Lower Archosauromorpha

Genus: Nova (3)

Pectodens LI, FRASER, RIEPPEL, ZHAO, & WANG, 2017
Shringasaurus SENGUPTA, EZCURRA, & BANDYOPADHYAY, 2017

Teleocrater NESBITT, BUTLER, EZCURRA, BARRETT, STOCKER, ANGIELCZYK, SMITH, SIDOR, NIEDZWIEDZKI, SENNIKOV, & CHARIG, 2017

Species: Nova (3)

Pectodens zhenyuensis LI, FRASER, RIEPPEL, ZHAO, & WANG, 2017
Shringasaurus indicus SENGUPTA, EZCURRA, & BANDYOPADHYAY, 2017

Teleocrater rhadinus NESBITT, BUTLER, EZCURRA, BARRETT, STOCKER, ANGIELCZYK, SMITH, SIDOR, NIEDZWIEDZKI, SENNIKOV, & CHARIG, 2017

Beardmore, S. R., and Furrer, H, 2017, Land or water: using taphonomic models to determine the lifestyle of the Triassic protorosaur Tanystropheus (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha): Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeonvironments, published online, 16pp.

 Bhat, M. S., 2017, Techniques for systematic collection and processing of Vertebrate microfossils from thier host mudrocks: a case sudy from the Upper Triassic Tiki Formation of India: Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 89, p. 369-374.

Coram, R. A., Radley, J. D., and Benton, M. J., 2017, The Middle Triassic (Anisian) Otter Sandstone biota (Devon, UK): review, recent discoveries and ways ahead: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association: Articles inpress, 13pp. Link to pdf

Ezcurra, M. D., Fiorelli, L. E., Martinelli, A. G., Rocher, S., von Baczko, M. B., Ezpeleta, M., Taborda, J. R. A., Hechenleitner, E. M., Trotteyn, M. J., and Desojo, J. B., 2017, Deep faunistic turnovers preceded the rise of dinosaurs in southwestern Pangaea: Nature Ecology & Evolution, published online, 7pp.  Link to pdf

Ezcurra, M. D., Fortuny, J., Mujal, E., and Bolet, A., 2017, First direct archosauromorph remains from the Early-Middle Triassic transition of the Iberian Peninsula: Palaeontologia Electronica, 20.3.62A, 10pp. Link to pdf

Jaquier, V. P., Fraser, N. C., Furrer, H., and Scheyer, T. M., 2017, Osteology of a new specimen of Macrocnemus aff. M. fuyuanensis (Archosauromorpha, Protosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Europe: potential implications of species recognition and palaeogeography of Tanystropheid protosaurs: Frontiers in Earth Sciences, v. 5, article 91, 28pp. Link to pdf

Jaquier, V. P., and Scheyer, T. M., 2017, Bone histology of the Middle Triassic long-necked reptiles Tanystropheus and Macrocnems (Archosaurimorpha, Protosauria): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1296456, 6pp.

Langer, M. C., da Rosa, A. A. S., and Montefeltro, F. C., 2017, Supradapedon revisited: geological explorations in the Triassic of southern Tanzania: PeerJ 5:e4038; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4038, 27pp. Link to pdf

Li, C., Fraser, N. C., Rieppel, O., Zhao, L.-Z., and Wang, L.-T., 2017, A new diapsid from the Middle Triassic of southern China: Journal of Paleontology, v. 91, n. 6, p. 1306-1312. (Pectodens zhenyuensis)

Li, C., Rieppel, O., and Fraser, N. C., 2017, Viviparity in a Triassic marine archosauromorph reptile: Vertebrata Palasiatica, in press, p. 210-217. Link to pdf

Liu, J., Organ, C. L., Benton, M. J., Brandley, M. C., and Aitchison, J. C., 2017, Live birth in an archosauromprh reptile: Nature Communications, Publisehd online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Lucas, S. G., 2017, Permian tetrapod biochronology, correlation and evolutionary events: In: The Permian Timescale, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, n. 450, 40pp.

Lucas, S. G., 2017, Chapter 10, Late Triassic terrestrial tetrapods: biostratigraphy, biochronology and biotic events: In: The Late Triassic World, earth in a time of transition, editor Tanner, L. H., Topics in Geobiology, v. 46,  Springer, p. 351-405.

Martz, J. W., Kirkland, J. I., Milner, A. R. C., Parker, W. G., and Santucci, V. L., 2017, Upper Triassic lithostratigraphy, depositional systems, and vertebrate paleontology across southern Utah: Geology of the Intermountain West, v. 4, 99-180. Link to pdf

Martinelli, A. G., Francischini, H., Dentzien-Dias, P. C., Soares, M. B., and Schultz, C. L., 2017, The oldest archosauromorph from South America: postcranial remains from the Guadalupian (Mid-Permian) rio do Rasto Formation (Parana Basin), southern Brazil: Historical Biology, published online, 9pp.

Nesbitt, S. J., Butler, R. J., Ezcurra, M. D., Barrett, P. M., Stocker, M. R,. Angielczyk, K. D., Smith, R. M. H., Sidor, C. A., Niedzwiedzki, G., Sennikov, A. G., and Charig, A. J., 2017, The earliest bird-line archosaurs and the assembly of the dinosaur body plan: Nature, published online, 6pp. (Teleocrater rhadinus)

Peecook, B. R., Steyer, J. S., Tabor, N. J., and Smith, R. M. H., 2017, Updated geology and vertebrate paleontology of the Triassic Ntawre Formation of northeastern Zambia, with special emphasis on the archosauromorphs: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 8-38.

Poopnarine, P. D., Angielcxyk, K. D., Olroyd, S. L., Nesbitt, S. J,. Botha-Brink, J,. Peecook, B. R., Day, M. O., and Smith, R. M. H., 2017, Comparative ecological dynamics of Permian-Triassic communities from the Karoo, Luangwa, and Ruhuhu basins of southern Africa: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 254-272.

Renesto, S., and Dalla Vecchia, F. M., 2017, Chapter 8, Late Triassic marine reptiles: In: The Late Triassic World, earth in a time of transition, editor Tanner, L. H., Topics in Geobiology, v. 46,  Springer, p. 263-313.

Sano, S.-i., 2017, Vertebrate diversity of the Early Cretaceous Tetori biota from Japan, the state of the art: Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, v. 16, p. 1-15.

Santella, M., and Milner, A. R. C., 2017, Coupling focus stackign with photogrammetry to illustrate small fossil teeth: Journal of Paleontology Techniques, n. 18, 17pp. Link to pdf

Sarigül, V., 2017, New archosauromorph fragments from the Dockum Group of Texas and assessment of the earliest dinosaurs in North America: Historical Biology, published online, 17pp.

Sengupta, S., Ezcurra, M. D., and Bandyopadhyay, S., 2017, A new horned and long-necked herbivorous stem-archosaur from the Middle Triassic of India: Scientific Reports, published online, 9pp. (Shringasaurus indicus) Link to pdf

Smith, R. M. H., Sidor, C. A., Angielczyk, K. D., Nesbitt, S. J., and Tabor, N. J., 2017, Taphonomy and paleoenvironments of Middle Triassic bone accumulations in the Lifua Member of the Manda Beds, Songea Group (Ruhuhu Bains), Tanzania:  In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 65-79.

Szulc, J., Racki, G., adn Bodzioch, A., 2017, Comment on "An early Late Triassic long-necked reptile with a bony pectoral shield and gracile appendages" by Gerzy Dzik, adn Tomasz Sulej: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 62, n. 2, p. 287-288. Link to pdf

Turner, A. H., Pritchard, A. C., and Matzke, N. J., 2017, Empirical and Bayesian approaches to fossil-only divergence times: a study across three reptile clades: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 2, 28pp. Link to pdf

“Thecodontia, Pseudosuchia"

Genus: Nova (2)

Diandongosuchus STOCKER, ZHAO, NESBITT, WU, & LI, 2017

Mandasuchus BUTLER, NESBITT, CHARIG & GOWER, 2017

Species: Nova (3)

Coahmosuchus chathamensis HECKERT, FRASER & SCHNEIDER, 2016

Diandongosuchus fuyuanensis STOCKER, ZHAO, NESBITT, WU, & LI, 2017

Mandasuchus tanyauchen BUTLER, NESBITT, CHARIG & GOWER, 2017

Butler, R. J., Nesbitt, S. J., Charig, A. J., and Gower, D. J., 2017, Mandasuchus tanyauchen, gen. et sp. nov., a pseudosuchian archosaur from the Manda Beds (?Middle Triassic) of Tanzania:  In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 96-121. (Mandasuchus tanyauchen)

Coram, R. A., Radley, J. D., and Benton, M. J., 2017, The Middle Triassic (Anisian) Otter Sandstone biota (Devon, UK): review, recent discoveries and ways ahead: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association: Articles inpress, 13pp. Link to pdf

Fabbri, M., Koch, N. M., Pritchard, A. C., Hanson, M., Hoffman, E., Beer, G. S., Balanoff, A. M., Morris, Z. S., Field, D. J,. Camacho, J., Rowe, T. B., Norell, M. A., Smith, R. M,. Abzhanov, A., and Bahullar, B.-A., S., 2017, The skull roof tracks the brain during the evolution and development of reptiles including birds: Nature Ecology & Evolution, published online, 8pp.

de Oliveira, T. M., and Pinheiro, F. L., 2017, Isolated archosauriform teeth from the Upper Triassic Candelaria sequence (Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone, Southern Brazil): Rev. Bras paleontol, v. 20, n. 2, p. 155-162. Link to pdf

Heckert, A. B., Fraser, N. C., and Schneider, V. P., 2017, A new species of Coahomasuchus (Archosauria, Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation, Deep River Basin, North Carolina: Journal of Paleontology, v. 91, n.1, p. 162-178. (Coahmosuchus chathamensis)

Klein, N., Foth, C., and Schoch, R. R., 2017, Preliminary observations on the bone histology of the Middle Triassic pseudosuchia archosaur Batrachotomus kuperzellensis reveal fast growth with laminar fibrolamellar bone tissue: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 4, e133131, 11pp.

Liu, J., Ramezani, J., Li, L., Shang, O.-H., Xu, G.-H., Wang, Y.-Y., and Yang, J.-S., 2017, High-precision temporal calibration of Middle Triassic vertebrate biostratigraphy: U-Pb zircon constraints for the Sinokannemeyeria Fauna and Yonghesuchus: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 9pp.

Liu, J., and Sullivan, C., 2017, New discoveries from the Sinokannemeyeria-Shansisuchus Assemblage Zone: 3. Archosauriformes from Linxian, Shanxi, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 55, n. 2, pp. 107-125 (Published online). Link to pdf

Liu, J., and Sullivan, C., 2017, New discoveries from the Sinokannemeyeria-Shansisuchus Assemblage Zone: 3. Archosauriformes from Linxian, Shanxi, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 55, n. 2, pp. 110-128 (offically published).

Lucas, S. G., 2017, Chapter 10, Late Triassic terrestrial tetrapods: biostratigraphy, biochronology and biotic events: In: The Late Triassic World, earth in a time of transition, editor Tanner, L. H., Topics in Geobiology, v. 46,  Springer, p. 351-405.

Martz, J. W., Kirkland, J. I., Milner, A. R. C., Parker, W. G., and Santucci, V. L., 2017, Upper Triassic lithostratigraphy, depositional systems, and vertebrate paleontology across southern Utah: Geology of the Intermountain West, v. 4, 99-180. Link to pdf

Moscato, D., 2017, Diandongosuchus-the strange-faced transitional phytosaur: Phys Org, published online, 3pp. Link to pdf

Nesbitt, S. J., Butler, R. J., Ezcurra, M. D., Charig, A. J,. and Barrett, P. M., 2017, The anatomy of Teleocrater rhadinus, an early avemetatarsalian from the lower portion of the Lifua Member of the MAnda Beds (Middle Triassic): In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 142-177.

Nesbitt, S. J., Stocker, M. R., Parker, W. G., Wood, T. A., Sidor, C. A., and Angielczyk, K. D., 2017, The braincase and endocast of Parringtonia gracilis, a Middle Triassic Suchian (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia): In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 122-141.

Peecook, B. R., Steyer, J. S., Tabor, N. J., and Smith, R. M. H., 2017, Updated geology and vertebrate paleontology of the Triassic Ntawre Formation of northeastern Zambia, with special emphasis on the archosauromorphs: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 8-38.

Poopnarine, P. D., Angielcxyk, K. D., Olroyd, S. L., Nesbitt, S. J,. Botha-Brink, J,. Peecook, B. R., Day, M. O., and Smith, R. M. H., 2017, Comparative ecological dynamics of Permian-Triassic communities from the Karoo, Luangwa, and Ruhuhu basins of southern Africa: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 254-272.

