation	Argentina	An ornithopod belonging to the groupRhabdodontomorpha. The type species isE. alessandrii. Announced in 2024; the final article version was published in 2025.
Eoneophron[80]	Gen. et sp. nov		Atkins-Weltmanet al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	United States ( South Dakota)	Acaenagnathid theropod. The type species isE. infernalis.
Fona[81]	Gen. et sp. nov		Avrahamiet al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Cedar Mountain Formation	United States ( Utah)	Athescelosaurid ornithischian. The type species isF. herzogae.
Gandititan[82]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Hanet al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian)	Zhoutian Formation	China	Atitanosaur sauropod. The type species isG. cavocaudatus.
Harenadraco[83]	Gen. et sp. nov		Leeet al.	Late Cretaceous	Barun Goyot Formation	Mongolia	Atroodontid theropod. The type species isH. prima.
Hesperonyx[84]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Rotatoriet al.	Late Jurassic	Lourinhã Formation	Portugal	An early divergingiguanodontian ornithopod, possibly adryomorphan. The type species isH. martinhotomasorum.
Huaxiazhoulong[85]	Gen. et sp. nov		Zhuet al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Tangbian Formation	China	An ankylosaurid. The type species isH. shouwen.
Hypnovenator[86]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kubota, Kobayashi & Ikeda	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Ohyamashimo Formation	Japan	A troodontid theropod. The type species isH. matsubaraetoheorum.
Inawentu[87]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Filippiet al.	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Bajo de la Carpa Formation	Argentina	A titanosaur sauropod. The type species isI. oslatus. Announced in 2023; the final article version was published in 2024.
Jingiella[88]	Gen. et sp. nov		Renet al.	Late Jurassic	Dongxing Formation	China	Amamenchisaurid sauropod. The type species isJ. dongxingensis. The initially proposed name is preoccupied byJingia Chen, 1983.[89] The replacement name was published in an addendum.[90]
Kiyacursor[91]	Gen. et sp. nov		Averianovet al.	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)	Ilek Formation	Russia ( Kemerovo Oblast)	Anoasaurid theropod. The type species isK. longipes.
Koleken[92]	Gen. et sp. nov		Polet al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)	La Colonia Formation	Argentina	An abelisaurid theropod. The type species isK. inakayali.
Labocania aguillonae[93]	Sp. nov	Valid	Rivera-Sylva & Longrich	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Cerro del Pueblo Formation	Mexico	Ateratophonein tyrannosaurine; a species ofLabocania.
Lishulong[94]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zhanget al.	Early Jurassic (Sinemurian–Toarcian)	Lufeng Formation	China	An early member ofSauropodiformes. The type species isL. wangi.
Lokiceratops[95]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Loewenet al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Judith River Formation	United States ( Montana)	Acentrosaurine ceratopsian. The type species isL. rangiformis.
Minqaria[96]	Gen. et sp. nov		Longrichet al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Ouled Abdoun Basin	Morocco	Alambeosaurine hadrosaurid belonging to the tribeArenysaurini. The type species isM. bata.
Musankwa[97]	Gen. et sp. nov		Barrettet al.	Late Triassic (Norian)	Pebbly Arkose Formation	Zimbabwe	Amassopodan sauropodomorph. The type species isM. sanyatiensis.
Qianjiangsaurus[98]	Gen. et sp. nov		Daiet al.	Late Cretaceous	Zhengyang Formation	China	An early-diverginghadrosauromorph. The type species isQ. changshengi. Announced in 2024; the final article version was published in 2025.
Qunkasaura[99]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mochoet al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)	Villalba de la Sierra Formation	Spain	Asaltasauroid titanosaur. The type species isQ. pintiquiniestra.
Riojavenatrix[100]	Gen. et sp. nov		Isasmendiet al.	Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian)	Enciso Group	Spain	Aspinosaurid theropod. The type species isR. lacustris.
Sasayamagnomus[101]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Tanakaet al.	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Ohyamashimo Formation	Japan	A basal member ofNeoceratopsia. The type species isS. saegusai.
Sidersaura[102]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Lerzoet al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian)	Huincul Formation	Argentina	Arebbachisaurid sauropod. The type species isS. marae.
Thyreosaurus[103]	Gen. et sp. nov		Zafatyet al.	Middle Jurassic	El Mers Group	Morocco	A stegosaurian. The type species isT. atlasicus.
Tiamat[104]	Gen. et sp. nov		Pereiraet al.	Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian)	Açu Formation	Brazil	Abasal titanosaur sauropod. The type species isT. valdecii.
Tianzhenosaurus chengi[105]	Sp. nov	Valid	Pang, Li & Guo	Late Cretaceous	Huiquanpu Formation	China	Anankylosaurid; a species ofTianzhenosaurus.
Tietasaura[106]	Gen. et sp. nov		Bandeiraet al.	Early Cretaceous (Valanginian–Hauterivian)	Marfim Formation	Brazil	An elasmarian ornithopod. The type species isT. derbyiana.
Titanomachya[107]	Gen. et sp. nov		Pérez-Morenoet al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)	La Colonia Formation	Argentina	A titanosaur sauropod. The type species isT. gimenezi.
Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis[108]	Sp. nov	Valid	Dalmanet al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)	Hall Lake Formation	United States ( New Mexico)	A tyrannosaurine; a species ofTyrannosaurus.
Udelartitan[109]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sotoet al.	Late Cretaceous	Guichón Formation	Uruguay	A titanosaur sauropod belonging to the groupSaltasauroidea. The type species isU. celeste.
Urbacodon norelli[110]	Sp. nov		Wanget al.	Late Cretaceous	Iren Dabasu Formation	China	A troodontid theropod; a species ofUrbacodon.
Vectidromeus[111]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Longrichet al.	Early Cretaceous (Barremian)	Wessex Formation	United Kingdom	Ahypsilophodontid. The type species isV. insularis. Announced in 2023; the final article version was published in 2024.
Yanbeilong[112]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Jiaet al.	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Zuoyun Formation	China	A stegosaurian. The type species isY. ultimus.
Yuanyanglong[113]	Gen. et sp. nov		Haoet al.	Early Cretaceous	Miaogou Formation	China	An oviraptorosaur theropod. The type species isY. bainian. Announced in 2024; the final article version was published in 2025.

• Review of studies on the phylogenetic relationships of main dinosaur groups from the preceding years is published by Lovegrove, Upchurch & Barrett (2024).^[114]
• Review of studies on themacroecology of non-avian dinosaurs from the preceding years is published by Chiarenza (2024).^[115]
• A study on diversity of Mesozoic dinosaurs throughout their evolutionary history is published by Mannion (2024).^[116]
• Review of main obstacles in the study of neurology of Mesozoic dinosaurs, and of advances in the study of dinosaur neurology, is published by Balanoff (2024).^[117]
• Evidence indicating that the evolution of rostral keratin cover was associated with partial tooth reduction throughout the evolutionary history of dinosaurs, but does not explain the complete loss of teeth in dinosaur lineages, is presented by Aguilar-Pedrayes, Gardner & Organ (2024).^[118]
• A study on the evolutionary rates of biting mechanics in herbivorous dinosaurs is published by Kunz and Sakamoto (2024), who interpret their findings as indicating that biomechanic evolution rates can reveal ecological signatures in different lineages and ontogenetic stages.^[119]
• Casparet al. (2024) present revised estimates ofencephalization andtelencephalicneuron counts in dinosaurs, contesting neuron count and relative brain size estimates presented in the study ofHerculano-Houzel (2023),^[120] and in particular contesting estimates of exceptional neuron counts and relative brain size in large-bodied theropods compared to other dinosaurs presented by the cited author.^[121]
• Evidence from the study of an ontogenetic series of endocasts ofPsittacosaurus lujiatunesis and immature specimens of other non-avian dinosaur taxa, interpreted as indicating that non-avian dinosaurs had a distinct developmental trajectory of the brain compared to extant birds and crocodilians, is presented by Kinget al. (2024).^[122]
• Atterholtet al. (2024) report evidence of widespread presence of bony ridges in the neural canals in the caudal vertebrae of non-avian dinosaurs, and interpret the studied structures as likely bony spinal cord supports.^[123]
• A study on the evolution of the dinosaurian climatic niche landscape throughout the Mesozoic is published by Chiarenzaet al. (2024), who report that the distribution of sauropodomorphs indicates their preference for warm environments, while ornithischians and theropods explored a broader range of environments with varied climates, and interpret the colonization of areas with colder climates by theropods since the Early Jurassic as likely related to the evolution of endothermy.^[124]
• Upchurch & Chiarenza (2024) review the studies of thebiogeography of non-avian dinosaurs.^[125]
• Qvarnströmet al. (2024) reconstruct food webs from five tetrapod communities from the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic ofPoland on the basis of data frombromalites, and interpret changes in bromalite morphologies and their contents as related to shifts in faunal composition, with increased abundance of dinosaurs coinciding with decline of formerly dominant tetrapod groups; the authors also interpret their findings as indicating that early herbivorous dinosaurs had different feeding habits thandicynodonts andaetosaurs, and interpret the studied fossils as recording stepwise rise of dinosaurs to supremacy across 30 million years of evolution.^[126]
• Putative bone fragments of large-bodied dinosaurs fromRhaetian strata inFrance,Germany andUnited Kingdom are reinterpreted as fossil material of large-bodiedichthyosaurs by Perillo & Sander (2024).^[127]
• Romilioet al. (2024) describe dinosaur tracks from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)Razorback Beds (Australia), representing the oldest dinosaur tracks from the country to date.^[128]
• Troianoet al. (2024) report the discovery of an association of Early Cretaceous dinosaur tracks andpetroglyphs from the Serrote do Letreiro Site (Brazil).^[129]
