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Archosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Montanoceratops	Valid	Charles M. Sternberg	Late Cretaceous	St. Mary River Formation	Canada Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Baurocynodon Junior synonym Brink Late Permian Dicynodon Assemblage Zone A junior synonym of Nanictosaurus. Gomphodontoides Jr. synonym Brink and Kitching Middle Triassic Burgersdorp Formation A junior synonym of Diademodon. Silphedocynodon Junior synonym Brink Late Permian Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone A junior synonym of Procynosuchus. Walteria Preoccupied Brink and Kitching Middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone South Africa