Scheyer, T. M., and Sues, H.-D., 2017, Expanded dorsal ribs in the Late Triassic pseudosuchian reptile Euscolosuchus olseni: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 1, e1248768, 5 pp.

Stocker, M. R., Zhao, L.-J., Nesbitt, S. J., Wu, X.-C., and Li, C., 2017, A short-snouted, Middle Triassic phytosaur and its implications for the morphologicla evolution and biogeography of phytosauria: Scientific Reports, published online, 8pp. (Diandongosuchus fuyuanensis) Link to pdf

Turner, A. H., Pritchard, A. C., and Matzke, N. J., 2017, Empirical and Bayesian approaches to fossil-only divergence times: a study across three reptile clades: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 2, 28pp. Link to pdf

Crocodilia (Mesosuchia, Eusuchia)

Genus: Nova (9)

Cassissuchus BUSCALIONI, 2017

Deltasuchus ADAMS, NOTO, & DRUMHELLER, 2017
Fortignathus YOUNG, HASTINGS, ALLAIN, & SMITH, 2017
Kalthifrons YATES, & PLEDGE, 2017
Knoetschkesuchus SCHWARZ, RADDATZ, & WINGS, 2017
Lemmysuchus JOHNSON, YOUNG, STEEL, FOFFA, SMITH, HUA, HAVLIK, HOWLETT, & DYKE, 2017

Cassissuchus sanziuami BUSCALIONI, 2017

Deltasuchus motherali ADAMS, NOTO, & DRUMHELLER, 2017
Elosuchus broinae MEUNIER, & LARRSON, 2017
Kalthifrons aurivellensi YATES, & PLEDGE, 2017
Knoetschkesuchus langenbergensis SCHWARZ, RADDATZ, & WINGS, 2017
Mourasuchus pattersoni CIDADE, SOLORZANO, RINCON, RIFF, & SIOU, 2017
Razanandrongobe sakalavae DAL SASSO, PASINI, FLEURY, & MAGANUCO, 2017

Turcosuchus okani JOUVE, SARIGUL, STEYER & SEN, 2017

Synonym: Nova (4)

Anteophthalmosuchus hooleyi SALISBURY & NAISH, 2011

= Leiokarinosuchus brookensis (SALISBURY & NAISH, 2011) SALSBURY & NAISH, 2011

Fortignathus felixi (de LAPPARENT de BROIN, 2002) YOUNG, HASTINGS, ALLAIN, & SMITH, 2017
= Elosuchus felixi de LAPPARENT de BROIN, 2002

Lemmysuchus obtusidens (ANDREWS, 1909) JOHNSON, YOUNG, STEEL, FOFFA, SMITH, HUA, HAVLIK, HOWLETT, & DYKE, 2017

= Steneosaurus obtusidens ANDREWS, 1909

Maomingosuchus petrolica (YEH, 1958) SHAN, WU, CHENG & SATO, 2017

= Tomistoma petrolica YEH, 1958

Adams, T. L., Noto, C. R., and Drumheller, S. K., 2017, A large neosuchian crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) woodbine Formation of North Texas: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 4, e1349776, 17pp. (Deltasuchus motherali)

Antunes, A. T., 2017, Huge Miocene crocodilians from Western Europe: predation, comparisons with the "False Gharial" and size: Anurio do Insituto de Geociencias -UFRG, v. 40, n. 3, p. 117-130. Link to pdf

Barboza, M. M., Parham, J. F,. Santos, G.-P., Kussman, B. N., and Velez-Juarbe, J., 2017, The age of the Oso Member, Capistrano Formation, and a review of fossil crocodylians from California: PaleoBios, v. 34, p. 1-16.

Barroso-Barcenilla, F., Berrocal-Casero, M., Blain, H. A., Callapez, P. M., Cambra-Moo, O., Escaso, F., Martin-Closas, C., Orteg, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Prieto, I., Rodriguez-Lazaro, J., Ruiz-Galvan, A., Sanz, J. L., Segura, M., and Sevilla, P., 2017, Geological and palaeontological context of three new Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) vertebrate sites in the Iberian Peninsula (Cuenca Province, Central Spain): Proceedings of the Geologist's Association, v. 128, p. 256-270. Link to pdf

Bona, P., Carabajal, A. P., and Gasparini, Z., 2017, Nuroanatomy of Gryposuchus neogaeus (Crocodylia, Gavialoidea): a first integral description of the braincase and endocranial morphological variation in extinct and extant gavialoids: Earth and Environmental Science Transcations of the Royal Society of Edinburg, v. 106, p. 235-246. Link to pdf

Buscalioni, A. D., 2017, The gobiosuchidae in the Early Evolution of Crocodyliformes: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 3, e1324459, 12pp. (Cassissuchus sanziuami)

Candeiro, C. R. A., Mendonica Figueiroa, S. F., Peyerl, D., and de Campos, C., 2017, Railroads in western Sao Paulo State (Brazil) and the first discoveries of Late Cretaceous fossil vertebrates by naturalists and paleontologists: Revue de Paleobiologie, Geneve (jin, 2017), v. 36, n. 1, p. 157-167. Link to pdf

Cernansky, A., Schologl, J., Mlynsky, T., and Jozsa, S., 2017, First evidence of the Jurassic thalattosuchian (both teleosaurid and metriorhynchid) crocodylomorphs from Slovakia (Western Carpathians): Historical Biology, published online, 8pp.

Cidade, G. M., Solorzano, A., Rincon, A. D., Hsiou, A. S., and de S. Barbosa, F. H., 2017, On a cranial bony nodular protuberance on Mourasuchus pattersoni Cidade et al., 2017 (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) from the Late Miocene of Venezuela: Historical Biology, publshed online, 6pp.

Cidade, G. M., Solorzano, A., Rincon, A. D., Riff, D., and Hsiou, A. S., 2017, A new Mourasuchus (Alligatoroidea, Caimaninae) from the Late Miocene of Venezuela, the phylogeny of Caimaninae and considerations on the feeding habits of Mourasuchus: PeerJ 5:e3056;DOI 10.7717/peerj.3056, 37pp. (Mourasuchus pattersoni) Link to pdf

Clarac, F., Buffrenil, V. de, Brochu, C., and Cubo, J,. 2017, The evolution of bone ornamentation in Pseudosuchia: morphological constraints versus ecological adapation: Biological Journal of the Linnear Society, v. 121, p. 395-408. Link to pdf

Cotts, L., Pinheiro, A. E. P., da Silva Marinho, T., de Souza Carvalho, I,. and Dario, F. D., 2017, Postcranial skeleton of Campinasuchus dinizi (Crocodyliformes, Baurusuchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil, with comments on the ontogeny and ecomorphology of the species: Cretaceous Research, v. 70, p. 163-188.

Dal Sasso, C., Pasini, G., Fleury, G., and Maganuco, S., 2017, Razanandrongobe sakalavae, a gigantic mesoeurocrocodylian form the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar, is the oldest known notosuchian: PeerJ 5:e3481: DOI 10.7717/peerj.3481, 32pp. (Razanandrongobe sakalavae) Link to pdf

Dollman, K. N., Viglietti, P. A., and Choinieri, J. N., 2017, A new specimen of Orthosuchus stormbergi (Nash 1968) and a review of the distribution of Southern African Lower Jurassic crocodylomorphs: Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 12pp.

Frederickson, J. A., Cohen, J E., Hunt, T. C., and Cifelli, R. L., 2017, A new occurrence of Dakotasuchus kingi from the Late Creaceous of Utah, USA, and the diagnostic utility of postcranial characters in crocodyliformes: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 62, n. X, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Frederickson, J. A., Cohen, J E., Hunt, T. C., and Cifelli, R. L., 2017, A new occurrence of Dakotasuchus kingi from the Late Cretaceous of Utah, USA, and the diagnostic utility of postcranial characters in crocodyliformes: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 62, n. 2, P. 279-286. Link to pdf

Herrera, Y., Frnandez, M. S., Lamas, S. G., Campos, L., Talevi, M., and Gasparini, Z., 2017, Morphology of the sacral region and reproductive strategies of Metriorhynchidae: a counter-inductive approach: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburg, v. 106, p. 247-255. Link to pdf

Johnson, M., Young, M. T., Steel, L,. Foffa, D., Smith, A. S., Hua, S., Havlik, P., Howlett, E. A., and Dyke, G., 2018, Re-descripton of 'Stenosaurus' obtusidens Andrews, 1909, an unusual macrophagous teleosaurid crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of England: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 34pp. (Lemmysuchus obtusidens = Steneosaurus obtusidens)

Jouve, S., 2017, Leiokarinosuchus brookensis, Pholidosaurus meyeri, or Anteophthalmosuchus hooleyi? What is this croc? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1297497, 15pp. (Anteophthalmosuchus hooleyi = Leiokarinosuchus brookensis)

Jouve, S,. Sarigul, V., Steyer, J.-S., and Sen, S., 2017, The first crocodylomorph from the Mesozoic of Turkey (Barremian of Zonguldak) and the dispersal of the eusuchians during the Cretceous: Journal of Systematic Paleontology, published online, 18pp. (Turcosuchus okani)

Leardi, J. M., Pol, D., and Clark, J. M., 2017, Detailed anatomy of the braincase of Macelognathus vagans Marsh, 1884 (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) using high resolution tomography and new insights on basal crocodylomorph phylogeny: PeerJ 5:e2801: DOI 10.7717/perj.280, 55pp. Link to pdf

Lucas, S. G., 2017, Chapter 10, Late Triassic terrestrial tetrapods: biostratigraphy, biochronology and biotic events: In: The Late Triassic World, earth in a time of transition, editor Tanner, L. H., Topics in Geobiology, v. 46,  Springer, p. 351-405.

Martz, J. W., Kirkland, J. I., Milner, A. R. C., Parker, W. G., and Santucci, V. L., 2017, Upper Triassic lithostratigraphy, depositional systems, and vertebrate paleontology across southern Utah: Geology of the Intermountain West, v. 4, 99-180. Link to pdf

Meunier, L. M. V., and Larsson, H. C. E., 2017, Revision and phylogenetic affinities of Elosuchus (Crocodyliformes): Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 179, p. 169-200. (Elosuchus broinae) Link to pdf

Meunier, L. M. V., and Larsson, H. C. E., 2017, Trematochampsa taqueti as a nomen dubium and the crocodyliform diversity of the Upper Cretaceous in Beceten Formation of Niger: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 22pp.

McDonald, A. T., Gates, T. A., Zanno, L. E., and Makovicky, P. J., 2017, Anatomy, taphonomy, and phylogenetic implications of a new specimen of Eolambia caroljonesa (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 5, 32pp.  Link to pdf

Nojima, K., and Itoigawa, J., 2017, Tomistominae gen. et sp. indet. (Crocodylia: Crocodylidae) from the Lower Yage Formation (Middle Pleistocene) in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan: Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, n. 43, p. 35-56.

Otero, A., Allen, V., Pol, D., and Hutchinson, J. R., 2017, Forelimb muscle and joint actions in archosauria: insights from Crocodylus johnstoni (Pseudosuchia) and Mussaurus patagonicus (Sauropodomorpha): PeerJ 5:e3976; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3976, 60pp. Link to pdf

Otero, O., Garcia, G., Valentin, X., Lihoreau, F., Manthi, F. K., and Ducroco, S., 2017, A glimpse at the ectotherms of the earliest fauna from the East African Rift (Lokone, Late Oligocene of Kenya): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 3, e1312691, 8pp.

Pierce, S. E., Williamns, M., and Benson, R. b. J., 2017, Virtual reconstruction of the endocranial anatomy of the early Jurassic marine crocodylomorpha Pelagosaurus typus (Thalattosuchia): Peerj 5:e3225; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3225, 34pp. Link to pdf

Rauhut, O. W. M., Lopez-Arbarello, Röper, M., and Rothgaenger, M., 2017, Vertebrate fossils from the Kimmeridgian of Brunn: the oldest fauna from the Solnhofen Archipelago (Late Jurassic, Bavaria, Germany): Zitteliana, v. 89, p. 305-329.

Sahle, Y., Zaatari, S. E., and White, T. D., 2017, Hominid butchers and biting crocodiles in the African Pilo-Pleistocene: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Early Edition, 6pp. Link to pdf

Sano, S.-i., 2017, Vertebrate diversity of the Early Cretaceous Tetori biota from Japan, the state of the art: Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, v. 16, p. 1-15.