• Review of the fossil record of Late Triassic and Jurassic dinosaurs fromIndia is published by Khosla &Lucas (2024).^[130]
• Maidment (2024) describes the diversity of dinosaurs from the upperMorrison Formation (United States) in time and space, and finds evidence supportingcladogenesis as a means of increasingdiplodocine diversity over time, as well as spatial segregation ofAllosaurus andCamarasaurus species.^[131]
• Tracks of medium to large theropods and small ornithopods are described from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian-Aptian) Wonthaggi Formation (Victoria, Australia) by Martinet al. (2024), confirming the presence of large theropods in the polar regions of Australia during the Early Cretaceous.^[132]
• Bandeiraet al. (2024) revise dinosaur remains from the Lower Cretaceous Massacará and Ilhas groups (Recôncavo Basin,Brazil) collected between 1859 and 1906, and interpret the studied fossils as indicative of the presence of an Early Cretaceous dinosaur assemblage including theropods, sauropods and ornithopods.^[106]
• New dinosaur tracksite, preserving ornithopod, sauropod and theropod tracks, is described from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Duoni Formation (Tibet, China) by Liet al. (2024).^[133]
• Navarroet al. (2024) report the discovery of a new tracksite preserving theropod, sauropod and ornithischian footprints from the Cenomanian–Turonian Santo Anastácio Formation (Brazil), representing the first dinosaur ichnofauna from theBauru Group reported to date and providing evidence of presence of ornithischians in the studied area before environmental changes during the Cenomanian–Turonian interval.^[134]
• Kirklandet al. (2024) describe the biodiversity of Cretaceous dinosaurs fromUtah (United States).^[135]
• Hanet al. (2024) find that rising temperatures and rainfall intensity coincided with decline and eventual disappearance of dinosaurs from the Shanyang Basin (China) during the latest Cretaceous, and argue that the recorded decline of dinosaurs in the studied area was likely caused by increased rainfall that reduced availability of suitable nesting sites for dinosaurs.^[136]
• A study on the diversification of non-avian dinosaurs, inferred from available dinosaur phylogenies, is published by Allenet al. (2024), who find it impossible to decisively conclude whether dinosaurs experienced a decline in diversity before theCretaceous–Paleogene extinction event on the basis of available data, noting the impact of the phylodynamic models used in the study (specifically their assumptions about sampling and changes in the number of species through time) on estimates of dinosaur evolutionary rates.^[137]

• A study on thefemoral histology of amniotes from the TriassicIschigualasto Formation (Argentina), including early dinosaursChromogisaurus novasi,Eodromaeus murphi,Eoraptor lunensis,Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis andSanjuansaurus gordilloi, is published byCurry Rogerset al. (2024), who find that early dinosaurs known from this formation grew at least as quickly as sauropodomorph and theropod dinosaurs from the later Mesozoic, and that their elevated growth rates did not set them apart from other amniotes living at the same time.^[138]
• New dinosaur tracksites from the Middle Jurassic Dongdaqiao Formation (China), preserving tracks of large-bodied theropods and small-bodied sauropods, are described by Chenet al. (2024).^[139]
• Danisonet al. (2024) redescribe fossil material assigned toSaurophaganax maximus from the Late JurassicMorrison Formation (Oklahoma, United States), and interpret it as a chimeric taxon with the holotype specimen representing adubious saurischian, and other specimens belonging to a novel species ofAllosaurus.^[65]
• Yuanet al. (2024) describe new tracks of sauropods and theropods from the Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Houcheng Formation (Hebei, China), and interpret the studied tracks as suggestive of successive evolution of theYanliao Biota and theJehol Biota, with no evidence of a complete turnover or extinction of biotas, as well as suggesting that the dinosaur diversity in the North China during the earliest Cretaceous was influenced by volcanic activity.^[140]
• Paio et al. (2024) describe a newrib fragment from the Campanian–Maastrichtian agedMarília Formation (Brazil), and interpret it as representing an indeterminatesaurischian.^[141]

• Manafzadehet al. (2024) argue that the knees of early theropod dinosaurs were restricted to hinge-like motion, and that the reduction of thefibula during the theropod evolution had significant biomechanical consequences for theropod locomotion, freeing the fibula from the ankle joint and ultimately enabling extreme knee long-axis rotation of extant birds.^[142]
• A study on the femoral shape variation in theropods, providing evidence of evolution of similar adaptations to gigantism in large-bodied theropods regardless of their phylogenetic affinities, is published by Pintoreet al. (2024).^[143]
• Barkeret al. (2024) identify spinosaurid, tyrannosauroid and dromaeosaurid material in the assemblage of theropod teeth from theValanginianWadhurst Clay Formation (United Kingdom), and interpret the studied assemblage as likely distinct from other theropod assemblages known from Wealden Supergroup strata.^[144]
• Dridiet al. (2024) describe tracks of medium to large-sized theropods from the Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian–Barremian) strata from the Jebel Kebar locality (Bouhedma Formation,Tunisia), extending known geographic range of non-avian theropods to higher latitudes withinGondwana.^[145]
• A study on the affinities of shed tooth crowns of theropods from theTuronian-ConiacianPortezuelo Formation (Argentina), providing evidence of a previously undocumented diversity of theropods from this formation, is published by Mesoet al. (2024).^[146]
• Isasmendiet al. (2024) describe new and revise known theropod teeth from theMaastrichtian strata from the South Pyrenean Basin (Spain), expanding known diversity of theropods from this basin and reporting evidence of theropod turnover during the Maastrichtian.^[147]
• A partial egg clutch including the smallest non-avian theropod eggs reported to date is described from the Upper Cretaceous Tangbian Formation (China) by Wuet al. (2024), who name a newovaloolithid ootaxonMinioolithus ganzhouensis.^[148]
• McLarty & Esperante (2024) describe theropod tracks from the Maastrichtian strata from the Carreras Pampa tracksite (Bolivia) interpreted as likely preserving evidence of the trackmakers pausing during movement, bypassing an obstacle and crouching.^[149]
• Bugos & McDavid (2024) describe skulls of immature specimens ofCoelophysis bauri from theCoelophysis Quarry atGhost Ranch (New Mexico,United States).^[150]
• Marshet al. (2024) describepost-cranial material from the Lower JurassicKayenta Formation (Utah, United States) and interpret it as belonging to an intermediate theropod.^[151]
• Liang, Falkingham & Xing (2024) present a digital skeleton model ofSinosaurus, based on data from a new, well-preserved specimen, and provide new body mass estimates for this theropod.^[152]
• Hendrickxet al. (2024) restudy the osteology, phylogenetic relationships, and feeding ecology ofNoasaurus leali and name a new cladeBerthasauridae.^[153]
• Mohabeyet al. (2024) review and redescribeLaevisuchus indicus,Jubbulpuria tenuis andCompsosuchus solus, and describe a newnoasaurid dentary from centralIndia with procumbent dentition similar to the one present inMasiakasaurus.^[154]
• A study on the affinities of isolated theropod teeth from theKem Kem Group (Morocco) is published by Hendrickxet al. (2024), who identify teeth ofabelisaurids,spinosaurines,carcharodontosaurids and a non-abelisauroidceratosaur or amegaraptoran.^[155]
• A probableceratosaurid dentary is described from theToarcianCañadón Asfalto Formation (Argentina) by Pradelli, Pol &Ezcurra (2024), expanding known theropod diversity from this formation.^[156]
• A study on the affinities of isolated theropod teeth from the Bauru Basin (Brazil) is published by Delcourtet al. (2024), who argue that the geographical distribution of abelisaurids in South America was influenced by climatic conditions.^[157]
• Ribeiroet al. (2024) identify a theropod tooth from the Upper Jurassic-Lower CretaceousMissão Velha Formation (Brazil) as the oldest abelisaurid record in the South America reported to date.^[158]
• A study in the bone histology of a mid-sized abelisaurid from the Upper CretaceousSerra da Galga Formation (Brazil) is published by Aurelianoet al. (2024), who report that, despite living in a semiarid tropical environment, the studied specimen had a growth rate similar to those of the Patagonian abelisaurids.^[159]
• Candeiroet al. (2024) describe abelisaurid teeth from the strata of theMarília Formation in the State ofGoiás (Brazil), representing the northernmost abelisaurid record in the Bauru Basin reported to date.^[160]
• A study on the skeletal pathologies affecting known specimens ofbrachyrostran abelisaurids is published by Baianoet al. (2024), who diagnose the fusion of two caudal vertebrae of theholotype specimen ofAucasaurus garridoi ascongenital malformation and diagnose partial fusion of five caudal vertebrae of the holotype ofElemgasem nubilus as spondyloraptropathy, in both cases representing the first occurrences of the diagnosed pathologies among non-tetanuran theropods.^[161]
• Cerroni, Otero &Novas (2024) present the reconstruction of the pelvic and hindlimb musculature ofSkorpiovenator bustingorryi.^[162]
• Theropod teeth from the upper Campanian–lower Maastrichtian strata from the fossil site of Poyos (Villalba de la Sierra Formation, Spain) are identified as teeth of an abelisaurid that was likely closely related toArcovenator by Malafaiaet al. (2024).^[163]
• A study on the microarchitecture of bones of theaxial skeleton ofMajungasaurus andRahonavis, providing evidence of increase ofpneumatic complexity in earlyparavians compared to members of Ceratosauria, is published by Aurelianoet al. (2024).^[164]
• Cau (2024) reinterprets "compsognathid" theropod specimens as juveniles of members of non-maniraptoriformtetanuran groups.^[165]
• Montealegre, Castillo-Visa & Sellés (2024) describe previously unpublished fossil material of theropods (cf.Protathlitis and a carcharodontosaurid which might be distinct fromConcavenator) from theBarremianArcillas de Morella Formation (Spain).^[166]
