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Plants

Angiosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acer beckianum	Sp nov	Valid	Prakash & Barghoorn	Langhian	Ginkgo Petrified Forest	United States Archosauromorphs Phytosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Rileyasuchus Gen et comb nov Nomen dubium. Kuhn Rhaetian UK Pseudosuchians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Avalonianus Gen et comb nov Nomen dubium Kuhn Late Triassic UK Dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Astrodonius Gen et comb nov Junior synonym Kuhn Early Cretaceous Arundel Formation United States