Schwarz, D., Raddadtz, M., and Wings, O., 2017, Knoetschkesuchus langenbergensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a new atoposaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Jurassic Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony, nothwestern German), and its relationships to Theriosuchus: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 2, 47pp. (Knoetschkesuchus langenbergensis)

Sena, M. V. de, Andrade, R. C. L. P. de, Bantim, R. A. M., Sayao, J. M., Barbosa, J. A., and Oliveira, G. R. de, 2017, New dyrosaurid remains (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of the Paraiba Basin, NE Brazil: Rev. bras paleont., v. 20, n. 3, p. 345-354.

Shan, Y.-Y., Wu, X.-C., Chen, Y.-N., and Sato, T., 2017, Maomingosuchus petrolica, a restudy of 'Tomistoma' petrolica Yeh, 1958: Palaeoworld, v. 26, p. 672-690. (Maomingosuchus petrolica = Tomistoma petrolica)

Solorzano, A., Nunez-Flores, M., and Rincon, A. D., 2017, Gryposuchus (Crocodylia, Gavialoidea) from the Early Miocene of Venezula: Palaontologische Zeitschrift, published online, 9pp.

Stein, M. D., Yates, A., Hand, S. J., and Archer, M., 2017, Variation in the pelvic and pectoral girdles of Australian Oligo-Miocene mekosuchine crocodiles with implications for locomotion and habitus: PeerJ 5:e3501; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3501, 21pp. Link to pdf

Tavares, S. A. S., Branco, F. R., de Souza Carvalho, I., and Maldanis, L., 2017, The morphofunctional design of Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi (Crocodyliformes, Upper Cretceous) of the Bauru Basin, Brazil: Cretaceous Research, v. 79, p. 64-76.

Turner, A. H., Pritchard, A. C., and Matzke, N. J., 2017, Empirical and Bayesian approaches to fossil-only divergence times: a study across three reptile clades: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 2, 28pp. Link to pdf

Wilberg, E. W., 2017, Investigating patterns of crocodyliform cranial disparity through the Mesozoic and Cenozoic: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, pubished online, 20pp.

Wu, X.-C., Li, C., and Wang, Y.-Y., 2017, Taxonomic reassessment and phylogenetic test of Asiatosuchus nanlingensis Young, 1964 and Eoalligator chunyii Young, 1964. Vertebrata Palasiatica, published online, 10 pp. Link to pdf

Yates, A. M., 2017, The biochronology and palaeobiogeography of Baru (Crocodylia: Mekosuchinae) based on new specimens from the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia: PeerJ 5:e3458; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3458, 45pp. Link to pdf

Yates, A. M., and Pledge, N. S., 2017, A Pliocene Mekosuchine (Eusuchia: Crocodilia) from the Lake Eyre Basin of South Australia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 1, e1244540, 15pp. (Kalthifrons aurivellensis)

Yi, H., Tennant, J. P., Young, M. T., Challands, T. J., Foffa, D., Hudson, J. D., Ross, D. A., and Brusatte, S. L., 2017, An unsual smal-bodied crocoyliform from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland, UK, and potential evidence for an early diversification of advanced neosuchians; Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburg, published online, 17 pp. Link to pdf

Young, M. T., Hastings, A. K., Allain, R., and Smith, T. J., 2017, Revision of the enigmatic crocodyliform Elosuchus felixi de Lapparent de Broin, 2002 from the Lower-Upper Cretaceous Boundary of Niger: potential evidence for an early origin of the clade Dyrosauridae: Zoological Jounral of the Linnean Society, v. 179, p. 377-403. (Fortignathus felixi = Elosuchus felixi) Link to pdf

Pterosaurs

Genus: Nova (6)

Altmuehlopterus VIDOVIC, & MARTILL, 2017
Argentinadraco KELLNER, & CALVO, 2017
Douzhanopterus WANG, JIANG, ZHANG, CHENG, YU, LI, WEI, & WANG, 2017
Liaodactylus ZHOU, GAO, YI, XUE, LI, & FOX, 2017
Serradraco RIGAL, MARTILL, & SWEETMAN, 2017
Versperopterylus Lü, meng, wang, liu, shen, & zhang, 2017

Species: Nova (5)

Argentinadraco barrealensis  KELLNER, & CALVO, 2017
Douzhanopterus zhengi WANG, JIANG, ZHANG, CHENG, YU, LI, WEI, & WANG, 2017
Liaodactylus primus ZHOU, GAO, YI, XUE, LI, & FOX, 2017
Versperopterylus lamadgongensis Lü, meng, wang, liu, shen, & zhang, 2017

Synonym: Nova (3)

Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus (WAGNER, 1851) VIDOVIC, & MARTILL, 2017
= Ornithocephalus ramphastinus WAGNER, 1851
= Pterodactylus rhamphastinus (WAGNER, 1851) MEYER, 1860
= Germanodactylus rhamphastinus (WAGNER, 1851) WELLNHOFER, 1970
Pteranodon sternbergi HARKSEN, 1966
= Dawndraco kanzai KELLNER, 2010
Serradraco sagittirostris (OWEN, 1874) RIGAL, MARTILL, & SWEETMAN, 2017
= Pterodactylus sagittirostris OWEN, 1874
= Lonchodectes sagittirostris (OWEN, 1874) HOOLEY, 1914
= Ornithocheirus satittirostris (OWEN, 1874) ARTHABER, 1922

Acorn, J. H., Martin-Silverstone, E., Glasier, J. R. N., Mohr, S., and Currie, P. J., 2017, Response to Kellner (2017) 'Rebuttal of Martin-Silverstone, E., J.R. N., Glasier, J. H. Acorn, S. Mohr, and P. J. Currie, 2017': Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, v. 3, p. 90-92. Link to pdf

Andres B., Padian, K., Rose, T. B., Bell, C. J., Brown, M. A., Sagebiel, J. C., Lehman, T. M., and Cunningham, J. R., 2017, Case 3728 - Quetzalcoatlus northropi (Reptilia, Pterosauria): proposed availability and attribution of authorship to Lawson, 1975: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, v. 74, p. 34-37.

Bennett, S. C., 2017, New smallest specimen of the pterosaur Pteranodon and ontogenetic niches in pterosaurs: Journal of Paleontology, published online, 18pp.

Brougham T., Smith, E. T., and Bell, P R., 2017, Isolated teeth of Anhanguera (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia: PeerJ 5:e3256; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3256, 24pp. Link to pdf

Chan, N. R., 2017, Morphospaces of functionally analogous traits show ecological separation between birds and pterosaurs: Proceedings of the Royal Society, series B., published online, 7pp.

Cheng, X., Jiang, S., Wang, X., and Kellner, A. W. A., 2017, Premaxillary crest variation within the Wukongopteridae (Reptilia, Pterosauria) and comments on cranial structure in pterosaurs: Anais da Academia Brasilieria de Ciencias, published online, 12pp. Link to pdf

Cheng, X., Jiang, S., Wang, X., and Kellner, A. W. A., 2017, New anatomical information of the wukongopterid Kunpengopterus sinensis Wang et al., 2010 based on a new specimen: PeerJ 5:e4102; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4102, 20pp. Link to pdf

Get Choi, S., and Lee, Y.-N., 2017, A review of vertebrate body fossils from the Korean Peninsula and perspectives: Geosciences Journal, v. 21, p. 867-889.

Codorniu, L., Chiappe, L., and Rivarola, D., 2017, Neonate morphology and development in pterosaurs: evidence from a Ctenochasmatid embryo from the Early Cretaceous of Argentina: In: New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeogiology, edited by Hone, D. W. E., Witton, M. P., and Martill, D. M., Geological Society, London, Special Publications, n. 455, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP455.17, 14 pp. Link to pdf

Deeming, D. C., 2017, How pterosaurs bred: Science, v. 358, issue 6367, p. 1124-1125.

Dehling, J. M., 2017, How lizards fly: a novel type of wing in animals:Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 12, 14pp. Link to pdf

Funston, G. F., Martin-Silverstone, E., and Currie, P. J., 2017, The first pterosaur pelvic material from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) and implications for azhdarchid locomotion: Facets, a multidisplinary open acces journal, v. 2, p. 559-574. Link to pdf

Hone, D. W. E., Jiang, S., and Xu, X., 2017, A taxonomic revision of Noripterus complicidens and Asian members of the Dsungaripteridae. In: New Prespectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology, edited by Witton, D. W. E., and Martill, D. M., Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 455, 8pp.

Hone, D. W. E., Witton, M. P., and Martill, D. M, 2017, New prespectives on pterosaur palaeobiology: In: New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 455, 6pp. Link to pdf

Kellner, A. W. A., 2017, Rebuttal of Martin-Silverstone et al., 2017, 'Reassessment of Dawndraco kanzai Kellner 2010 and reassignment of the type specimen to Pteranodon sternbergi Harksen, 1966': Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, v. 3, p. 81-89. Link to pdf

Kellner, A. W. A., and Calvo, J. O., 2017, New azhdarchoid pterosaur (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) with an unusual lower jaw from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Neuquen Group, Patagonia, Argentina: Anais da Academia Brasilieria de Ciencias, published online, 10 pp. (Argentinadraco barrealensis) Link to pdf

Lü, J,. Meng, Q., Wang, B., Liu, D., Shen, C., and Zhang, Y., 2017, Short note on a new anurognathid pterosaur with evidence of perching behaviour form Jianchang of Liaoning Province, China: In: New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology, edited by Hone, D. W. E., Witton, M. P., and Martill, D. M., Geological Society of London, published online, 10pp. (Versperopterylus lamadgongensis) Link to pdf

Lucas, S. G., 2017, Chapter 10, Late Triassic terrestrial tetrapods: biostratigraphy, biochronology and biotic events: In: The Late Triassic World, earth in a time of transition, editor Tanner, L. H., Topics in Geobiology, v. 46,  Springer, p. 351-405.

Martill, D. M., and Moser, M., 2017, Topotype specimens probably attributable to the giant azhdarchid pterosaur Arambourgiania philadelphiae (Aramborug 1959): In: New Prespectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 455, publisehd online, 11pp.

McLain, M. A., and Bakker, R. T., 2017, Pterosaur material from the uppermost Jurassic of the uppermost Morrison Formation, Breakfast Bench Facies, Como Bluff, Wyoming, including a pterosaur with pneumatized femora: In: New Preserpectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology, edited by hone, D. W. E., Witton, M. P., and Martill D. M., Geological Society of London, Special Publications, v. 455, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP455.14, 20pp.

Maisch, M. W., and Matzke, A. T., 2017, A large pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Liuhuanggou, Xinjiang, People's Republi of China: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 284, n. 2, published online,  8 pp.

Martin-Silverstone, E., Glasier, J. R. N., Acorn, J. H., Mohr, S., and Currie, P. J., 2017, Reassesment of Dawndraco kanzai Kellner, 2010 and reassignment of the type specimen to Pteranodon sternbergi Harksen, 1966: Vertebrate Anatomy Morpholotgy Palaeontology, v. 3, p. 47-59. (Pteranodon sternbergi = Dawndraco kanzai) Link to pdf

Naish, D., and Witton, M. P., 2017, Neck biomechanics indicate that giant Transylvanian azhdarchid pterosaurs were short-necked arch predators: PeerJ 5:e2909;DOI 10.7717/peerj.2908, 28pp. Link to pdf

O'Sullivan, M., 2017, The pterosaur assemblage of the Oxford Clay Formation (Jurassic, Callovian-Oxfordian) from the UK: In, New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology, edited by Hone, D. W. E., Witton, M. P., and Martill, D. M., Geological Socitey, London, Special Publications, v. 455, published online, 10pp.

O'Sullivan, M., and Martill, D. M., 2017, The taxonomy and systematics of Parapsicephalus purdoni (Reptilia: Pterosauria) from the Lower Jurassic Whitby Mudstone Formation, Whitby, U.K.: Historical Biology, published online, 10pp.

Padian, K., 2017, Structure and evolution of the ankyle bones in Pterosaurs and other Ornithodirans: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 5, e1364651, 13pp.

Pinheiro, F. L., and Rodrigues, T., 2017, Anhanguera taxonomy revisited: is our understanding of Santana Group pterosaur diversity biased by poor biological and stratigraphic control? PeerJ 5:e3285; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3285, pp. 29 pp. Link to pdf

Rauhut, O. W. M., Lopez-Arbarello, Röper, M., and Rothgaenger, M., 2017, Vertebrate fossils from the Kimmeridgian of Brunn: the oldest fauna from the Solnhofen Archipelago (Late Jurassic, Bavaria, Germany): Zitteliana, v. 89, p. 305-329.