• Lacerdaet al. (2024) describe new fossil material of spinosaurids (including a cervical vertebra ofSigilmassasaurus) and partial ischium of an indeterminate carcharodontosaurid from theKem Kem Group (Morocco).^[167]
• Yun (2024) identifies convergent similarities in craniodental anatomy betweenspinosaurs andphytosaurs.^[168]
• D'Amoreet al. (2024) study the morphology of the skull and teeth of spinosaurids, and find no evidence that the diets of spinosaurids were restricted to fish or small aquatic prey.^[169]
• A study on the diversity of spinosaurid teeth from theCamarillas Formation (Spain) is published by Cabrera-Argudo, García-Cobeña & Cobos (2024), who report possible evidence of the presence of at least one baryonychine and one spinosaurine in the eastern Iberian Peninsula during the earlyBarremian.^[170]
• The purported abelisaurilium from the Upper CretaceousKem Kem Group (Morocco) described by Zitouniet al. (2019)^[171] is interpreted as a bone of a spinosaurine spinosaurid different from the ilium of theSpinosaurus aegyptiacusneotype by Samathi (2024), who considers the studied fossil to be likely evidence of the presence of two morphotypes of spinosaurines in the Kem Kem Group.^[172]
• Myhrvoldet al. (2024) use statistical analyses to reconsider previous descriptions by Fabbriet al. (2022) of spinosaurs such asSpinosaurus as subaqueous foragers,^[173] and provide evidence thatSpinosaurus was likely not an aquatic pursuit predator.^[174]
• Evidence from the study of patterns in skull shape, interpreted as indicating thatSpinosaurus fed on aquatic prey and likely used the "stand-and-wait" predation strategy, is presented by Smart & Sakamoto (2024).^[175]
• Buffetaut & Tong (2024) reinterpret a purported ichthyosaur tooth from theSao Khua Formation collected in 1962 and described in 1963 as a spinosaurid tooth and the first finding of a non-avian dinosaur fossil reported fromThailand.^[176]
• Evidence of large ranges of extension and flexion ofmanual joints and limited range of motion of the shoulder joints ofAllosaurus fragilis is presented by Lianget al. (2024).^[177]
• Burigo &Mateus (2024) interpretAllosaurus europaeus as a valid species more closely related toA. jimmadseni than toA. fragilis, and interpret purported fossil material of a member of the genusAllosaurus from the CretaceousMifune Group (Japan) as belonging to a member of the genusSegnosaurus instead.^[178]
• A dorsal vertebra of an indeterminate carcharodontosaurid with similarities to the vertebrae ofAcrocanthosaurus is described from theTuronianBissekty Formation (Uzbekistan) by Averianov &Sues (2024).^[179]
• Rolandoet al. (2024) describe a second specimen ofTaurovenator violantei, expanding on the known anatomy of this genus.^[180]
• Rowe &Rayfield (2024) study the biomechanical capabilities of the skulls oftyrannosauroid theropods with different body size and skull morphology, and find that larger tyrannosauroids experienced higher absolute stresses in their skulls during feeding compared to their small-bodied relatives, and that wide skulls oftyrannosaurids enabled them to better accommodate high stresses during feeding.^[181]
• A study on tooth replacement pattern ofGuanlong wucaii is published by Ke, Pei &Xu (2024).^[182]
• Teeth of a probablebasal tyrannosauroid are described from the Upper JurassicPhu Kradung Formation (Thailand) by Chowchuvechet al. (2024).^[183]
• Xinget al. (2024) describe large tyrannosauroid teeth from the MaastrichtianDalangshan Formation, representing the southernmost record of tyrannosauroids in China reported to date.^[184]
• LeBlancet al. (2024) report that extantKomodo dragons maintain cutting edges of their teeth through iron-enriched coatings on their tooth serrations and tips, argue that iron sequestration is probably widespread in reptile enamels, but also find no evidence of iron coatings along theropod dinosaur tooth serrations, report that tyrannosaurids had specialized, wavy enamel along their tooth serrations that likely supported the cutting edges of the teeth, and interpret these findings as either indicative of different feeding strategies of tyrannosaurids and Komodo dragons, or indicating that only large theropods had tooth enamel that was thick enough to significantly influence the mechanical wear of the tooth serrations.^[185]
• Słowiak,Brusatte & Szczygielski (2024) reevaluate the fossil material attributed toBagaraatan ostromi, interpreting the holotype as an indeterminate juvenile tyrannosaurid, and reporting that some of the fossils originally attributed toB. ostromi are actually caenagnathid bones.^[186]
• Yun (2024) estimates mandibular force profiles ofAlioramus altai andQianzhousaurus sinensis, interpreting the mandibles of the studied theropods as likely unsuited for delivering powerful bites and enduring high stresses caused by capturing, holding and dismembering large prey.^[187]
• Evidence from the study of skull bones of immature specimens ofDaspletosaurus from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Alberta, Canada), indicating that skull material ofDaspletosaurus andGorgosaurus can be confidently identified regardless of ontogenetic stage of the specimens, is presented by Coppocket al. (2024).^[188]
• A study on the affinities oftyrannosaurines is published by Warshaw, Barrera Guevara & Fowler (2024), who contest the conclusions of the study of Scherer & Voiculescu-Holvad (2023),^[189] recovering recognizedDaspletosaurus species as representing a singleanagenetic lineage ancestral toTyrannosaurus-line tyrannosaurines.^[190]
• Longrich & Saitta (2024) review the taxonomic status ofNanotyrannus and argue that multiple lines of evidence support it as a distinct, small-bodied, possibly non-tyrannosaurid taxon, rather than an immature form ofTyrannosaurus.^[191]
• Mallon & Hone (2024) estimate that past sampling efforts likely resulted in sampling even the 99th percentile of body mass reached byTyrannosaurus rex, and that the very largest members of the species might have been up to 70% larger than the largest currently known specimens, reaching approximately 15,000 (± 3750) kg of body mass.^[192]
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships ofKinnareemimus khonkaenensis is published by Samathi (2024).^[193]
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships ofalvarezsaurians and on the evolution of their body mass is published by Mesoet al. (2024).^[194]
• Gianechiniet al. (2024) describe and indeterminate alvarezsaurian femur from thePlottier Formation (Argentina), filling a temporal gap (between Coniacian and Santonian) in the fossil record of Late Cretaceous Patagonian alvarezsaurians.^[195]
• Description of the skeletal anatomy ofNothronychus graffami andN. mckinleyi, providing evidence of the presence of traitsconvergent with extant birds, ornithischian dinosaurs and titanosaur sauropods, is published by Smith & Gillette (2024).^[196]
• A study on the biomechanics of the hindlimbs ofNothronychus is published by Smith (2024), who infers a waddling gait for the studied theropods.^[197]
• Parket al. (2024) propose that earlypennaraptorans might have used theirpennaceous feathers to flush hiding insects and to generate lift or drag during the pursuit of the flushed insects, and propose that such use of the pennaceous feathers might have contributed to the evolution of larger and stiffer feathers.^[198]
• A characterization of how number and shape of flight feathers correlate with locomotory style in extant birds is published by Kiat &O'Connor (2024). Extrapolating these patterns to Mesozoicpennaraptorans, the authors suggest thatCaudipteryx andanchiornithines may have been secondarilyflightless.^[199]
• A study on the evolution of thepectoral girdle of pennaraptorans is published by Wuet al. (2024), who report evidence of modifications changing the range of motion of the forelimb that preceded the origin of flight inparavians, as well as evidence of subsequent flight adaptive modifications inavialans.^[200]
• Meadeet al. (2024) report evidence indicating that the ability of the skull to resist large mechanical stresses appeared early inoviraptorosaur evolution, before the appearance of the highly modifiedoviraptorid cranial architecture.^[201]
• The first caenagnathid fossil material from the upper Campanian De-na-zin Member of theKirtland Formation (New Mexico,United States) is described by Funston, Williamson &Brusatte (2024).^[202]
• Qiuet al. (2024) describe the skeletal anatomy of the wrist ofHeyuannia huangi, providing evidence of a specialized wrist morphology that was functionallyconvergent with the wrist morphology of extant birds.^[203]
• Description of the skeletal anatomy ofOksoko avarsan is published by Funston (2024).^[204]
• Zhu, Wang & Wang (2024) study the microstructural variation ofelongatoolithid eggs from China, and interpret the studied variation as indicating that not all elongatoolithid eggshells can be related to oviraptorosaurs.^[205]
• A study on the skull shape and bite mechanics ofdromaeosaurids is published by Tse, Miller & Pittman (2024), who interpretDeinonychus antirrhopus as adapted to taking large vertebrate prey, and interpretHalszkaraptor escuilliei as unlikely to feed on fish, and more likely to have a feeding ecology similar to those of extant waterfowl.^[206]
• Possible dromaeosaurid eggs are described from the Upper Cretaceous Lianhe Formation (China) by Wuet al. (2024), who name a newootaxonGannanoolithus yingliangi, and interpret the discovery of paired eggs ofGannanoolithus as possible evidence that dromaeosaurids had paired functionaloviducts.^[207]
• Mottaet al. (2024) interpretImperobator antarcticus as a member ofUnenlagiidae.^[208]
• Gianechini, Colli & Makovicky (2024) present a reconstruction of the pelvic and hindlimb musculature ofBuitreraptor gonzalezorum.^[209]
• Dececchiet al. (2024) interpret two-toed theropod trackwayDromaeosauriformipes rarus from the CretaceousJinju Formation (South Korea) produced by a small microraptorine moving at high speed as evidence of wing-assisted movement of a non-avian theropod;^[210] that interpretation of the studied trackway is subsequently contested by Falkingham & Lallensack (2025)^[211] and reaffirmed by Dececchiet al. (2025).^[212]
• A juvenile specimen ofMicroraptor, representing the smallest dromaeosaurid specimen from theJehol Biota reported to date and preserving anatomical details that are poorly preserved in the other specimens ofMicroraptor, is described from the Jiufotang Formation (China) by Wang & Pei (2024), who also introduce the nameSerraraptoria for the most inclusiveclade containingMicroraptor zhaoianus andVelociraptor mongoliensis but notMahakala omnogovae,Halszkaraptor escuilliei andUnenlagia comahuensis.^[213]
