1982 in paleontology

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Name

Novelty

Status

Authors

Age

Unit

Location

Notes

Images

Arstanosaurus

Nomen dubium.

Suslov
Shilin

Upper Cretaceous

Bostobinskaya Formation

Kazakhstan

Birds

Some remarks on newly named birds

Hulsanpes perlei Osmolska, 1982 was described as a Troodontidae, it is sometimes seen as an Avialae because of having a ginglymoid metatarsal II.

Pseudosuchia

General pseudosuchian research

Ralph Molnar publishes a revision of the genus Pallimnarchus, comparing it to various Australasian crocodilians and diagnosing it based on proportional differences.