Rigal, S., Martill, D. M., and Sweetman, S. C., 2017, A new pterosaur specimen from the Upper Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation (Cretaceous, Valanginian) of soutehrn England and a review of lonchodectes sagittirostris (Owen 1874): In: New Prespectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology, edited by Witton, D. W. E., and Martill, D. M., Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 455, 12pp. (Serradraco sagittirostris = Pterodactylus sagittirostris, = Lonchodectes sagittirostris, = Ornithocheirus satittirostris)

Tsuihiji, T., Andres, B., O'Connor, P. M., Watabe, M., Tsogtbaatar, K., and Mainbayar, B., 2017, Gigantic pterosaurian remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 5, e1361431, 8pp.

Vidovic, S. U., and Martill, D. M., 2017, The taxonomy and phylogeny of Diopecephalus kochi (Wagner, 1837) and 'Germanodactylus rhamphastinus' (Wagner, 1851): In: New prespectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology, edited by Hone, D. W. E., and Martill, M. P., Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 455, 21pp. (Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus = Ornithocephalus ramphastinus, = Pterodactylus rhamphastinus, Germanodactylus rhamphastinus) Link to pdf

Wang, X., Jiang, S., Zhang, J., Cheng, X., Yu, X., Li, Y., Wei, G., and Wang, X., 2017, New evidence from China for the nature of the Pterosaur evolutionary transition: Scientific Reports, publsihed online, DOI: 10.1038/srep42763, 9pp. (Douzhanopterus zhengi) Link to pdf

Wang, X., Kellner, A. W. A., Jiang, S., Cheing, X., Wang, Q., Ma, Y., Paidoula, Y., Rodrigues, T., Chen, H., Sayao, J. M., Li, N., Zhang, J., Bantim, R. A. M., Meng, X., Zhang, X., Qi, R., and Zhou, Z., 2017, Egg accumulation with 3D embryos provides insight into the life history of a pterosaur: Science, v. 358, p. 1197-1201.

Wu, W.-H., Zhou, C.-F., and Andres, B., 2017, The toothless pterosaur Jidapterus edentus (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea) from the Early Cretaeceous Jehol Biota and its paleoecological implications: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 9, 33pp. Link to pdf

Zhou, C.-F., Gao, K.-Q., Yi, H., Xue, J., Li, Q., and Fox, R. C., 2017, Earliest filter-feeding pterosaur from the Jurassic of China and ecological evolution of Pterodactyloidea: Royal Society Open Science, v. 4, 8pp. (Liaodactylus primus) Link to pdf

Dinosaur

Dinosauromorpha

Baron, M. G., 2017, Pisanosaurus mertii and the Triassic ornithischian crisis: could phylogeny offer a solution? Historical Biology, published online, 15pp.

 Baron, M. G., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, A dinosaur missing-link? Chilesaurus and the early evolution of ornithischian dinosaurs: Biology Letters, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, A new hypothesis of dinosaur relationships and early dinosaur evolution: Nature, v. 543, p. 501-506.

Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, Baron et al., reply: Nature, v. 551, E4-E5.

Gramling, C., 2017, Ma, where did they put T. rex? Science, v. 355, p. 1249.

Langer, M. C., Excurra, M. D., Rauhut, O. W. M., Benton, M J., Knool, F., McPhee, B. W., Novas, F. E., Pol, D., and Brusatte, S. L., Untangling the dinosaur family tree: Natrue, v. 551, p. E1-E3.

Lucas, S. G., 2017, Chapter 10, Late Triassic terrestrial tetrapods: biostratigraphy, biochronology and biotic events: In: The Late Triassic World, earth in a time of transition, editor Tanner, L. H., Topics in Geobiology, v. 46,  Springer, p. 351-405.

Müller, R. T., 2017, Are the dinosaurmorph femora from the Upper Triassic of Hayden Quarry (New Mexico) three stages in a growth series of a single taxon? Anais da Academia Brasleira de Ciencias, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Müller, R. T., Langer, M. C., Pacheco, C. P., and Dias-da-Silva, S., 2017, The role of ontogeny on character polarization in early dinosaurs: a new specimen from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil and its implications: Historical Biology, An International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 12pp.

Müller, R. T., Pretto, F. A., Stefanello, M., Silva-Neves, E., and Dias-Da-Silva, S., 2017, On a dinosaur axis from one of the oldest dinosaur-bearing sites worldwide: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 62, n. 3, p. 543-548. Link to pdf

Padian, K., 2017, Dividing the dinosaurs: Nature, v. 543, p. 494-495.

Padian, K., 2017, Structure and evolution of the ankyle bones in Pterosaurs and other Ornithodirans: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 5, e1364651, 13pp.

Peecook, B. R., Steyer, J. S., Tabor, N. J., and Smith, R. M. H., 2017, Updated geology and vertebrate paleontology of the Triassic Ntawre Formation of northeastern Zambia, with special emphasis on the archosauromorphs: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 8-38.

Sarigül, V., 2017, New archosauromorph fragments from the Dockum Group of Texas and assessment of the earliest dinosaurs in North America: Historical Biology, published online, 17pp.

Smith, R. M. H., Sidor, C. A., Angielczyk, K. D., Nesbitt, S. J., and Tabor, N. J., 2017, Taphonomy and paleoenvironments of Middle Triassic bone accumulations in the Lifua Member of the Manda Beds, Songea Group (Ruhuhu Bains), Tanzania: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 65-79.

Theropoda

Genus: Nova (16)

Aepyornithomimus TSOGTBAATAR, YOSHITSUGU, TSOGTBAATAR, CURRIE, WATABE, & BARSBOLD, 2017
Afromimus SERENO, 2017
Albertavenator EVANS, CULLEN, LARSON, & REGO, 2017
Beibeilong PU, ZELENITSKY, LÜ, CURRIE, CARPENTER, XU, KOPPELHUS, JIA, XIAO, CHUANG, LI, KUNDRAT, & SHEN, 2017
Daliansaurus SHEN,  LÜ, LIU, KUNDRAT, BRUSATTE, & GAO, 2017
Halzskaraptor CAU, BEYRAND, VOETEN, FERNANDEZ, TAFFOREAU, STEIN, BARSBOLD, TSOGTBAATAR, CURRIE, & GODEFROIT, 2017
Jianianhualong XU, CURRIE, PITTMANN, XING, MENG, Lü, hu, & yu, 2017

Latenivenatrix van der REEST, & CURRIE, 2017
Liaonigyvenator SHEN, ZHAO, GAO, Lü, & KUNDRAT, 2017
Lucianovenator MARTINEZ & APALDETTI, 2017

Ostromia FOTH, & RAUHUT, 2017
Pandoravenator RAUHUT & POL, 2017

Serikornis LEFEVRE, CAU, CINCOTTA, HU, CHINSAMY, ESCUILLIE, & GODEFROIT, 2017
Shuangbaisaurus WANG, YOU, PAN, & WANG, 2017
Teihivenator YUN, 2017
Zhongjianosaurus XU, & QIN, 2017

Species: Nova (16)

Aepyornithomimus turgrikinensis TSOGTBAATAR, YOSHITSUGU, TSOGTBAATAR, CURRIE, WATABE, & BARSBOLD, 2017
Afromimus tenerenisis SERENO, 2017
Albertavenator curriei EVANS, CULLEN, LARSON, & REGO, 2017
Avimimus nemegtensis FUNSTON, MENDONCA, CURRIE, & BARSBOLD, 2017
Beibeilong sinensis PU, ZELENITSKY, LÜ, CURRIE, CARPENTER, XU, KOPPELHUS, JIA, XIAO, CHUANG, LI, KUNDRAT, & SHEN, 2017
Daliansaurus liaoningensis SHEN,  LÜ, LIU, KUNDRAT, BRUSATTE, & GAO, 2017
Daspletosaurus horneri CARR, VARRICCHIO, SEDLMAYR, ROBERTS, & MOORE, 2017
Halzskaraptor escuilliei CAU, BEYRAND, VOETEN, FERNANDEZ, TAFFOREAU, STEIN, BARSBOLD, TSOGTBAATAR, CURRIE, & GODEFROIT, 2017
Jianianhualong tengae emend XU, CURRIE, PITTMANN, XING, MENG, Lü, hu, & yu, 2017

Latenivenatrix mcmasterae van der REEST, & CURRIE, 2017
Liaonigyvenator curriei SHEN, ZHAO, GAO, Lü, & KUNDRAT, 2017
Lucianovenator bonoi MARTINEZ & APALDETTI, 2017

Pandoravenator fernandezorum RAUHUT & POL, 2017

Serikornis sungei LEFEVRE, CAU, CINCOTTA, HU, CHINSAMY, ESCUILLIE, & GODEFROIT, 2017
Shuangbaisaurus anlongbaoensis WANG, YOU, PAN, & WANG, 2017
Zhongjianosaurus yangi XU, & QIN, 2017

Synonym: Nova (4)

Anchiornis huxleyi XU, ZHAO, NORELL, SULLIVAN, HONE, ERICKSON, WANG, HAN & GUO, 2008
= Aurornis xui GODEFROIT, CAU, HU, ESCUILLIE, WU, & DYKE, 2013
Heyuannia yanshini (BARSBOLD, 1981) FUNSTON, MENDONCA, CURRIE, & BARSBOLD, 2017
= Ingenia yanshini BARSBOLD, 1981
= Ajancingenia janshini (BARSBOLD, 1981) EASTER, 2013
Ostromia crassipes (MEYER, 1857) FOTH, & RAUHUT, 2017
= Pterodactylus crassipes MEYER, 1857
Teihivenator macropus (COPE, 1868) YUN, 2017
= Laelaps macropus COPE, 1868

Alonso, A., Canudo, J. I., Torcida Fernandez-Baldor & Huerta, P., 2017, Isolated theropod teeth associated with sauropod remains from El Oterillo II (Early Cretaceous) site of Salas de los Infantes (Burgos, Spain): Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 43, n. 2, p. 193-215. Link to pdf

Amiot, R., Wang, X., Wang, X., Wang, S., Lecuyer, C., Mazin, J.-M., Mo, J., Flandrois, J.-P., Fourel, F., Wang, X., Xu, X., Zhng, Z., and Zhou, Z., 2017, 18O-derived incubation temperatues of Oviraptorosaur eggs: Paleontology, v. 60, part 5, p. 633-647.

Averianov, A., and Skutschas, P., 2017, A new lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia: Biological Communications, v. 62, n. 1, p. 6-18. (Tengrisaurus starkovi) Link to pdf

Averianov, A., and Sues, H.-D., 2017, The oldest record of Alvarezsauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) in the Northern Hemisphere: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 10, 13pp. Link to pdf

Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, A new hypothesis of dinosaur relationships and early dinosaur evolution: Nature, v. 543, p. 501-506.

Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, Baron et al., reply: Nature, v. 551, E4-E5.

Barker, C. T., Naish, D., Newham, E., Katsamenis, O. L., and Dyke, G., 2017, Complex neuroanatomy in the rostrum of the Isle of Wight theropod Neovenator salerii: Scientific Reports, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Barroso-Barcenilla, F., Berrocal-Casero, M., Blain, H. A., Callapez, P. M., Cambra-Moo, O., Escaso, F., Martin-Closas, C., Orteg, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Prieto, I., Rodriguez-Lazaro, J., Ruiz-Galvan, A., Sanz, J. L., Segura, M., and Sevilla, P., 2017, Geological and palaeontological context of three new Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) vertebrate sites in the Iberian Peninsula (Cuenca Province, Central Spain): Proceedings of the Geologist's Association, v. 128, p. 256-270. Link to pdf

Barta, D. E., Nesbitt, S. J., and Norell, M. A., 2017, The evolution of the manus of early theropod dinosaurs is characterized by high inter- and intraspecific variation: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 25pp. Link to pdf

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Sauropodomorpha (Sauropoda, Prosauropoda)

Genus: Nova (10)

Europatitan FERNANDEZ-BALDOR, CANUDO, HUERTA, MORENO-AZANZA, & MONTERO, 2017
Mierasaruus ROYO-TORRES, UPCHURCH, KIRKLAND, DeBILEUX, FORSTER, COBOS, & ALCALA, 2017
Moabosaurus BRITT, SCHEETZ, WHITING, & WILHITE, 2017
Patagotitan CARBALLIDO, POL, OTERO, CERDA, SALGADO, GARRIDO, RAMEZZANI, CUNEO, & KRAUSE, 2017
Soriatitan ROYO-TORRES, FUENTES, MEIJIDE, MEIJIDE-FUENTES, & MEIJIDE-FUENTES, 2017
Shingopana GORSCAK, O'CONNOR, ROBERTS, & STEVENS, 2017
Tengrisaurus AVERIANOV, & SKUTSCHAS, 2017
Triufogosaurus SOUZA CARVALHO, SALGADO, LINDOSO, ARAUJO-JUNIOR, NOGUEIRA, & SOARES, 2017
Vouivria MANNION, & ALLANI, & MOINE, 2017
Xingxiulong WANG, YOU, & WANG, 2017