• A study on the biomechanics of the mandible and probable feeding behavior ofAcheroraptor temertyorum is published by Yun (2024).^[214]
• Based on comparisons to extant birds, joint poses in the foot ofDeinonychus during itswalk cycle are reconstructed by Manafzadeh, Gatesy & Bhullar (2024).^[215]
• Description of the braincase and cranialendocast ofSinovenator changii, interpreted as morphologically intermediate between basal theropods and extant birds, is published by Yuet al. (2024).^[216]
• Xinget al. (2024) describe tracks from the Upper Cretaceous Shaxian Formation (Fujian, China) which might have been produced by a large-bodied (estimated hip height of over 1.8 m)troodontid, and name a new ichnotaxonFujianipus yingliangi.^[217]
• Description of the anatomy of the skull ofAnchiornis huxleyi is published by Wanget al. (2024).^[218]

• Frauenfelderet al. (2024) reevaluate the utility of sauropodomorph tooth measurement indices as proxies for classification of the studied dinosaurs.^[219]
• Müller, Damke & Terras (2024) find that inclusion of skeletally immature individuals in the phylogenetic analyses of early Late Triassic sauropodomorphs results in the artificial grouping of the immature specimens in the phylogenetic trees.^[220]
• Damkeet al. (2024) describe fossil material of at least three specimens ofSaturnalia tupiniquim from the Candelária Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence (Brazil), providing new information on the skeletal anatomy of members of this species (including the first preserved rostrum) and its variation among members of this species.^[221]
• Silvaet al. (2024) describe fossil material of a member or a relative of the groupBagualosauria from the Vila Botucaraí site (Candelária Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence,Brazil), representing the first sauropodomorph reported from this site.^[222]
• Evidence of variability of the pneumacity patterns of the cervical and dorsal vertebrae inPlateosaurus is presented by Regalado Fernández (2024).^[223]
• Redescription of theholotype and a study on the affinities ofPlateosaurus trossingensis is published by Schaeffer (2024).^[224]
• Schaefferet al. (2024) describe pathologies in thechevrons of the tail in two specimens ofPlateosaurus trossingensis from the Obere Mühle locality in Trossingen (Germany), report pathologies in the tail chevrons in further specimens indicating that chevrons were a vulnerable part of the tail, and interpret the affected individuals as able to recover without too many complications as long as there was no severe functional damage inflicted.^[225]
• Zhaoet al (2024) describe a new juvenile–subadultmassospondylid specimen from the Lower JurassicLufeng Formation (Yunnan, China), increasing known diversity of massospondylids from Asia.^[226]
• "Gyposaurus" sinensis is interpreted as a probablejunior synonym ofLufengosaurus huenei by Wang, Zhao & You (2024).^[227]
• Reiszet al. (2024) report that bone development in the femora ofLufengosaurus is closer to that ofaltricial pigeons than precocious chickens, and argue thatLufengosaurus hatchlings were likely altricial.^[228]
• Barrett & Choiniere (2024) redescribe the skeletal anatomy ofMelanorosaurus readi and designate thelectotype of this species.^[229]
• A study on the histology of teeth and on the evolution of tooth replacement patterns in sauropod dinosaurs is published by D'Emicet al. (2024).^[230]
• Kareem, Chakraborty &Wilson Mantilla (2024) report evidence of the presence oftail clubs inKotasaurus yamanpalliensis, sharing morphological similarities with tail clubs ofOmeisaurus tianfuensis andShunosaurus lii.^[231]
• Redescription of the skull anatomy ofBagualia alba is published by Gomez, Carballido & Pol (2024).^[232]
• UsingSpinophorosaurus as an example, Vidal (2024) explains how virtual 3D models of sauropods have enabled an understanding of their biomechanics.^[233]
• Agustí, Alcalá & Santos-Cubedo (2024) propose that sauropod gigantism was an adaptation that increased the ability of sauropods to travel great distances, necessitated by pronounced seasonal changes.^[234]
• Santoset al. (2024) coin a replacement nameGalinhapodus for the ichnogenusPolyonyx including sauropod tracks from the Middle Jurassic Serra de Aire Formation (Portugal).^[235]
• Butleret al. (2024) describe an assemblage of tracks produced by large-bodied sauropods passing through coastal lagoonal environment from the earliest Cretaceous strata of theDurlston Formation (Dorset,United Kingdom), representing the largest dinosaur track site accessible within thePurbeck Group reported to date.^[236]
• Boisvertet al. (2024) describe a new specimen ofHaplocanthosaurus sp. from the Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry (Colorado,United States), extending known range of the genus into the true Brushy Basin Member of theMorrison Formation, and likely representing the geologically youngest occurrence ofHaplocanthosaurus on the Colorado Plateau.^[237]
• Kinget al. (2024) report evidence of a previously unknown form ofpneumaticity in a rib of a member of the genusApatosaurus, and propose that rib pneumaticity amongapatosaurines is individually variable.^[238]
• Windholzet al. (2024) describe a newrebbachisaurid caudal vertebra from the CenomanianCandeleros Formation (Argentina), providing new information on the caudal anatomy and pneumaticity in rebbachisaurids.^[239]
• A study on the morphology of teeth ofEuropasaurus holgeri is published by Régentet al. (2024), who report evidence interpreted as indicative of the presence of a strong connective tissue that partially covered the teeth, and argue that such structure might have been present in other members ofEusauropoda.^[240]
• Gomeset al. (2024) describe a well-preserved trackway of a large sauropod (probably atitanosauriform with a mosaic ofbasal and derived features) with a unique set of characteristics from the Lower CretaceousSousa Formation (Brazil), and name a new ichnotaxonSousatitanosauripus robsoni.^[241]
• A trackway produced by an early juvenile titanosauriform sauropod is described from theCenomanianJindong Formation (South Korea) by Yoonet al. (2024), who compare this trackway with other sauropod trackways from the Jindong Formation, and report evidence that trackway gauges got narrower aspes length increased.^[242]
• Gomezet al. (2024) describe new titanosauriform fossils from thePortezuelo Formation (Argentina), expanding known diversity of sauropods from this formation.^[243]
• A titanosauriform femur belonging to a subadult individual that reached a significantly larger size than other titanosauriform specimens with modified lamellar bone tissue at a similar growth stage is described from the Upper CretaceousBayan Shireh Formation (Mongolia) by Witasik, Słowiak & Szczygielski (2024), indicating that the characteristic modified laminar bone tissue of titanosauriform did not prevent those sauropods from achieving large body size.^[244]
• Beestonet al. (2024) describe new sauropod material from theWinton Formation (Australia), and interpretAustralotitan cooperensis as an indeterminatediamantinasaurian that is likely ajunior synonym ofDiamantinasaurus matildae.^[245]
• Filippiet al. (2024) study fossil material of sauropods from the Cerro Overo – La Invernada area (Bajo de la Carpa Formation;Neuquén Province,Argentina), interpreted as suggestive of the presence of a diverse fauna oftitanosauriforms coexisting in the environment during theSantonian.^[246]
• A study on thetaphonomy of the fossil material ofKaijutitan maui and on its bone histology is published by Filippi, Previtera & Garrido (2024).^[247]
• A study on the tail vertebrae ofAdamantisaurus mezzalirai andBaurutitan britoi is published by Vidalet al. (2024), who interpret the studied titanosaurs as keeping their tail close to the ground, with their tails likely functioning as the fifth stabilizing member of the body.^[248]
• Vidalet al. (2024) study the range of motion of theaxial series ofTrigonosaurus pricei, and interpret it as capable of high elevation of the neck.^[249]
• A study on the morphological variability of titanosaur femora from the Campanian-Maastrichtian Ibero-Armorican domain, providing evidence of the presence ofLirainosaurinae and sauropods with affinities with large-bodied late Maastrichtian titanosaurs, is published by Páramo, Mocho & Ortega (2024).^[250]
• A study on the extent of the postcranialpneumaticity insaltasaurines and other derived titanosaurs is published by Zurriaguz (2024).^[251]
• A description and study of the morphological variability of sauropodappendicular remains from Maastrichtian sites of the Hațeg, Transylvanian, and Rusca Montană basins (Romania) is published by Mocho, Pérez-García & Codrea (2024), who interpret the studied remains as indicative of the presence of four or five sauropod taxa on theHațeg Island during the Maastrichtian, including a titanosaur lineage with an extremely elongatedmanus.^[252]
• An overview of the largest known sauropods from Argentina is published by Calvo (2024).^[253]

• A study on the phylogenetic relationships of ornithischians is published by Fonsecaet al. (2024), who name the new cladesPyrodontia andTenontosauridae.^[254]
• A study on the taxonomic affinities of isolated ornithischian teeth fromBathonian microvertebrate sites in theUnited Kingdom, providing evidence of the presence of a previously unknown, diverse ornithischian fauna, is published by Wills, Underwood &Barrett (2024).^[255]
• A study on tooth replacement pattern inJeholosaurus shangyuanensis, providing evidence that teeth replacement rate slowed during ontogeny, is published by Huet al. (2024).^[256]
• Redescription of the skeletal anatomy and a study on the affinities ofOryctodromeus cubicularis is published by Krumenackeret al. (2024).^[257]
• An osteology and phylogenetic analysis onAjkaceratops kozmai, suggesting the initial classification of the species as aceratopsian as uncertain and thus regarded as an enigmatic ornithischian, was published by Czepiński and Madzia (2024).^[258]
• Lee et al., (2024) described the single pedal phalanx of the basal neornithischian (NHCG 10972) from the Lower CretaceousTando beds of South Korea, which is most similar toJeholosauridae.^[259]

