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This list of fossil reptiles described in 2019 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2019, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2019.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Chalcides augei[34] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Čerňanský et al. |
Early middle Miocene |
A skink, a species of Chalcides. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Thorn et al. |
Middle Miocene |
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Eomadtsoia[36] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gómez, Garberoglio & Rougier |
A madtsoiid snake. Genus includes new species E. ragei. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Leblanc, Mohr & Caldwell |
Possibly Oulad Abdoun Basin |
A mosasaur. |
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Gurvelus[38] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Alifanov |
Early Cretaceous (late Aptian–early Albian) |
Hühteeg Horizon |
A lizard belonging to the family Ardeosauridae. The type species is G. khangaicus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Čerňanský |
Early Oligocene |
Possibly a member of Dibamidae. Genus includes new species H. mongoliensis. |
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Hongshanxi[40] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Dong et al. |
A lizard of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is H. xiei. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
O’Connor et al. |
A basal member of Scleroglossa. The type species is I. wangi. |
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Khereidia[38] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Alifanov |
Early Cretaceous (late Aptian–early Albian) |
Hühteeg Horizon |
A lizard belonging to the family Globauridae. The type species is K. aptiana. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Vullo |
An early snake. |
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Naimanosaurus[38] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Alifanov |
Early Cretaceous (late Aptian–early Albian) |
Hühteeg Horizon |
A lizard belonging to the family Paramacellodidae. The type species is N. dinosauroaequalis. |
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Ophisaurus manchenioi[43] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Blain & Bailon |
Early Pleistocene |
An anguid lizard, a species of Ophisaurus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Georgalis & Scheyer |
A boid snake. |
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Palaeoxanta[38] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Alifanov |
Early Cretaceous (late Aptian–early Albian) |
Hühteeg Horizon |
A lizard belonging to the family Eoxantidae. The type species is P. conicodentata. |
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Paradorsetisaurus[45] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Alifanov |
A lizard belonging to the family Dorsetisauridae. Genus includes new species P. postumus. |
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Paraxenophis[46] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Georgalis et al. |
A colubrid snake. The type species is P. spanios. |
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Periergophis[46] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Georgalis et al. |
A colubrid snake. The type species is P. micros. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Campbell Mekarski et al. |
An aigialosaur mosasauroid. Genus includes new species P. krambergeri. |
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Sardophis[48] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Georgalis & Delfino in Georgalis et al. |
Early Pleistocene |
A snake, a member of Colubroidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is S. elaphoides. |
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Xenostius[45] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Alifanov |
A lizard belonging to the family Xenosauridae. Genus includes new species X. futilus. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Campos, Fernández & Herrera |
Vaca Muerta Formation |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Huang et al. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Wang et al. |
Falang Formation |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hu, Jiang & Li |
Falang Formation |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Páramo-Fonseca et al. |
A member of the family Elasmosauridae. Genus includes new species L. bernardoi. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Vincent & Storrs |
An early member of Plesiosauria. Genus includes new species L. thiuda. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Vincent et al. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Hinz, Matzke & Pfretzschner |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Jiang et al. |
An early member of Eosauropterygia. Genus includes new species P. rotundirostris. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Asmodochelys[135] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gentry, Ebersole & Kiernan |
A member of the family Ctenochelyidae. The type species is A. parhami. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Joyce, Brinkman & Lyson |
A member of the family Trionychidae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Garbin, Böhme & Joyce |
Eocene (late Bartonian–late Priabonian) |
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Duboisemys[138] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Karl, Safi & Philippen |
Trinil Beds |
A member of the family Geoemydidae. The type species is "Hardella" isoclina Dubois (1908). |
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Francemys[139] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Pérez-García |
A member of Pelomedusoides. The type species is F. gadoufaouaensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Pérez-García |
A member of the family Bothremydidae. Genus includes new species I. cetiotesta. |
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Kalasinemys[141] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Tong et al. |
A member of the family Xinjiangchelyidae. Genus includes new species K. prasarttongosothi. |
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Protoshachemys[142] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Tong et al. |
A member of the family Adocidae. Genus includes new species P. rubra. |
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Saxochelys[143] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Lyson, Sayler & Joyce |
A member of the family Baenidae. Genus includes new species S. gilberti. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Karl, Gröning & Brauckmann |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) |
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"Trinitichelys" maini[145] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Adrian et al. |
A member of the family Baenidae. |
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Wutuchelys[146] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Tong et al. |
Early Eocene |
Wutu Formation |
A stem-testudinoid. Genus includes new species W. eocenica. |
Main article: 2019 in archosaur paleontology |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Peecook, Smith & Sidor |
An archosauriform archosauromorph reptile. The type species is A. shackletoni. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Butler et al. |
A phytosaur. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Datta, Ray & Bandyopadhyay |
A phytosaur. Genus includes new species V. statisticae. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gonçalves & Sidor |
A member of Drepanosauromorpha. The type species is A. paradoxus. |
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Sp. nov |
DeBraga, Bevitt & Reisz |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Mann et al. |
A member of the family Acleistorhinidae. The type species is C. lundi. Announced in 2019; the correction including the required ZooBank accession number was published in 2020.[194] |
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Sp. nov |
Hsiou et al. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Matsumoto et al. |
A member of Choristodera. Genus includes new species C. jurassicus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gentil et al. |
An eilenodontine rhynchocephalian. Genus includes new species P. watuku. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Spiekman & Scheyer |
A member of the family Tanystropheidae; a new genus for "Tanystropheus" fossai Wild (1980). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Wang, Yi & Liu |
Sunjiagou Formation |
A pareiasaur. |
Research concerning more than one group of reptiles listed above.