Species: Nova (10)

Europatitan eastwoodi FERNANDEZ-BALDOR, CANUDO, HUERTA, MORENO-AZANZA, & MONTERO, 2017
Galeamopus pabsti TSCHOPP, & MATEUS, 2017
Mierasaruus bobyoungi ROYO-TORRES, UPCHURCH, KIRKLAND, DeBILEUX, FORSTER, COBOS, & ALCALA, 2017
Moabosaurus utahensi BRITT, SCHEETZ, WHITING, & WILHITE, 2017
Patagotitan mayorum CARBALLIDO, POL, OTERO, CERDA, SALGADO, GARRIDO, RAMEZZANI, CUNEO, & KRAUSE, 2017
Soriatitan golmayensis ROYO-TORRES, FUENTES, MEIJIDE, MEIJIDE-FUENTES, & MEIJIDE-FUENTES, 2017
Shingopana songwensi GORSCAK, O'CONNOR, ROBERTS, & STEVENS, 2017
Tengrisaurus starkovi AVERIANOV, & SKUTSCHAS, 2017
Triufogosaurus leonardii SOUZA CARVALHO, SALGADO, LINDOSO, ARAUJO-JUNIOR, NOGUEIRA, & SOARES, 2017
Xingxiulong chengi WANG, YOU, & WANG, 2017

Synonoym: Nova (1)

Vouivria dampariensis (LAPPARENT, 1943) MANNION, ALLAIN, & MOINE, 2017
= Bothriospondyls madagarscariensis LAPPARENT, 1943

Alonso, A., Canudo, J. I., Torcida Fernandez-Baldor & Huerta, P., 2017, Isoalted theropod teeth associated with sauropod remains from El Oterillo II (Early Cretaceous) site of Salas de los Infantes (Burgos, Spain): Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 43, n. 2, p. 193-215. Link to pdf

Averianov, A., and Skutschas, P., 2017, A new lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia: Biological Communications, v. 62, n. 1, p. 6-18. (Tengrisaurus starkovi) Link to pdf

Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, A new hypothesis of dinosaur relationships and early dinosaur evolution: Nature, v. 543, p. 501-506.

Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, Baron et al., reply: Nature, v. 551, E4-E5.

Bramble, K., Currie, P. J., Tanke, D. H., and Torices, A., 2017, Reuniting the "head hunted" Corythosaurus excavatus (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) holotype skull with its dentary and postcranium: Cretaceous Research, v. 76, p. 7-18.

Brassey, C. A., 2017, Body-Mass estimation in Paleontology: a review of volumetric techniques: The Paleontological Society Papers, v. 22, p. 133-156. Link to pdf

Britt, B. B., Scheetz, R. D., Whiting, M. F., and Wilhite, D. R., 2017, Moabosaurus utahensis, n. gen. n. sp., a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of North America: Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, v. 32, n. 11, p. 189-243. (Moabosaurus utahensis) Link to pdf

Bronzati, M., and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2017, Braincase redescription of Efraasia minor Huene, 1908 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Germany, with comments on the evolution of the sauropodomorph braincase: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Socity, 2017, published online, 52pp.

Bronzati, M., Rauhut, O. W. M., Bittencourt, J. S., and Langer, M. C., 2017, Endocast of the Late Triassic (Carnian) dinosaur Saturnalia tupiniquim: implications for the evolution of brain tissue in Sauropodomorpha: Scientific Reports, et al., 7pp. Link to pdf

Brusatte, S. L., Candeiro, C. R. A., and Simbras, F. M., 2017, The last dinosaurs of Brazil: the Bauru Group and its implications for the end-Cretaceous mass extinction: Anais da Academia Braileira de Ciencias, v. 89, n. 3, p. 1465-1485. Link to pdf

Button, D. J., Barrett, P. M., and Rayfield, E. J., 2017, Craniodental functional evolution in sauropodomorph dinosaurs: Paleobiology, published online, 28pp. Link to pdf

Candeiro, C. R. A., Mendonica Figueiroa, S. F., Peyerl, D., and de Campos, C., 2017, Railroads in western Sao Paulo State (Brazil) and the first discoveries of Late Cretaceous fossil vertebrates by naturalists and paleontologists: Revue de Paleobiologie, Geneve (jin, 2017), v. 36, n. 1, p. 157-167. Link to pdf

Carballido, J. L., Holwerda, F. M., Pol., D., and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2017, An early Jurassic suropod tooth from Patagonia (Canadon Asfalto Formation): implications for sauropod diversity: Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 17, n. 2, p. 50-57. Link to pdf

Carballido, J. L., Pol, D., Otero, A., Cerda, I. A., Salgado, L., Garrido, A. C., Ramezzani, J., Cuneo, N. R., and Krause, J. M., 2017, A new giant titanosaur sheds light on body mass evolution among sauropod dinosaurs: Proceedings of the Society series B., published online, 10pp (Patagotitan mayorum)

Cerda, I. A., Chinsamy, A., Pol, D., Apaldetti, C., Otero, A., Powell, J. E., and Martinez, R. N., 2017, Novel insight into the origin of the growth dynamics of sauropod dinosaurs: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 6, 38pp. Link to pdf

Fernandez-Baldor, F. T., Canudo, J. I., Huerta, P., Moreno-Azanza, M., and Monero, D., 2017, Europatitan eastwoodi, a new sauropod from the lower Cretaceous of Iberia in the initial radiation of somphyospondylans in Laurasia: PeerJ 5:e3409/ DOI 10.7717/peerj.3409, 50 pp. (Europatitan eastwoodi) Link to pdf   

Gorscak, E., O'Connor, P. M., Roberts, E. M., and Stevens, N. J., 2017, The second titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania, with remarks on African titanosaurian diversity: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 4, e1343250, 22 pp. (Shingopana songwensis)

Gramling, C., 2017, Ma, where did they put T. rex? Science, v. 355, p. 1249.

Hao, Z., Fei, H., Hao, Q., and Liu, L., 2017, A large dinosaur assemblage has been discovered in Pu'an, Yunyang County, Chongqing, China: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 91, n. 4, p. 1487-1488.

Hou, Y., Zhang, L., Jiang, S., and Ji, S.-a., 2017, Sauropod teeth from the Lower Cretaceous Luohandong Formation at Ordos Basin, Inner Mongolia: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 91, n. 3, p. 791-796.  Link to pdf

Ibiricu, L. M., Lamanna, M. C., Martinez, R. D. F., Casal, G. A., Cerda, I. A., Martinez, G., and Salgado, L., 2017, A novel form of postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in a sauropod dinosaur: implications for the paleobiology of Rebbachisauridae: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 62, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf

Ibiricu, L. M., Lamanna, M. C., Martinez, R. D. F., Casal, G. A., Cerda, I. A., Martinez, G., and Salgado, L., 2017, A novel form of postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in a sauropod dinosaur: implications for the paleobiology of Rebbachisauridae: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 62, v. 2, 221-236. Link to pdf

Langer, M. C., Excurra, M. D., Rauhut, O. W. M., Benton, M J., Knool, F., McPhee, B. W., Novas, F. E., Pol, D., and Brusatte, S. L., Untangling the dinosaur family tree: Natrue, v. 551, p. E1-E3.

Lucas, S. G., 2017, Chapter 10, Late Triassic terrestrial tetrapods: biostratigraphy, biochronology and biotic events: In: The Late Triassic World, earth in a time of transition, editor Tanner, L. H., Topics in Geobiology, v. 46,  Springer, p. 351-405.

Mallon, J. C., 2017, Recognizing sexual dimorphism in the fossil record: lessons form nonavian dinosaurs: Palaeobiology, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf

Mannion, P. D., Allain, R., and Moine, O., 2017, The earliest known titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur and the evolution of Brachiosauridae: PeerJ 5:e3217; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3217, 82pp. (Vouivria dampariensis = Bothriospondyls madagarscariensis) Link to pdf

Martz, J. W., Kirkland, J. I., Milner, A. R. C., Parker, W. G., and Santucci, V. L., 2017, Upper Triassic lithostratigraphy, depositional systems, and vertebrate paleontology across southern Utah: Geology of the Intermountain West, v. 4, 99-180. Link to pdf

Mateus, S., and Tschopp, E., 2017, Scientific illustration and reconstruction of a skull of the diplodocid sauropod dinosaur Galeamopus: Journal of Paleontological Techinques, n. 17, p. 11pp. Link to pdf

McPhee, B. W., Bordy, E. M., Sciscio, L., and Choiniere, J. N., 2017, The sauropodomorph biostratigraphy of the Elliot Formation of southern Africa: tracking the evolution of Sauropodomropha across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 62, n. 3, p. 441-465. Link to pdf Link to supplementary information

McPhee, B. W., and Choiniere, J. N., 2017, The osteology of Pulanesaura eocollum: implications for the inclusivity of sauropoda (Dinosauria): Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 32pp.

Mitchell, J., Sander. P. M., and Stein, K., 2017, Can secondary osteons be used as ontogentic indicators in sauropods? Extending the histological ontogenetic stages: Paleobiology, published online, 22pp.

Mo, J. W., Wang, K. B., Chen, S. Q., Wang, P. Y., and Xu, X., 2017, A new titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Creaceous stata of Shandong Province: Geological Bulletin of China, v. 36, n. 9, p. 1501-1505. (Zhuchengtitan zangjiazhuangensis) Link to pdf

Mocho, P., Royo-Torres, R., Escaso, F., Malafia, E., Chaves, C. de M., Narvaez, I., Perez-Garcia, A., Pimentel, N., Silva, B. C., and Ortega, F., 2017, Upper Jurassic sauropod record in the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal): Geographical and lithostratigraphical distribution: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 20. 2. 27a, 50pp. Link to pdf

Mocho, P., Royo-Torres, R., Malafaia, E., Escaso, F. and Ortega, F., 2017, Sauropod tooth morphotypes from the Upper Jurassic of Lusitanian basin (Portugal): Papers in Palaeontology, v. 3, part 2, p. 259-295.

Ősi, A., Csiki-Sava, Z., and Prondvai, E., 2017, A sauropod tooth from the Santonian of Hungary and the European Late Cretaceous 'Sauropod hiatus': Scientific Reports, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Padian, K., 2017, Dividing the dinosaurs: Nature, v. 543, p. 494-495.

Padian, K., 2017, Structure and evolution of the ankyle bones in Pterosaurs and other Ornithodirans: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 5, e1364651, 13pp.

Poropat, S. F., Nair, J. P., Syme, C. E., Mannion, P. D., UpChurch, P., Hocknull, S. A., Cook, A. G., Tischler, T. R., and Holland, T., 2017, Reappraisal of Austrosaruus mckillopi Longman, 1933 from the Allaru Mudstone of Queensland, Australia's first named Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur: Alcheringa, publisehed online, 38pp. Link to pdf

Royo-Torres, R., Fuentes, C., Meijide, M., Meijide-Fuentes, F., and Meijide-Fuentes, M., 2017, A new Brachiosauridae sauropod dinosaur from the lower Cretaceous of Europe (Soria Province, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 80, p. 38-59. (Soriatitan golmayensis)

Royo-Torres, R., Upchurch, P., Kirkland, J. I., DeBileux, D. C., Foster, J. R., Cobos, A., and Alcala, L., 2017, Descendants of the Jurassic Turiasaurs from Iberia found refuge in the Early Cretaceous of western USA: Scientific Reports, published onlin, 13pp. (Mierasaruus bobyoungi) Link to pdf

Selles, A. G., Vila, B., and Galobart, A., 2017, Evidence of reproductive stress in titanosaurian sauropods triggered by an increase in ecological competiton: Scientific Reports, publised online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Smithwick, F. M., Mayr, G., Saitta, E. T., Benton, M. J., and Vinther, J., 2017, On the purported presence of fossilized collagen fibres in an ichthyosaur and a theropod dinosaur: Palaeontology, v. 60, part 2, p. 409-422.