• Satchell (2024) reidentified the proximal femur fragment (BELUM K3998) from theLias Group ofNorthern Ireland as an indeterminate dinosaur remain, not a potential specimen ofScelidosaurus or an ornithischian.^[260]
• Castanera, Mampel & Cobos (2024) describe new stegosaur tracks from the Upper JurassicVillar del Arzobispo Formation (Spain), providing evidence of gregarious behavior in stegosaurs.^[261]
• Sánchez-Fenollosa, Escaso & Cobos (2024) describe a new specimen ofDacentrurus armatus from the Upper JurassicVillar del Arzobispo Formation (Spain), propose a new diagnosis for this species, and interpretMiragaia longicollum as ajunior synonym ofD. armatus.^[262]
• Lategano, Conti & Lozar (2024) study the stress resistance of the tail ofMiragaia longicollum, interpret its tail as capable of achieving high speed and pressure, but also interpret its tail spines as less robust than those ofStegosaurus stenops, and consider their findings to be indicative of a defensive strategy that prioritized intimidation over direct physical combat.^[263]
• The first stegosaurian fossil material from Gansu (China), assigned toStegosaurus sp., is described from the Lower CretaceousHekou Group by Liet al. (2024).^[264]
• Cross andArbour (2024) describe an ankylosaur femur from the CenomanianDunvegan Formation (British Columbia, Canada).^[265]
• Soto Acuña, Vargas & Kaluza (2024) redescribe the holotype specimen ofAntarctopelta from theSnow Hill Island Formation (Antarctica), and provide support for its phylogenetic position within theParankylosauria.^[266]
• A study on the microstructure and probable developmental origin of small ossicles forming between osteoderms ofAntarctopelta oliveroi is published by Sanchezet al. (2024).^[267]

• Evidence of increase of total tooth volume and rates of tooth wear throughout the evolutionary history ofornithopod dinosaurs is presented by Ősiet al. (2024), who interpret early-diverging ornithopods as likely browsers or frugivores, and that the diets of derived ornithopods likely involved bulk feeding on more resistant, less nutritious forage.^[268]
• Alarcón-Muñozet al. (2024) describe a vertebra of a non-hadrosauroidiguanodontian from the Lower CretaceousQuebrada Monardes Formation (Chile), providing evidence of the presence of such ornithopods in the southwestern margin ofGondwana since at least the Early Cretaceous.^[269]
• A review of Early Cretaceous Spanishstyracosterns from the Maestrat Basin published by Santos-Cubedo (2024).^[270]
• Escanero-Aguilaret al. (2024) describe skull material of ahadrosauriform ornithopod from the Lower CretaceousCastrillo de la Reina Formation (Spain), interpreted as more derived thanIguanodon but morebasal thanProa, and expanding known diversity of ornithopods from the Cameros Basin.^[271]
• Hayashiet al. (2024) report the discovery of a probable hadrosauroid vertebra from the Upper Cretaceous Hiketa Formation (Izumi Group) in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, providing additional evidence of dispersal of hadrosauriforms into the area of present-dayJapan by theCampanian.^[272]
• Nikolov, Dochev, &Brusatte (2024) test theontogenetic age of small hadrosauroid bones from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Kaylaka Formation (Bulgaria), and determine that the specimen likely belonged to a late juvenile or young subadult, rather than adwarved adult, and suggest that large terrestrial animals were able to populate some European islands via a cyclically appearing or short-lived dispersal route.^[273]
• Van der Lindenet al. (2024) describespheroolithid eggshells from the MaastrichtianArgiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation, probably representing the first hadrosauroid eggshells reported fromFrance, and name a new ootaxonParaspheroolithus porcarboris.^[274]
• A study on the morphological variability of hadrosaurid teeth, and on their utility for the studies of phylogenetic relationships of hadrosaurids, is published by Dudgeon, Gallimore &Evans (2024).^[275]
• The first described hadrosaurid footprints from theHorseshoe Canyon Formation are described by Powerset al. (2024), who assign them to the ichnospeciesHadrosauropodus langstoni.^[276]
• A study on three bonebeds from the Upper CretaceousOldman Formation (Alberta, Canada) andTwo Medicine Formation (Montana, United States) preserving remains of specimens ofHypacrosaurus stebingeri is published by Joubarne, Therrien &Zelenitsky (2024), who interpret the studied assemblages as indicating thatH. stebingeri individuals lived in age-segregated groups until into their fourth year of life.^[277]
• Evidence from the study of a skull of a juvenile hadrosaurine from the CampanianDinosaur Park Formation (Alberta, Canada), interpreted as indicative of differences in the dental battery development between hadrosaurid species which might have been related to dietary differences during early ontogeny, is presented by Warnock-Juteauet al. (2024).^[278]
• Sharpeet al. (2024) describe fossil material of a probable immature specimen ofEdmontosaurus regalis from theHorseshoe Canyon Formation, and interpret its similarities toUgrunaaluk kuukpikensis as supporting the referral of the Alaskan saurolophine material toEdmontosauruscf.regalis.^[279]
• Wick & Lehman (2024) describe fossil material of a juvenile pachycephalosaur specimen belonging to the genusStegoceras from the CampanianAguja Formation (Texas, United States), providing new information on the ontogeny of members of this genus, and interpret theholotype ofTexacephale langstoni as a probable adult individual belonging to the genusStegoceras.^[280]
• Huet al. (2024) reconstructendocasts ofYinlong,Liaoceratops andPsittacosaurus, and interpret early ceratopsians as having more sensitive sense of smell and as adapted to hearing higher frequencies than their late-diverging relatives.^[281]
• A study on the bone histology ofYinlong downsi is published by Hanet al. (2024), who report evidence indicating thatY. downsi reached sexual maturity earlier thanPsittacosaurus but later than ceratopsids, and evidence of growth rates higher than those of extant squamates and crocodiles but lower than those of large-sized dinosaurs and extant mammals and birds.^[282]
• Description of the morphology of the skull and endocranium ofPsittacosaurus sibiricus, based on the study of both juvenile and adult specimens, is published by Podlesnovet al. (2024).^[283]
• A description endocranial anatomy of thePsittacosaurus lujiatunensis published by Sakagamiet al. (2024).^[284]
• Yanget al. (2024) describe a well-preserved scaled skin of a specimen ofPsittacosaurus from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China, providing evidence of preservation of epidermal layers, corneocytes and melanosomes, and interpret the studied specimen as indicative of co-occurrence of feathers and reptile-type skin in non-feathered regions of the skin inPsittacosaurus.^[285]
• Witton & Hing (2024) argue that there is no compelling evidence indicating that the development of the idea of thegriffin was inspired by the discovery of fossils ofProtoceratops.^[286]
• Demers-Potvin & Larsson (2024) describe fossil material ofCentrosaurus apertus from the strata of the CampanianDinosaur Park Formation inSaskatchewan Landing Provincial Park (Canada), expanding known geographical range of this species.^[287]
• Barrera Guevaraet al. (2024) reinterpret fossil material ofCoahuilaceratops magnacuerna as derived fromCerro Huerta Formation (and representing the first dinosaur taxon described from this formation) rather than fromCerro del Pueblo Formation.^[288]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Agapornis longipes[289]	Sp. nov	In press	Paviaet al.	Plio–Pleistocene transition	Cradle of Humankind	South Africa	Alovebird; a species ofAgapornis.
Ardenna buchananbrowni[290]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tennysonet al.	Pliocene (Waipipian)	Tangahoe Formation	New Zealand	A species ofArdenna.
Avisaurus darwini[291]	Sp. nov	Valid	Clarket al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	United States ( Montana)	A member ofEnantiornithes belonging to the familyAvisauridae.
Bambusicola wenzensis[292]	Comb. nov	Valid	(Jánossý)	Pliocene		Poland	Abamboo partridge; moved fromFrancolinus capeki wenzensis Jánossý (1974).
Buteo chimborazoensis[293]	Sp. nov		Lo Coco, Agnolín & Carrión	Pleistocene		Ecuador	A species ofButeo.
Chauvireria axaina[292]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Miocene		Russia ( Rostov Oblast)  Ukraine
Chauvireria egorovkensis[292]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Miocene		Ukraine
Chauvireria minor[292]	Comb. nov	Valid	(Jánossý)	Miocene		Mongolia  Poland  Russia ( Buryatia  Voronezh Oblast?)  Ukraine	Moved fromFrancolinus (Lambrechtia) minor Jánossý (1974).
Chloephaga dabbenei[294]	Sp. nov	Valid	Agnolín, Álvarez Herrera & Tomassini	Pleistocene		Argentina	A species ofChloephaga.
Coturnix augustus[292]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Pliocene		Mongolia	A species ofCoturnix.
Enkuria[295]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Pliocene and Pleistocene		Crimea	A relative of thegrey partridge. The type species isE. voinstvenskyi; genus also includes"Phasianus" etuliensis Bocheński & Kurochkin (1987) fromMoldova.
Eocypselus geminus[296]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A species ofEocypselus.
Eocypselus grandissimus[296]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A species ofEocypselus.
Eocypselus paulomajor[296]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A species ofEocypselus.
Fluvioviridavis michaeldanielsi[297]	Sp. nov		Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A species ofFluvioviridavis.
Fluvioviridavis nazensis[297]	Sp. nov		Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A species ofFluvioviridavis.
Imparavis[298]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wanget al.	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	Anenantiornithine. The type species isI. attenboroughi.
Kustokazanser[299]	Gen. et comb. nov		Zelenkov	Late Eocene	Aksyir Svita	Kazakhstan	Ananseriform ofuncertain placement; a new genus for"Cygnavus" formosus.
Lumbrerornis[300]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bertelliet al.	Eocene (Lutetian)	Lumbrera Formation	Argentina	A bird of uncertain affinities, possibly related to the familiesPalaeotididae andGeranoididae. The type species isL. rougieri.
Magnusavis[291]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Clarket al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	United States ( Montana)	A member of Enantiornithes. The type species isM. ekalakaenis.
