2002 in paleontology

Plants

Gymnosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Ginkgo dissecta	Sp nov	Valid	Mustoe	Early Eocene	McAbee site, Kamloops Group	Canada Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Hymenaea mexicana sp nov Valid Poinar & Brown Late Oligocene - early Miocene Mexican amber Mexico Archosauromorphs Dinosaurs New taxa Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Agnosphitys gen et sp nov Valid Fraser, Padian, Walkden, & Davis late Triassic England Pterosaurs In October, a partial Mesadacylus wing was discovered in the Kingsview Quarry of Colorado. This find marks the first time that a Morrison pterosaur has been found at more than one site in the formation. New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Austriadactylus gen et sp nov Valid Dalla Vecchia, Wild, & Reitner Late Triassic Seefelder Beds Austria Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Criocephalosaurus gen nov Valid Kammerer & Sidor Upper Permian South Africa