Souza Carvalho, I. de., Salgado, L., Lindoso, R. M., Araujo-Junior, H. I. de, Nogueira, F. C. C., and Soares, J A., 2017, A new basal titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 75, p. 74-84. (Triufogosaurus leonardii) Link to pdf

Taylor, M P., 2017, Comment on the proposed designation of Diplodocus carnegii Hatcher, 1901 as the type species of Diplodocus Marsh, 1878. Bulletin of the Zoological Nomenclature, v. 73, n. 1/2, p. 134-135. Link to pdf

Tschopp, E., and Mateus, O., 2017, Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): proposed designation of D. carnegii Hatcher, 1901 as the type species: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, v. 73, n. 1, p. 17-24. Link to pdf

Tschopp, E., and Mateus, O., 2017, Osteology of Galeamopus pabsti sp. nov. (Sauropoda: Diplodocidae), with implications for neurocentral closure timing, and the cervico-dorsal transition in diplodocids: PeerJ 5:e3179; DOI 7717/peerj3179, 126pp. (Galeamopus pabsti) Link to pdf

Vidal, D., Ortega, F., Gasco, F., Serrano-Martinez, A., and Sanz, J. L., 2017, The internal anatomy of titanosaur osteoderms from the upper Cretaceous of Spain is compatible with a role in oogenesis: Scientific Reports, published online, 11pp. Link to pdf

Viglietti, P. A., Barrett, P. M., Broderick, T. J., Munyikwa, D., MacNiven, R,. Broderick, L., Chapelle, K., Glynn, D., Edwards, S., Zondo, M., Broderick, P., and Choiniere, J. N., 2017, Stratigraphy of the Vulcanodon type locality and its implications for regional correlations within the Karoo Supergroup: Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 137, p. 149-156. Link to pdf

 Wang, Y-M., You, H.-L., and Wang, T., 2017, A new basal sauropodiform dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Yunnan Province, China: Scientific Reports, published online, DOI:10.1038/srep41881, 11pp. (Xingxiulong chengi) Link to pdf

Whitlock, J. A., 2017, Was Diplodocus (Diplodocoidea, Sauropoda) capable of propalinal jaw motion? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1296457, 6 pp.

Wills, S., Choiniere, J. N., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, Predictive modelling of fossil-bearing locality distributions in the Elliot Formation (Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic), South Africa, using a combined multivariate and spatial statistical analyses of present-day environmental data: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 489, p. 186-197.

Woodruff, D. C., and Foster, J. R., 2017, The first specimen of Camarasaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from Montana: The northernmost occurrence of the genus: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 5, 21 pp.  Link to pdf

Woodruff, D. C., Fowler, D. W., and Horner, J. R., 2017, A new multi-faceted framework for deciphering diplodocid ontogeny: Palaeontologia Electronica, 30.4.43A: p. 1-53. Link to pdf

Xing, L., Peng, G,. Klein, H, Ye, Y., Jiang, S,. Burns, M. E., and Ran, H., 2017, Middle Jurassic tetrapod burrows preserved in association with the large sauropod Omeisaurus jiaoi from the Sichuan Basin, China: Historical Biology, published online, 6pp.

Zhang, J.-L., Wang, Q., Jiang, S.-X., Cheng, X., Li, N., Qui, R., Zhang, X.-J., and Wang, X.-L., 2017, Review of historical and current research on the Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs from Laiyang, Shandong: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 55, n. 2, p. 187-200. Link to pdf

Zurriaguz, V., Martinelli, A., Rougier, G. W., and Ezcurra, M. D., 2017, A saltasaurinae titanosaur (Sauropoda: Titanosauriformes) from the Angostura Colorada Formation (upper Campanian, Cretaceous) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina: Cretaceous Research, v. 75, p. 101-114. Link to pdf

Ornithischia

Genus: Nova (7)

Bonapartesaurus CRUZADO-CABALLERO, & POWELL, 2017
Burianosaurus MADZIA, BOYD, & MAZUCH, 2017
Isaberrysaura SALGADO, CANUDO, GARRIDO, MORENO-AZANZA, MARTINEZ, CORIA, & GASCA, 2017
Laiyangosaurus ZHANG, WANG, WANG, JIANG, CHENG, LI, & QUI, 2017
Matheronodon GODEFROIT, GARCIA, GOMEZ, STEIN, CINCOTTA, LEFEVRE, & VALENTIN, 2017
Patagotitan CARBALLIDO, POL, OTERO, CERDA, SALGADO, GARRIDO, RAMEZZANI, CUENO & KRAUSE, 2017

Yehuecauhceratops RIVERA-SYLVA, FREY, STINNESBECK, GUZMAN-GUTIERREZ, & GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ, 2017

Species: Nova (7)

Bonapartesaurus rionegrensis CRUZADO-CABALLERO, & POWELL, 2017
Burianosaurus augustai  MADZIA, BOYD, & MAZUCH, 2017
Isaberrysaura mollensis SALGADO, CANUDO, GARRIDO, MORENO-AZANZA, MARTINEZ, CORIA, & GASCA, 2017
Laiyangosaurus youngi ZHANG, WANG, WANG, JIANG, CHENG, LI, & QUI, 2017
Matheronodon provinciali GODEFROIT, GARCIA, GOMEZ, STEIN, CINCOTTA, LEFEVRE, & VALENTIN, 2017
Patagotitan mayorum CARBALLIDO, POL, OTERO, CERDA, SALGADO, GARRIDO, RAMEZZANI, CUENO & KRAUSE, 2017

Yehuecauhceratops mudei RIVERA-SYLVA, FREY, STINNESBECK, GUZMAN-GUTIERREZ, & GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ, 2017

Baron, M. G., 2017, Pisanosaurus mertii and the Triassic ornithischian crisis: could phylogeny offer a solution? Historical Biology, published online, 15pp.

Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, A new hypothesis of dinosaur relationships and early dinosaur evolution: Nature, v. 543, p. 501-506.

Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, Baron et al., reply: Nature, v. 551, E4-E5.

Barrett, P. M., and Maidment, S. C. R., 2017, The evolution of ornithischian quadrupedality: Journal of Iberian Geology, published online, 15pp. Link to pdf

Barroso-Barcenilla, F., Berrocal-Casero, M., Blain, H. A., Callapez, P. M., Cambra-Moo, O., Escaso, F., Martin-Closas, C., Orteg, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Prieto, I., Rodriguez-Lazaro, J., Ruiz-Galvan, A., Sanz, J. L., Segura, M., and Sevilla, P., 2017, Geological and palaeontological context of three new Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) vertebrate sites in the Iberian Peninsula (Cuenca Province, Central Spain): Proceedings of the Geologist's Association, v. 128, p. 256-270. Link to pdf

Bell, P. R., Evans, D. C., Eberth, D. A., Fanti, F., Tsogtbaatar, Kh., and Ryan, M. J., 2017, Sedimentological and taphonomic observations on the "Dragon's Tomb" Saurolophus (Hadrosauridae) bonebed, Nemegt Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Mongolia: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, published online, 16pp.

Bellardini, F., and Cerda, I. A., 2017, Bone histology sheds light on the nature of the "dermal armor" of the enigmatic sauropod dinosaur Agustinia ligabuei Bonaparte, 1999: Science and Nature, v. 104:1, published online, 13pp.

Bertozzo, F., Dalla Vecchia, F. M., and Fabbri, M., 2017, The Venice specimen of Ouranosaurus nigeriensis (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda): PeerJ 5:e3403; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3403, 70pp. Link to pdf

Bertozzo, F., Dal Sasso, C,. Fabbri, M., Manucci, F., and Maganuco, S., 2017, Redescription of a remarkably large Gryposaurus notabilis (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from Alberta, Canada: Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, v. 43, 45pp. Link to pdf

Bramble, K., LeBlanc, A. R. H., Lamoureux, D. O., Wosik, M, and Currie, P. J., 2017, Histological evidence for a dynamic dental battery in hadrosaurid dinosaurs Scientific Reports, published online, 13pp.

Brusatte, S. L., Dumbrava, M,. Vremir, M., Csiki-Sava, Z., Totoianu, R., and Norell, M. A., 2017, A catalog of Zalmoxes (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) specimens from the Upper Cretaceous Nalat-Vad locality, Hateg Basin, Romania: American Museum Novitates, n. 3884, 34pp. Link to pdf

Buckley, M., Warwood, S., van Dongen, B., Kitchener, A. C., and Manning, P. L., 2017, A fossil protein chimera; difficulties in discriminating dinosaur peptide sequence from modern cross-contamination: Proceedings of the Royal Society, series B., 284, 20170544, 8pp. Link to pdf

Carballido, J. L., Pol, D., Otero, A., Cerda, I. A., Salgado, L., Garrido, A. C., Ramezzani, J., Cueneo, N. R., and Krause, M. J., 2017, A new giant titanosaur sheds light on body mass evolution among sauropod dinosaurs: Proceedigns of the Royal Society, Series B., 29171219, 10pp. (Patagotitan mayorum)

Chen, X.-y., 2017, The discovery and significance of the protoceratopsid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Ordos Region, inner Mongolia: Acta Geoscientica Sinica, v. 38, n. 2, p. 154-158. Link to pdf

Chiba, K., Ryan, M. J., Fanti, F., Loewen, M. A., and Evans, D. C., 2017, New material and systematic re-evaluation of Medusaceratops lokii (Dinosauria, Ceratopsidae) from the Judith River Formation, (Campanian, Montana): Journal of Paleontology, published online, 17pp. Supplementary data

Chin, K., Feldmann, R. M., and Tashman, J. N., 2017, Consumption of crustaceans by megaherbivorous dinosaurs: dietary flexibility and dinosaur life history strategies: Scientific Reports, published online, 11pp. Link to pdf

Cruzado-Caballero, P., and Powell, J., 2017, Bonapartesaurus rionegrensis, a new hadrosaurine dinosaur from South America: implicaions for phylogenetic and Biogeographic relations with North America: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1289381, v. 37, n. 2, 16pp. (Bonapartesaurus rionegrensis)

Erickson, B. R., 2017, History of the ceratopsian dinosaur Triceratops, in The Science Museum of Minnesota 1960-Present: Monograph, v. 12, 37pp. Link to pdf

Erickson, G. M., Zelenitsky, D. K., Kay, D. I., and Norell, M. A., 2017, Dinosaur incubation periods directly determined from growth-line counts in embryoinc teeth show reptilian-grade development: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Early Edition, 6pp. Link to pdf

Farke, A. A., 2017, Paleontologists reappraise description of duck-billed hadrosaurs: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Farke, A. A., and Phillips, G. F., 2017, The first reported ceratopsid dinosaur from eastern North America (Owl Creek Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Mississippi, USA): PeerJ 5:e3342; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3342, 21pp. Link to pdf

Godefroit, P., Garcia, G., Gomez, B., Stein, K., Cincotta, A., Lefevre, U., and Valentin, X., 2017, Extreme tooth enlargement in a new Late Cretaceous rhabdodontid dinosaur from Southern France: Scientific Reports, published online, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13160-2, 9pp. (Matheronodon provincialis) Link to pdf

Gramling, C., 2017, Ma, where did they put T. rex? Science, v. 355, p. 1249.

Han, F., Forster, C. A., Xu, X., and Clark, J. M., 2017, Postcranial anatomy of Yinlong downsi (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of China and the phylogeny of basal ornithischians: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 29pp.

Hao, Z., Fei, H., Hao, Q., and Liu, L., 2017, A large dinosaur assemblage has been discovered in Pu'an, Yunyang County, Chongqing, China: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 91, n. 4, p. 1487-1488.

Hübner, T., 2017, The postcranial ontogeny of Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia) and implicatons for the evolution of ornithopod dinosaurs: Palaeontolgraphica, Abt, A., Palaeozology - Stratigraphy, v. 310, issues 3-6, p. 43-120.

Ji, S.-a., Zhang, L., Lu, L., and Hao, J., 2017, The first discovery of the Late Cretaceous Protoceratopsid fauna from Alxa, Inner Mongolia, China: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 91,n. 5, p. 1980-1909.

Kim, J.-K., Kwon, Y-E., Lee, S.-G., Kim, C-Y, Kim, J.-G., Huh, M,. Lee, E., and Kim, Y.-J., 2017, Correlative microscopy of the constituents of a dinosaur rib fossil and hosting mudstone: implications on diagensis and fossil preservation: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 10, 25 pp. Link to pdf

Kim, J.-K., Kwon, Y.-E., Lee, S.-G., Lee, J.-H., Kim, J.-G., Huh, M., Lee, E., and Kim, Y-J., 2017, Disparities in correlating microstructural to nanostuctural preservation of dinosaur femoral bones: Scientific Reports, 7:45562, DOI:10.1038/srep45562, 12pp.  Link to pdf

Langer, M. C., Excurra, M. D., Rauhut, O. W. M., Benton, M J., Knool, F., McPhee, B. W., Novas, F. E., Pol, D., and Brusatte, S. L., Untangling the dinosaur family tree: Natrue, v. 551, p. E1-E3.

LeBlanc, A. R. H., Brink, K. S., Cullen, T. M., and Reisz, R. R., 2017, Evolutionary impications of tooth attachment versus tooth implantation: a case study using dinosaur, Crocodilian, and mammal teeth: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 5, e1354006, 19pp.