Marocortyx[292]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Pliocene and Pleistocene		Morocco  Spain	A member of the familyPhasianidae belonging to the tribeCoturnicini. The type species is"Plioperdix" africana Mourer-Chauviré & Geraads (2010); genus also includes"Palaeocryptonyx" novaki Sánchez Marco (2009).
?Masillatrogon incertus[301]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	Atrogon.
Melanitta kirbori[302]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Lower Pleistocene	Taurida Cave	Crimea	Ascoter; a species ofMelanitta.
Miochelidon[303]	Gen. et sp. nov		Volkova	Miocene	Tagay Formation	Russia	Aswallow. The type species isM. eschata.
Mionetta turgaiensis[299]	Sp. nov		Zelenkov	Early Oligocene	Chelkarnura Formation	Kazakhstan	A species ofMionetta.
Nasiornis[304]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	Amesselornithid. The type species isN. messelornithoides.
Navaornis[305]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Chiappeet al.	Late Cretaceous	Adamantina Formation	Brazil	A member of Enantiornithes. The type species isN. hestiae.
Neobohaiornis[306]	Gen. et sp. nov		Shenet al.	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	A member of Enantiornithes in the familyBohaiornithidae. The type species isN. lamadongensis.
Paakniwatavis[307]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Musser &Clarke	Eocene	Green River Formation	United States ( Wyoming)	An early member ofAnseriformes. The type species isP. grandei.
Pakudyptes[308]	Gen. et sp. nov		Andoet al.	Late Oligocene	Otekaike Limestone	New Zealand	An earlypenguin. The type species isP. hakataramea.
Palaeocryptonyx capeki[292]	Comb. nov	Valid	(Lambrecht)	Pleistocene		Poland  Romania  Russia ( Krasnodar Krai)	A member of the family Phasianidae belonging to the tribe Coturnicini; moved fromFrancolinus capeki Lambrecht (1933).
Palaeoperdix hungarica[292]	Comb. nov	Valid	(Jánossý)	Miocene		Hungary	A member of the family Phasianidae belonging to the tribe Coturnicini; moved fromPalaeocryptonyx hungaricus Jánossý (1991).
Palaeoperdix miocenica[292]	Comb. nov	Valid	(Villalta)	Miocene		Spain	A member of the family Phasianidae belonging to the tribe Coturnicini; moved fromCoturnix(?) miocenica Villalta (1963).
Paralyra[309]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Pliocene and Pleistocene		Poland	A grouse; a new genus for"Lagopus lagopus" atavus Jánossy (1974), originally described from the Rębielice Królewskie 1 locality in Poland, subsequently also described from the Taurida Cave inCrimea.[309]
?Paraortygoides argillae[310]	Sp. nov		Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene (Ypresian)	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member ofGalliformes, possibly belonging to the familyGallinuloididae.
?Parvirallus incertus[304]	Sp. nov	In press	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A messelornithid; a possible species ofParvirallus.
Phalacrocorax bakonyiensis[311]	Sp. nov	Valid	Horváth, Futó, & Kessler	Miocene		Hungary	Acormorant; a species ofPhalacrocorax.
Plioperdix boevi[292]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Miocene		Russia ( Rostov Oblast  Stavropol Krai)	A member of the family Phasianidae belonging to the tribe Coturnicini.
Pristineanis[312]	Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom  United States	A possible member ofPiciformes. The type species isP. minor; genus also includes new speciesP. major, as well as"Neanis" kistneri Feduccia (1973).
Prophaethon waltonensis[313]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member of the familyProphaethontidae.
Pterodroma zinorum[314]	Sp. nov	Valid	Randoet al.	Quaternary		Portugal ( Azores)	Agadfly petrel.
Septencoracias simillimus[312]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene (Ypresian)	London Clay	United Kingdom	Astem grouproller belonging or related to the familyPrimobucconidae.
Shuilingornis[315]	Gen. et sp. nov		Wanget al.	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	Aeuornithe in the familyGansuidae. The type species isS. angelai.
Sulcitarsus[301]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A bird of uncertain affinities, with similarities of hindlimb elements to those ofcuckoo-rollers and members ofAccipitriformes. The type species isS. aenigmatus.
Tologuica vetusta[292]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Miocene	Tagay Formation	Russia ( Irkutsk Oblast)	A member of the family Phasianidae belonging to the tribe Coturnicini.
Torgos platycephalus[316]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gorbatcheva & Zelenkov	Pleistocene		Azerbaijan	A vulture, a species ofTorgos.
Ukugyps[293]	Gen. et sp. nov		Lo Coco, Agnolín & Carrión	Pleistocene		Ecuador	A condor. The type species isU. orcesi.
Uyrekura[299]	Gen. et sp. nov		Zelenkov	Early Oligocene	Chelkarnura Formation	Kazakhstan	Ananatid ofuncertain placement. The type species isU. chalkarica.
Walbeckornis waltonensis[304]	Sp. nov	In press	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A species ofWalbeckornis.
Waltonirrisor[312]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene (Ypresian)	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member ofUpupiformes. The type species isW. tendringensis.
Waltonortyx[310]	Gen. et sp. nov		Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene (Ypresian)	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member of Galliformes, the type genus of the new familyWaltonortygidae. The type species isW. bumbanipodiides.
Wunketru[317]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	De Mendoza, Degrange & Tambussi	Eocene	Las Flores Formation	Argentina	A member ofAnseriformes of uncertain affinites; a new genus for"Telmabates" howardae.
Xenavicula[301]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A bird of uncertain affinities, with similarities to members ofTelluraves, the type genus of the new familyXenaviculidae. The type species isX. pamelae.
Ypresicolius[318]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	Amousebird. The type species isY. sandcoleiformis.

• A study performing quantitative functional imaging of the brain during rest and flight inrock doves with implications for the evolution of avian flight is published by Balanoffet al. (2024). They found increased neural activity in thecerebellum during flight, and through comparisons with cranialendocasts of extinct theropods, suggest that cerebellar expansion underlying such activity occurred at the base ofManiraptora, prior to the origin of avian flight.^[319]
• TheCretaceous fossil record ofavialans fromChina is reviewed by Zhou & Wang (2024).^[320]
• Evidence of gradual and sequential moult of wing flight feathers in two probable members ofConfuciusornithiformes from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (China) is presented by Wanget al. (2024).^[321]
• Amorphometric study of a large sample of specimens ofConfuciusornis sanctus is published by Zhouet al. (2024), who interpret their findings as indicative of the presence ofsexual dimorphism in this species.^[322]
• The fossil record ofavialans from the Upper CretaceousMaastricht Formation (Belgium and theNetherlands) is reviewed by Fieldet al. (2024), who additionally present new data on the bonehistology and hindlimb length ofAsteriornis maastrichtensis.^[323]
• Stoicescuet al. (2024) describe partial femur of an avialan belonging or related to the speciesElopteryx nopcsai from the Maastrichtian strata at the Nălaț-Vad locality (Romania), interpretE. nopcsai as a probable secondarily flightless avialan, and argue thatBalaur bondoc might be ajunior synonym ofE. nopcsai.^[324]
• A study the relationship between the morphology of cervical vertebrae and dietary modes in extant and extinct birds is published by Liuet al. (2024), who report thatBohaiornis,Brevirostruavis andLongipteryx had cervical morphologies resembling those of extant insectivorous or raptorial birds, whileYanornis andIteravis had cervical morphologies closer to those of extant generalist or herbivorous birds, falling into the ecological niches of aquatic or semiaquatic birds.^[325]
• New information on the development of the skeletons of members ofEnantiornithes throughout theirontogeny, based on the study of two early immature specimens from the Lower CretaceousJiufotang Formation (China), is presented byO'Connoret al. (2024).^[326]
• O'Connoret al. (2024) report the discovery of gymnosperm seeds within the abdominal cavities of two specimens ofLongipteryx, providing evidence offrugivory ofLongipteryx.^[327]
• A study aiming to determine the diets of members of the familyBohaiornithidae is published by Milleret al. (2024), who interpret their findings as indicating that the family included taxa adapted to diverse diets, and predict the ancestral member of Enantiornithes to have been a generalist which ate a wide variety of foods.^[328]
• A study on the limb bone histology and growth dynamics ofMusivavis amabilis is published by Kundrátet al. (2024).^[329]
• TheCretaceous fossil record ofavialans fromAntarctica is reviewed by Acosta Hospitalecheet al. (2024).^[330]
• Álvarez-Herrera & Agnolín (2024) compare Maastrichtian bird assemblages fromSanta Cruz Province, Argentina and from Antarctica, note that the asseblanges differ in composition (only members of Neornithes and kin are present in Antarctica, unlike in Argentina), and interpret those differences as possibly caused by accelerated growth and high metabolism of members of Neornithes compared to morebasal birds.^[331]
• A study on the antiquity of thecrown group of birds is published by Brocklehurst & Field (2024), who argue that the crown group originated between 110.5 and 90.3 million years ago, and that the majority of higher-order diversification within the crown group either spanned or postdated the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition.^[332]
• A study on patterns of avian molecular evolution is published by Bervet al. (2024), who interpret their findings as indicating that theCretaceous–Paleogene extinction event influenced the evolution of bird genomes, physiology and life history traits that in turn influenced the diversification of modern birds.^[333]
• Widrig, Navalón & Field (2024) describe the external and internal morphology of the braincase ofLithornis vulturinus, interpret its neuroanatomy as likely similar to the neuroanatomy of the ancestral crown bird, and interpretL. vulturinus as a diurnal bird that likely was reliant on visual cues and had a well-developed sense of smell.^[334]
• Thehistochemistry of anostrich eggshell from theMioceneLiushu Formation (China) is examined by Wuet al. (2024).^[335]
• Pickford, Russell & Day (2024) designate alectotype for the oospeciesPsammornis rothschildi.^[336]
• Schroeter (2024) presents a characterization of diagenetiforms in a moa proteome.^[337]
• Review of moa tracks and other traces is published by Hunt & Lucas (2024), who name new ichnotaxaTuranganuipus worthyi,Moapus tennysoni,Dinornipus oweni,Gisbornepus angustus,Tutaenuipus woodi andAotearoapus lockleyorum.^[338]
• Pickford (2024) revises fossil eggshells from the Miocene strata from the Karingarab aeolianite succession (Namibia), originally described asStruthio karingarabensis, and transfers this oospecies to the genusDiamantornis.^[339]
• A draftgenome of thelittle bush moa is presented by Edwardset al. (2024).^[340]
• Tomlinsonet al. (2024) reconstruct the range and extinction dynamics of six species of moa, and interpret their findings as indicating that the studied species likely had similar spatial patterns of geographic range collapse, and that their final populations persisted in cold, mountainous areas that continue to function as sanctuaries for New Zealand's remaining flightless birds.^[341]
• Fossil material of a possible member ofGalloanserae is described from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Lance Formation (Wyoming,United States) by Brownstein (2024), who interprets this finding as supporting a cosmopolitan distribution of early crown birds.^[342]
• Craneet al. (2024) reevalute the anatomy of the mandible ofAsteriornis maastrichtensis and find that no retroarticular process (a trait originally interpreted as supporting the placement ofA. maastrichtensis within Galloanserae) is preserved in theholotype, which does not preserve the caudal extremities of the mandibles; however, the authors do not rule out the possibility that the studied bird originally had robust retroarticular processes comparable to those of extant members of Galloanserae, and their phylogenetic analysis supports the placement ofAsteriornis within Galloanserae.^[343]
• Mayret al. (2024) describe a new skull of a gastornithiform bird fromGeiseltal (Germany) and assign it to the speciesDiatryma geiselensis, interpreted by the authors as distinctly different fromGastornis parisiensis, and advocate reestablishment ofDiatryma as a genus distinct fromGastornis.^[344]
• McInerney, Blokland &Worthy (2024) redescribe the skull morphology ofGenyornis newtoni and study its phylogenetic affinities, recovering the familyDromornithidae as more likely to be members ofAnseriformes related toscreamers than close relatives of the familyGastornithidae.^[345]
• A study on the vertebral column ofAnnakacygna hajimei is published by Matsuoka, Seoka & Hasegawa (2024), who reconstruct the neck of this bird with a curve at its base that increased the buoyancy and stability of the bird's body when it was in the water by helping it to put the base of the neck with its air sacs below the water surface.^[346]
• A case for the validity ofMiotadorna catrionae is presented by Tennysonet al. (2024),^[347] in response to Worthyet al. (2022)^[348] considering it ajunior synonym ofMiotadorna sanctibathansi.