Madzia, D., Boyd, C. A., and Mazuch, M., 2017, A basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Cenomanian of the Czech Repubic: Journal of Systematic Paleontology, published online, 13pp. (Burianosaurus augustai) Link to pdf

Maiorino, L., Farke, A. A., Kotsakis, T., and Piras, P., 2017, Macroevolutionary patterns in cranial and lower jaw shape of ceratopsian dinosaurs (Dinosauria, Ornithischia): phylogeny, morphological integration, adn evolutionar rates: Evolutionary Ecology Reserach, v. 18, p. 123-167. Link to pdf

Mallon, J. C., 2017, Recognizing sexual dimorphism in the fossil record: lessons form nonavian dinosaurs: Palaeobiology, published online, 13pp. LLink to pdf

McDonald, A. T., Gates, T. A., Zanno, L. E., and Makovicky, P. J., 2017, Anatomy, taphonomy, and phylogenetic implications of a new specimen of Eolambia caroljonesa (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 5, 32pp.  Link to pdf

Padian, K., 2017, Dividing the dinosaurs: Nature, v. 543, p. 494-495.

Padian, K., 2017, Structure and evolution of the ankyle bones in Pterosaurs and other Ornithodirans: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 5, e1364651, 13pp.

Parry, L. A., Baron, M G., and Vinther, J., 2017, Multiple aptimality criteria support Ornithoscelida: Royal Society Open Science, v. 4, 10pp. Link to pdf

Raven, T. J., and Maidment, S. C. R., 2017, A new phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria, Ornithischia): Palaeontology, published online, 8 pp.

Ren, T., Wang, J., Ning, Z., Shen, C., Zhang, F., Huang, Y., Zhang, C., and Lu, J., 2017, First discovery of dinosaur in Qingdao area of Shandong Province: Geological Bulletin of China, v. 36, n. 11, p. 2054-2060. Link to pdf

Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Frey, E., Stinnesbeck, W., Guzman-Gutierrez, J. R., and Gonzalez-Gonzalez, A. H., 2017,  Mexican ceratopsids: Considerations on their diversity and biogeography: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 75, pp. 66-73. (Yehuecauhceratops mudei) Link to pdf

Salgado, L., Canudo, J. I., Garrido, A. C., Moreno-Azanza, M., Martinez, L. C. A., Coria, R. A., and Gasca, J. M., 2017, A new primitive Neornithishian dinosaur from the Jurassic of Patagonia with gut contents: Scientific Reports, published online, DOI:10.1038/srep42778, 10pp. (Isaberrysaura mollensis) Link to pdf

Saneyoshi, M., Mishima, S., Tsogtbaatar, K., adn Mainbayar, B., 2017, Morphological changes of Protoceratops andrewsi skull with ontogenetic processes: Naturalistae, v. 21, p. 1-6.

Santella, M., and Milner, A. R. C., 2017, Coupling focus stacking with photogrammetry to illustrate small fossil teth: Journal of Paleontological Techniques, n. 18, 17pp.

Schroeter, E. R., DeHart, C. J., Cleland, T. P., Zheng, W., Thomas, P. M., Kelleher, N. L., Bern, M., and Schweitzer, M. H., 2017, Expansion for the Brachylophosaurus canadensis Collagen I sequence and additional evidence of the preservation of Cretaceous protein: Journal of Proteome Research, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf

Sciscio, L., Knoll, F., Bordy, E. M., de Kock, M. O., and Redelstorff, R., 2017, Digital reconstruction of the mandible of an adult Lesothosaurus diagnosticus with insight into the tooth replacement process and diet: Peer J 5:e3054; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3054, 20pp. Link to pdf

Suarez, C. A., You, H.-L., Suarez, M. B., Li, D.-Q., and Trieschmann, J. B., 2017, Stable isotopes reveal rapid enamel elongation (Amelogensis) rates for the Early Cretaceous Iguanodontian dinosaur Lanzhousaurus magnidens: Scientific Reports, published onlien, 8pp. Link to pdf

Takasaki, R., Chiba, K., Kobayashi, Y., Currie, P. J., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2017, Reanalysis of the phylogenetic status of Nipponosaurus sachaliensis (Ornithopoda: Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Southern Sakhalin: Historical Biology, published online, 18pp.

Tanke, D. H., 2017, Sixty years of pachyrhinosaur (Dinosauria: Ceratopsidae) discoveries in North America: Albera Palaeontolgoical Society, Tenth Annual Symosium, p. 38-56. Link to pdf

Verdu, F. J., Godefroit, P., Royo-Torres, R., Cobos, A., and Alcala, L., 2017, Individual variation in the postcranial skeleton of the Early Cretaceous Iguanodon bernissartensis (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda): Cretaceous Research, v. 74, p. 65-86.

Wang, X., Wang, L., and Ji, Q., 2017, First discovered diversity fossil locality of the Jehol biota in the Greater Khingan Mountains, Inner Mongolia: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 91, n. 5, p. 1906-1907.

Willis, K., 2017, Headless dinosaur reunited with its skull, one century later: Phys Org, published online, 2 pp. Link to pdf

Xing, H., Mallon, J. C., and Currie, M. L., 2017, Supplementary cranial description of the types of Edmontosaurus regalis (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae), with comments on the phylogenetics and biogeography of Hadrosaurinae: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 3, 40pp. Link to pdf

Zhang, J.-L., Wang, Q., Jiang, S.-X., Cheng, X., Li, N., Qui, R., Zhang, X.-J., and Wang, X.-L., 2017, Review of historical and current research on the Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs from Laiyang, Shandong: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 55, n. 2, p. 187-200. Link to pdf

Zhang, J.-L., Wang, X.-L., Wang, Q., Jiang, S., Cheng, X., Li, N., and Qui, R., 2017, A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, published online, 19pp. (Laiyangosaurus youngi) Link to pdf

Armored dinosaurs

Genus: Nova (2)

Borealopelta BROWN, HENDERSON, VINTHER, FLETCHER, SISTIAGA, HERRERA, & SUMMONS, 2017
Zuul ARBOUR, & EVANS, 2017

Species: Nova (3)

Borealopelta markmitchelli BROWN, HENDERSON, VINTHER, FLETCHER, SISTIAGA, HERRERA, & SUMMONS, 2017
Tarchia teresae PENKALSKI, & TUMANOVA, 2017
Zuul crurivastator ARBOUR, & EVANS, 2017

Arbour, V. M., and Evans, D. C., 2017, A new ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Judith River Formation of Montana, USA, based on an exceptional skeleton with soft tissue preservtion: Royal Society Open Science, published online, 28pp. (Zuul crurivastator) Link to pdf

Arbour, V. M., and Mallon, J. C., 2017, Unusual cranial and postcranial anatomy in the archetypal ankylosaur Ankylosaurus magniventris: FACETS, a multidisciplinary open access science journal, v. 2, p. 764-794. Link to pdf

Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, A new hypothesis of dinosaur relationships and early dinosaur evolution: Nature, v. 543, p. 501-506.

Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, Baron et al., reply: Nature, v. 551, E4-E5.

Barroso-Barcenilla, F., Berrocal-Casero, M., Blain, H. A., Callapez, P. M., Cambra-Moo, O., Escaso, F., Martin-Closas, C., Orteg, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Prieto, I., Rodriguez-Lazaro, J., Ruiz-Galvan, A., Sanz, J. L., Segura, M., and Sevilla, P., 2017, Geological and palaeontological context of three new Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) vertebrate sites in the Iberian Peninsula (Cuenca Province, Central Spain): Proceedings of the Geologist's Association, v. 128, p. 256-270. Link to pdf

Brassey, C. A., Maidment, S. C. R., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, Muscle moment arm analyses applied to vertebrate paleontology: a case study using Stegosaurus stenops Marsh, 1997: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 5, e1361432, 22pp.

Brown, C. M., 2017, An exceptionally preserved armored dinosaur reveals the morphology and allometry of osteoderms and thier horny epidermal coverings: PeerJ 5:e4066; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4066, 39pp. Link to pdf

Brown, C. M., Henderson, D. M., Vinther, J., Fletcher, I., Sistiaga, A., Herrera, J., and Summons, R. E., 2017, An exceptionally preserved three-dimensional armored dinosaur reveals insights into coloration and Cretaceous predator-prey dynamics: Current Biology Report, v. 27, p. 1-8. (Borealopelta markmitchelli) 

Galton, P. M., 2017, Purported earliest bones of a plated dinosaur (Ornithischia: Stegosauria): a "dermal tail spine" and a centrum from the Aalenian-Bajocian (middle Jurassic) of England, with comments on other early thyreohornas: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 285, n. 1, p. 1-10.

Galton, P. M., and Ayyasami, K., 2017, Purported latest bone of a plated dinosaur (Ornithischia: Stegosauria), a "dermal plate" from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of southern Indina: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 285, n. 1, p. 91-96.

Gramling, C., 2017, Ma, where did they put T. rex? Science, v. 355, p. 1249.

Hou, Y. D., and Ji, S. A., 2017, New findings of stegosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Luohandong Formation in the Ordos Basin, Inner Mongolia: Geological Bulletin of China, v. 36, n. 7, p. 1097-1103. Link to pdf

Ji, S.-u., Zhang, L., Lu, L., and Hao, J., 2017, The first discovery of the Late Cretaceous Protoceratopsid fauna from Alxa, Inner Mongolia, China: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 91,n. 5, p. 1980-1909.

Langer, M. C., Excurra, M. D., Rauhut, O. W. M., Benton, M J., Knool, F., McPhee, B. W., Novas, F. E., Pol, D., and Brusatte, S. L., Untangling the dinosaur family tree: Natrue, v. 551, p. E1-E3.

Mallon, J. C., 2017, Recognizing sexual dimorphism in the fossil record: lessons form nonavian dinosaurs: Palaeobiology, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf

Ősi, A., and Pereda-Subebiola, X., 2017, Notes on the pelvic armor of European ankylosaurs (Dinosauria: Ornithischia): Cretaceous Research, v. 75, p. 11-22.

Padian, K., 2017, Dividing the dinosaurs: Nature, v. 543, p. 494-495.

Penkalski, P., and Tumanova, T., 2017, The cranial morphology and taxonomic status of Tarchia (Dinosauria: Ankylosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia: Cretaceous Research, v. 70, p. 117-127. (Tarchia teresae)

Raven, T. J., and Maidment, S. C. R., 2017, A new phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria, Ornithischia): Palaeontology, v. 60, part 3, p. 401-408.

Sano, S.-i., 2017, Vertebrate diversity of the Early Cretaceous Tetori biota from Japan, the state of the art: Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, v. 16, p. 1-15.

Yang, J., You, H., Xie, L., and Zhou, H., 2017, A new specimen of Crichtonpelta benxiensis (Dinosauria: Ankylosaurinae) from the Mid-Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 91, n. 3, p. 781-790. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2017, Feathered dinosaurs were even fluffier than we thought: Phys Org, published online, 3pp. Link to pdf

Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, A new hypothesis of dinosaur relationships and early dinosaur evolution: Nature, v. 543, p. 501-506.

Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2017, Baron et al., reply: Nature, v. 551, E4-E5.

Cullen, T. M., and Evans, D. C., 2017, Erratum to: Palaeoenvironmental drivers of vertebrate community composition in the Belly River Group (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada, with implications for dinosaur biogeography: BMC Ecology, v. 17, n. 1, published online, 3pp.

Das, A. J., Murmann, D. C., Cohnr, K., and Raskar, R., 2017, A method for rapid 3D scanning and replication of large paleontological specimens: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 7, 13pp. Link to pdf

Ezcurra, M. D., Fiorelli, L. E., Martinelli, A. G., Rocher, S., von Baczko, M. B., Ezpeleta, M., Taborda, J. R. A., Hechenleitner, E. M., Trotteyn, M. J., and Desojo, J. B., 2017, Deep faunistic turnovers preceded the rise of dinosaurs in southwestern Pangaea: Nature Ecology & Evolution, published online, 7pp.  Link to pdf

Fowler, D. W., 2017, Revised geochronology, correlation, and dinosaur stratigraphic ranges of the Santonian-Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) formations of the Western Interior of North America: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 11, 20 pp. Link to pdf

Gramling, C., 2017, Ma, where did they put T. rex? Science, v. 355, p. 1249.

He, F.-L., Huang, X.-J., and Li, X.-y. 2017, Occurrence rule and buried characteristics of dinosaur fossils in the Ganzhou Basin, Jiangxi Province: East China Geology, v. 38, n. 4, p. 250-254.

He, J., Jiao, R., Nan, Y., Hao, C., Zhang, L., Ran, S., Song, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhao, D., and Cheng, S., 2017, A discussion on Tuchenzi fossils and paleoclimate sedimentary environment in Qianjidian basin of Yanqing County: suspected dinosaur bones discovered for the first time in Yanqing, Beijing: Geological Bulletin of China, v. 36, n. 8, p. 1319-1329. Link to pdf

Hone, D. W. E., and Mallon, J. C., 2017, Protracted growth impedes the detection of sexual dimorphism in non-avian dinosaurs: Palaeontology, v. 60, part 4, p. 535-545.