• Evidence from the study of mitogenomes of the extantBrazilian merganser and extinctAuckland Island merganser, interpreted as indicating that the studied mergansers are not sister taxa and that their ancestors moved into theSouthern Hemisphere in two separate colonization events at least 7 million years ago, is presented by Rawlenceet al. (2024).^[349]
• A study on the evolutionary history ofneoavians, as indicated by genomic data, is published by Wuet al. (2024), who argue that the initial diversification of the crown group of birds was correlated with the rise of flowering plants in the Cretaceous, that modern birds survived theCretaceous–Paleogene extinction event relatively well, and that thePaleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum had a significant impact on the diversification of the seabirds;^[350] Claramuntet al. (2024) subsequently considered these results to be questionable, arguing that the study has problems with their choices of fossils and calibration strategy,^[351] while Wuet al. (2024) rejected these criticisms.^[352]
• A study on the impression of the skeleton of a smallflamingo described from the late Cenozoic Pie de Vaca site (Mexico) is published by Galicia-Coleote, Cruz & Eduardo Corona-M (2024), who interpret the studied imprint as representing an adult flamingo different from known the American extant and extinct species, providing evidence of the presence of a group of small flamingos in the late Cenozoic of North America.^[353]
• Revision of the systematics and nomenclature of thedodo, theRodrigues solitaire and the family-group nomina based upon them is published by Younget al. (2024), who name the new subtribeRaphina for the two taxa.^[354]
• Zelenkov (2024) describes a fragmentary humerus of abuttonquail from the Lower Pleistocene strata from the Taurida Cave (Crimea), representing the first record of a member of the family Turnicidae from Eurasia from the Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene interval.^[355]
• Goodman & Rasolonjatovo (2024) study the carpalspur of theMalagasy lapwing, find it to be larger than wing spurs of living lapwings, and interpret it as likely used for defence against predators.^[356]
• Abbassiet al. (2024) describe an assemblage of vertebrate footprints from the Oligocene Lower Red Formation (Iran), including footprints of small shorebirds and possible herons and storks.^[357]
• Mayr & Kitchener (2024) describe atarsometatarsus and an associatedpedalphalanx from the Eocene London Clay (United Kingdom), showing similarities to bones offrigatebirds and interpreted as possible fossil material ofMarinavis longirostris.^[358]
• Guilhermeet al. (2024) report the first discovery of the lefttibiotarsus ofMacranhinga ranzii from the MioceneSolimões Formation (Brazil), and estimate the body mass of the studied darter as ranging from 14.39 to 19.1 kg.^[359]
• Zelenkovet al. (2024) describe fossil material of a large marine bird from the Eocene Tavda Formation (Tyumen Oblast,Russia), interpreted as evidence of a worldwide distribution ofstem albatrosses or similar largeprocellariiforms as early as the Eocene.^[360]
• A study on the internal structure and resistance to bending forces oftarsometatarsi of extant and Eocene penguins is published by Jadwiszczak, Krüger & Mörs (2024).^[361]
• A new specimen ofPalaeeudyptes is described by Xia, Pei & Li (2024).^[362]
• A study on the long limb bone microstructure of extantking penguins throughout their ontogeny is published by Canoville, Robin & de Buffrénil (2024), who find evidence of substantial intraspecific variability regardless of the ontogenetic stage, and evidence indicating that limb bones of king penguins reach adult size early in the development while their microstructure continues to change until adulthood; on the basis of their findings the authors do not consider the conclusions of Cerda, Tambussi & Degrange (2014)^[363] and Ksepkaet al. (2015)^[364] about the paleobiology of fossil penguins to be properly supported by their data.^[365]
• The evolutionary dynamics ofmicrosatellites inAdélie penguins based on both modern and ancient genetic samples (up to 46.5 thousand years old) are studied by McComishet al. (2024).^[366]
• Torres Etchegorry & Degrange (2024) reconstructendocast ofArgentavis magnificens, and interpret its probable brain morphology as suggesting thatArgentavis was a scavenger or even akleptoparasitic bird, living in open areas without much vegetation.^[367]
• Leoniet al. (2024) describe the first fossil material of aturkey vulture from cave deposits in northeastern Brazil, which preserves trace marks likely produced by a felid and indicating that the vulture died in the cave it was discovered in.^[368]
• A study on the age of remains ofCalifornia condors from the Mule Ears Peak Cave (Texas, United States) is published by Emslie (2024), who find evidence of the presence of condors at the studied site beginning at ~15,000 calendar years before present and evidence of definite nesting ~13,000 calendar years before present, reports evidence from stable isotope analysis of bone collagen interpreted as indicating that the studied condors fed onmegafauna living in a desert grassland ecosystem, and interprets these findings as indicating that the disappearance of the California condor from the inland west of North America as related to the extinctions of megafauna the end of the Pleistocene.^[369]
• The colonization of theMediterranean Basin byBonelli's eagle is studied by Moleónet al. (2024), drawing on data from environmental favorability,genetic structure, the fossil record, and ecological relationships withgolden eagles.^[370]
• Acosta Hospitaleche & Jones (2024) describe fossil material of a large-bodied (with an estimated body mass of around 100 kg)phorusrhacid or phorusrhacid-like bird from the EoceneLa Meseta Formation (Seymour Island,Antarctica), interpreted by the authors as likelyapex predator of Antarctica during the Eocene.^[371]
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships and on the evolution of body size and cursoriality in phorusrhacids, providing evidence of niche partitioning and competitive exclusion that controlled phorusrhacid diversity, is published by LaBarge, Gardner & Organ (2024).^[372]
• Acosta Hospitaleche & Jones (2024) describe partial tibiotarsus of apsilopterine phorusrhacid from the Eocene (Lutetian) Sarmiento Formation (Argentina), interpreted as belonging to a bird with an estimated body mass of approximately 5 kg.^[373]
• Partial tibiotarsus of an indeterminate phorusrhacid, possibly representing the largest member of the family reported to date, is described from theLa Victoria Formation (Colombia) by Degrangeet al. (2024).^[374]
• Acarpometacarpus of aCuban macaw is described from thePleistocene of El Abrón Cave (Cuba) by Zelenkov (2024).^[375]
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships ofWieslochia weissi,Crosnoornis nargizia,Jamna szybiaki,Resoviaornis jamrozi and an unnamed passerine from the Oligocene of France described by Riamon, Tourment & Louchart (2020)^[376] is published by Lowi-Merriet al. (2024).^[377]
• De Pietriet al. (2024) report evidence of the presence of 10 and 17 passerine species in the MioceneSt Bathans fauna (New Zealand), including ahoneyeater larger than extanttui and acracticid comparable in size to extantAustralian magpie.^[378]
• Pöllath & Peters (2024) study the composition of early Holocene bird assemblages from southeastTurkey, northernSyria and northernIraq, providing evidence of changes of bird species ranges related to climatic changes during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, aridification during the Holocene and human activities.^[379]
• Evidence of disproportionate loss of global bird diversity resulting from extinction caused by human activities since the Late Pleistocene is presented by Matthewset al. (2024).^[380]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Akharhynchus[381]	Gen. et sp. nov		Jacobs, Smith & Zouhri	Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)	Ifezouane Formation	Morocco	A member of the familyOrnithocheiridae. The type species isA. martilli.
Ceoptera[382]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Martin-Silverstoneet al.	Middle Jurassic	Kilmaluag Formation	United Kingdom	Adarwinopteran. The type species isC. evansae.
Haliskia[383]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Pentlandet al.	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Toolebuc Formation	Australia	A member ofAnhangueria. The type species isH. peterseni.
Inabtanin[384]	Gen. et sp. nov		Rosenbachet al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation	Jordan	A member ofAzhdarchoidea. The type species isI. alarabia.
Melkamter[385]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Fernandes, Pol & Rauhut	Early Jurassic	Cañadón Asfalto Formation	Argentina	Amonofenestratan. The type species isM. pateko.
Nipponopterus[386]	Gen. et sp. nov		Zhouet al.	Late Cretaceous	Mifune Group	Japan	A member of the familyAzhdarchidae. The type species isN. mifunensis.
Propterodactylus[387]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Spindler	Late Jurassic	Painten Formation	Germany	Atransitionalmonofenestratan. The type species isP. frankerlae.
Skiphosoura[388]	Gen. et sp. nov		Honeet al.	Late Jurassic	Mörnsheim Formation	Germany	Atransitionalpterodactyliform. The type species isS. bavarica.
Torukjara[389]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Pêgas	Early Cretaceous	Caiuá Group	Brazil	Atapejarid. The type species isT. bandeirae.

• A study on the morphological diversity of hands and feet of pterosaurs throughout their evolutionary history is published by Smythet al. (2024), who find evidence of changes of the hand and foot morphologies that were related to the shift from climbing lifestyles of early pterosaurs to primarily terrestrial lifestyles with more ground-based locomotion of later, short-tailed pterosaurs in the Middle Jurassic.^[390]
• A study on the cervical osteology ofAnhanguera piscator,Azhdarcho lancicollis andRhamphorhynchus muensteri, aiming to reconstruct the cervical arthrology of pterosaurs and the position of the pterosaur neck at rest, is published by Buchmann & Rodrigues (2024).^[391]
• A study on the palate structure inKunpengopterus,Hongshanopterus,Hamipterus andDsungaripterus, providing new information on the relations between thepalatine, ectopterygoid,maxilla andpterygoid in the studied pterosaurs resulting in reinterpretation of the main palatal openings, and identifying an opening bordered anteriorly by the maxilla and posteriorly by the palatine that is unique withinDiapsida and might be asynapomorphy of Pterosauria, is published by Chenet al. (2024).^[392]
• A study aiming to determine the aerodynamic impact of large heads and head crests of pterosaurs is published by Henderson (2024).^[393]
• Schade & Ansorge (2024) describe a fragmentary bone from the lowerToarcian strata of theGrimmen Formation (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,Germany), interpret as probable fused tibia and fibula of a pterosaur and the first record of a pterosaur from the studied strata.^[394]
• Yun (2024) uses geometric morphometric analyses to investigate the relationships of pterosaur specimens from the Early CretaceousJinju andHasandong formations (South Korea), and suggests that the material likely cannot be assigned to theBoreopteridae, as had previously been assumed.^[395]
• Cooper, Smith & Martill (2024) study fossilized gut contents of specimens ofDorygnathus banthensis andCampylognathoides zitteli from thePosidonia Shale (Germany), reporting evidence ofDorygnathus feeding on fishes and evidence ofCampylognathoides feeding on belemnites.^[396]
• Habib & Hone (2024) study the variation seen in elements and body parts of specimens ofRhamphorhynchus muensteri, providing evidence of high levels of constraint throughout theappendicular andaxial elements that were likely important for flight, and evidence of increased variability of tails of larger individuals, possibly related to the signalling function of the tail.^[397]
• Evidence from the study of tail vanes of specimens ofRhamphorhynchus muensteri from theSolnhofen Limestone (Germany), providing evidence of the presence of thicker tube-like structures criss-crossing with thinner fibres, is presented by Jagielskaet al. (2024), who interpret the studied structures as likely used to maintain stiffness of the tail vane during flight.^[398]
• So, Kim & Won (2024) describe a nearly complete skeleton of a probable member of the genusJeholopterus from the Lower CretaceousSinuiju Formation, representing the first pterosaur recond fromNorth Korea reported to date.^[399]
• An incomplete hollow bone (possibly an ulna) of a possiblepterodactyloid pterosaur with an estimated 3.5–4 m wingspan is described from theBajocian Greetwell Member of theLincolnshire Limestone Formation (Rutland,United Kingdom) by Witherset al. (2024).^[400]
• Herediaet al. (2024) describe new tracks of pterodactyloid pterosaurs from theCenomanianCandeleros Formation (Argentina) with a different morphology from previously recorded tracks from this formation, interpreted as more likely produced by individuals of different ages rather than different species.^[401]
• Smyth & Unwin (2024) interpretPterodactylus antiquus andDiopecephalus kochi as distinct pterodactyloid taxa that were not closely related.^[402]
• Partial fingerphalanx of a member ofCtenochasmatoidea with an estimated wingspan of at least 3 m, representing one of the first records of Jurassic pterodactyloids from theUnited Kingdom, is described from theKimmeridge Clay of Abingdon, Oxfordshire by Etienneet al. (2024).^[403]
• Description of the anatomy of the ankle ofPterodaustro guinazui is published by Burlotet al. (2024).^[404]
• Redescription and a study on the affinities ofHaopterus gracilis is published by Xu, Jiang & Wang (2024), who recoverH. gracilis as a member ofIstiodactyliformes.^[405]
• Honeet al. (2024) report that the fossil material assigned toLuchibang xingzhe is a composite including remains of two pterosaurs, restrict theholotype to the rostrum and anterior mandible and consider this fossil material to be sufficient to confirm thatL. xingzhe was a validistiodactylid taxon, and interpret the purported postcranial material ofL. xingzhe as remains of an indeterminate member ofAzhdarchomorpha.^[406]
• Ciaffi & Bellardini (2024) describe isolated teeth of indeterminate members ofOrnithocheiriformes from theLohan Cura Formation (Neuquén Province,Argentina), providing evidence of a more abundant and diversified ornithocheiriform fauna in the south of the Neuquén Basin (at least in theAlbian) than previously known.^[407]
• A study evaluating the ability of different proposed take-off motions of pterosaurs to produce leverage during the launch phase, as indicated by tests using a musculoskeletal model based on an indeterminateornithocheiraean pterosaur with a 5 m wingspan, is published by Griffinet al. (2024).^[408]
• Cadena, Atuesta-Ortiz & Wilson Mantilla (2024) describe pterosaur fossil material from theValanginianRosablanca Formation and theBarremianPaja Formation (Colombia), including fossil material of anAnhanguera-like specimen extending known fossil record of such pterosaurs into the earliest part of the Cretaceous.^[409]
• Redescription of the anatomy of the postcranial skeleton ofDsungaripterus weii is published by Song, Jiang & Wang (2024).^[410]
• Large pterosaur footprints, likely produced byDsungaripterus weii, are described from the Lower Cretaceous strata from the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, China) by Liet al. (2024), who name a new ichnotaxonPteraichnus junggarensis and study the relationship betweenpes length and hip height in pterosaurs.^[411]
• Jung & Huh (2024) describe pterosaur tracks from theTuronian Jangdong Formation (South Korea), interpreted as likely produced by small-bodied or immatureazhdarchids and as probable evidence of gregariousness of the trackmakers.^[412]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Amanasaurus[413]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Müller & Garcia	Late Triassic (Carnian)	Candelária Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence	Brazil	A member of the familySilesauridae. The type species isA. nesbitti. Announced in 2023; the final article version was published in 2024.[414]
Gondwanax[415]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Müller	Middle–Late Triassic (Ladinian–earlyCarnian)	Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence of theSanta Maria Supersequence	Brazil	Asulcimentisaurian member of the possiblyparaphyletic familySilesauridae. The type species isG. paraisensis. Announced in 2024; the final article version was published in 2025.

• Garciaet al. (2024) describe two newlagerpetid specimens from theCarnian strata of the upperSanta Maria Formation (Brazil), interpreted as indicative of asympatric occurrence of lagerpetids representing different morphotypes.^[416]
• Agnolínet al. (2024) revise the anatomy of the pelvic girdle ofLagerpeton chanarensis, reinterpreting it as likely to have a sprawling gait.^[417]
• A study on the anatomy of the skeleton and musculature of the hindlimbs ofLagosuchus talampayensis is published by Otero, Bishop & Hutchinson (2024), who find that the fossil material ofL. talampayensis is curated with skeletal elements of members of other taxa, and estimate moment-generating capacities of reconstructed musculature.^[418]

• A study on the evolution of locomotion inarchosauromorph reptiles is published by Shipleyet al. (2024), who interpret their findings as indicative of greater range in limb form and locomotor modes of dinosaurs compared to other archosauromorph groups, and argue that the ability to adopt a wider variety of limb forms and modes might have given dinosaurs a competitive advantage over pseudosuchians.^[419]
• A study on the body size evolution of non-avian dinosaurs and Mesozoic birds is published by Wilsonet al. (2024), who find no evidence thatBergmann's rule applied to the studied taxa.^[420]
• Knoll, Ishikawa & Kawabe (2024) present a new method which can be used to determine the brain volume of extinct archosaurs on the basis their endocranial cavity volume.^[421]
• Malafaiaet al. (2024) revise fossils fromPortugal that were historically assigned toMegalosaurus, and find that the majority of this fossil material represents bones of members of different theropod groups, but also that the studied material includes stegosaurian, iguanodontian, sauropod and thalattosuchian bones.^[422]
• Dinosaur and probable crocodylomorph tracks, including some of the largest sauropod tracks worldwide, are described from theBathonian strata in the El Mers area (Morocco) by Amzilet al. (2024).^[423]
• MacLennanet al. (2024) interpret exceptional preservation of fossils (including early birds and feathered non-avian dinosaurs) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (China) as unlikely to be linked to violent volcanic eruptions.^[424]