Kubota K., 2017, A list of Mesozoic dinosaur fossils from Japan: Humans and Nature,  28, p. 97-115　Link to pdf

Ji, S.-a., Zhang, L., Lu, L., and Hao, J., 2017, The first discovery of the Late Cretaceous Protoceratopsid fauna from Alxa, Inner Mongolia, China: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 91,n. 5, p. 1980-1909.

Langer, M. C., Excurra, M. D., Rauhut, O. W. M., Benton, M J., Knool, F., McPhee, B. W., Novas, F. E., Pol, D., and Brusatte, S. L., Untangling the dinosaur family tree: Natrue, v. 551, p. E1-E3.

LeBlanc, A. R. H., Brink, K. S., Cullen, T. M., and Reisz, R. R., 2017, Evolutionary impications of tooth attachment versus tooth implantation: a case study using dinosaur, Crocodilian, and mammal teeth: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 5, e1354006, 19pp.

Mallon, J. C., 2017, Recognizing sexual dimorphism in the fossil record: lessons form nonavian dinosaurs: Palaeobiology, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf

Müller, R. T., and Dias-da-Silva, S., 2017, Taxon sample and character coding deeply impact unstable branches in phylogenetic trees of dinosaurs: Historical Biology, published online, 5pp.

Müller, R. T., Pretto, F. A., Stefanello, M,. Silva-Neves, E., and Dias-da-Silva, S., 2017, On a dinosaur axis from one of the oldest dinosaur-bearing sites worldwide: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 62, n. 3, p. 543-548. Link to pdf

Padian, K., 2017, Dividing the dinosaurs: Nature, v. 543, p. 494-495.

Peterson, J. E., Warnock, J. P., Eberhart, S. L., Clawson, S. R., and Noto, C. R., 2017, New data towards the developemnt of a comprehensive taphonomic framework for the Late Jurassic Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Qurry, Central Utah: PeerJ 5:e3368; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3368, 33pp. Link to pdf

Slater, S. M., Wellman, C. H., Romano, M., and Vajda, V., 2017, Dinosaur-plant interactions within a Middle Jurassic ecosystem-palynology of the Burniston Bay dinosaur footprint locality, Yorkshire, UK: Palaeobiology Palaeonenviroment, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf

Suraez, M., Cruz, R. de La., Fanning, M., Novas, F., and Salgado, L., 2017, Tithonian age of dinosaur fossils in central Patagonian, Chile: U-Pb SHRIMP geochronology: International Journal of Earth Science, Geol. Rundsch, published online, 11pp.

Tattersdill, W., 2017, Work on the Victorian dinosaur: Histories and prehistories of 19th-centuary palaeontology? Literature Compass, 2017; 14:e12394, 8pp. Link to pdf

Zhao, Z.-K., Ye, J., and Wang, Q., 2017, Dinosaur extinction and subsequent mammalian recovery during the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/Pg) transtiion in the Nanxiong Basin: Chinese Science Bulletin, v. 62, p. 1869-1881. Link to pdf

Genus: Nova (6)

Chupkaornis TANAKA, KOBAYASHI, KURIHARA, FIORILLO & KANO, 2017

Cruralispennia WANG, O'CONNOR, PAN, & ZHOU, 2017
Junornis LIU, CHIAPPE, SERRANO, HABIB, ZHANG, & MENG, 2017
Maaqwi McLACHLAN, KAISSER, & LONGRICH, 2017
Microenantiornis WEI, & LI, 2017
Piscivorenantiornis WANG, & ZHOU, 2017

Species: Nova (6)

Chupkaornis keraorum TANAKA, KOBAYASHI, KURIHARA, FIORILLO & KANO, 2017

Cruralispennia multidonta WANG, O'CONNOR, PAN, & ZHOU, 2017
Junornis houi LIU, CHIAPPE, SERRANO, HABIB, ZHANG, & MENG, 2017
Maaqwi cascadensis McLACHLAN, KAISSER, & LONGRICH, 2017
Microenantiornis vulgaris WEI, & LI, 2017
Piscivorenantiornis inusitatus WANG, & ZHOU, 2017

Agnolin, F. L., Egil, F. B., Chatterjee, S., Marsa, J. A. G., and Novas, F. E., 2017, Vegaiidae, a new clade of southern diving brids that surived the K/T boundary: Science and Nature, 104.87, 9pp.

Agnolin, F. L., Rozadilla, S., and de Souza Carvalho, I., 2017, Praeornis sharovi Rautian, 1978 a fossil feather from the early Late Jurassic of Kazakhstan: Historical Biology, published online, 5pp.

Altimiras, J., Lindgren, I., Giraldo-Deck, L. M., Matthei, A., and Garitano-Zavala, A., 2017, Aerobic performance in tinamous is limited by their small heart. A novel hypothesis in the evolution of avian flight: Scientific Reports, published online, 15pp. Link to pdf

Bogdanovich, I. A., 2017, Readaptive stage for flight origin: Vestnik zoologii, v. 51,n. 2, p. 179-182. Link to pdf

Chin, D. D., and Lentink, D., 2017, How birds direct impulse to minimize the energetic cost of foraging flight: Science Advances, v. 3, :e1603041, 14pp. Link to pdf

Dhouailly, D., Godefroit, P., Martin, T., Nonchev, S,. Caraguel, F., and Oftedal, O., 2017, Getting to the root of scales, feather and hair: As deep as odontodes? Experimental Dermatology, published online, 6pp.

Fabbri, M., Koch, N. M., Pritchard, A. C., Hanson, M., Hoffman, E., Beer, G. S., Balanoff, A. M., Morris, Z. S., Field, D. J,. Camacho, J., Rowe, T. B., Norell, M. A., Smith, R. M,. Abzhanov, A., and Bahullar, B.-A., S., 2017, The skull roof tracks the brain during the evolution and development of reptiles including birds: Nature Ecology & Evolution, published online, 8pp.

Felice, R. N., and Goswami, A., 2017, Developmental origins of mosiac evolution in the avian cranium: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Early Edition, 6pp. Link to pdf

Foth, C., and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2017, Re-evaluation of the Haarlem Archaeopteryx and the radiation of maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs: BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18;236 16pp. Link to pdf

Göhlich, U. B., 2017, Catalogue of the fossil bird holdings of the Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology in Munich: Zitteliana, v. 89, p. 331-349. Link to pdf

Grealy, A., Rawlence, N. J., and Bunce, M., 2017, Time to spread your wings: a review of the avian ancient DNA field: Genes, 8, 184, 18pp. Link to pdf

Jiang, B., Zhao, T., Regnault, S., Edwards, N. P., Kohn, S. C., Li, Z., Wogelius, R. A., Benton, M. J., and Hutchinson, J. R., 2017, Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis: Nature Communications, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Liu, D., Chiappe, L. M., Serrano, F., habib, M., Zhang, Y., and Meng, Q., 2017, Flight aerodynamics in enantiornithines: information from a new Cinese Early Cretaceous bird: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 10, 18pp. (Junornis houi)

Marsa, J. A. G., Agnolin, F. L., and Novas, F., 2017, Bone microstructure of Vegavis iaai (Aves, Anseriformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Vega Island, Antarctica Peninsula: Historical Biology, published online, 5pp.

Mayr, G., 2017, Pectoral girdle morphology of Mesozoic birds and the evolution of the avian supracoracoideus muscle: Journal Ornithology, published online, 9pp.

McLachlan, S. M. S., Kaiser, G. W., and Longrich, N. R., 2017, Maaqwi cascadensis: a large, marine diving bird (Avialae: Ornithrae) from the Upper Cretaceous British Columbia, Canada: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 12, 18pp. (Maaqwi cascadensis) Link to pdf

Navalon, G., Meng, Q., Marugan-Lobon, J., Zhang, Y., Wang, B., Xing, H., Liu, D., and Chiappe, L. M., 2018 (published 2017), Diversity and evolution of the Confuciusornithidae: evidence from a new 131-million-year-old specimen from the Huajiying Formation in NE China: Journal of Asian Earth Scinces, v. 152, p. 12-22.

Penalver, E., Arillo, A., Delclos, X., Peris, D., Grimaldi, D. A., Anderson, S. R., Nasicimbene, P. C., and Perez-de la Fuente, R., 2017, Parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages: Nature communications, published online...13pp. Link to pdf

Peteya, J. A., Clarke, J. A., Li, Q., Gao, K.-G., and Shawkey, M. D., 2017, The plumage and colouration of an enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: Palaeontology, v. 60, part 1, p. 55-71.

Serrano, F. J., and Chiappe, L. M., 2017, Aerodynamic modelling of a Cretaceous bird reveals thermal soaring capabilities during early avian evolution: Journal of the Royal Society Interfaces, v. 14: 20170182, published onlin, 9pp.

Tanaka, G., Zhou, B., Zhang, Y,. Siveter, D. J., and Parker, A. R., 2017, Rods and cones in an enantiornithine bird eye from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota: Heliyon, published online, 39pp. Link to pdf

Tanaka, I., 2017, Ecological implications of the correlation of avian footprints with wing characteristics: a mathematical approach: Palaeontology, v. 60, part 2, p. 187-197.

Tanka, T., Kobayashi, Y., Kurihara, K., Fiorillo, A. R., and Kano, M., 2017, The oldest Asian hesperornithiform from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan, and the phylogenetic reassessment of Hesperornithiformes: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, publihsed online, 21pp. (Chupkaornis keraorum) Link to pdf

Towers, M., 2017, Evolution of anterio-posterior patterning of the limb: insights from the chick: Genesis, publisehd online, e23047, 15pp. Link to pdf

Tsuihiji, T., 2017, The atlas rib in Archaeopteryx and its evolutionary implications: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 4, e1342093, 8pp.

Wang, M., O'Connor, J. K., Pan, Y., and Zhou, Z., 2017, A bizarre Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with unique crurl feathers and an ornithuromorph plough-shaped pygostyle: Nature Communications, published online, 12pp. (Cruralispennia multidonta) Link to pdf

Wang, S., Stiegler, J., Wu, P., Chuong, C.-M., Hu, D., Balanoff, A., Zhou, Y., and Xu, X., 2017, Heterochronic truncation of odontogensis in theropod dinosaur provides insight into the macroevolution of avian beaks: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 114, n. 41, p. 10930-10925.

Wang, W., and O'Connor, J. K., 2017, Morphological coevolution of the pygostyle and tail feathers in Early Cretaceous birds: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 55, n. 3, p. 289-314. Link to pdf

Wang, X., Wang, L., and Ji, Q., 2017, First discovered diversity fossil locality of the Jehol biota in the Greater Khingan Mountains, Inner Mongolia: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 91, n. 5, p. 1906-1907.

Wei, Z.-Y., and Li, L., 2017, Discovery of a new enantiornithine bird from Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China: Global Geology, v. 36, n. 3, p. p. 655-662. (Microenantiornis vulgaris)

Werner, J., and Griebeler, E. M., 2017, Was endothermy in amniotes induced by an early stop in growth during ontogeny? Scinece Nature, v. 104:90, 8pp.

Zelenkov, N. V., Averianov, A. O., and Popov, E. V., 2017, An Ichthyornis-like bird from the earliest Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of European Russia: Cretaceous Research, v. 75, p. 94-100.

Zelenkov, N. V., Panteleyev, A. V., and Yarkov, A. A., 2017, New finds of hesperornithids in the European Russia, with comments on the systematics of Eurasian Herperornithidae: Paleontological Journal, 2017, n. 5, p. 89-97. Link to pdf

Zheng, X., O'Connor, J. K., Wang, X., Pan, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, M, and Zhou, Z., 2017, Exceptional preservation of soft tissue in a new specimen of Eoconfuciusornis and its biological implicaitons: National Science Review, publsihed online, 12pp. Link to pdf Supplementary data

Zhao, T., Di, L, and Li, Z., 2017, Correlated evolution of sternal keel length and ilium length in birds: PeerJ 5:e3622: DOI 19.7717/peerj.3622, 11pp. Link to pdf

Genus: Nova (6)

Alemoatherium MARTINELLI, ELTINK, DA-ROSA & LANGER, 2017

Microwhaitsai HUTTENLOCKER, & SMITH, 2017
Nuurtherium VELAZCO, BUCZEK, & NOVACEK, 2017
Ophidostoma HUTTENLOCKER, & SMITH, 2017
Shartegodon VELAZCO, BUCZEK, & NOVACEK, 2017
Shiguaignathus LIU, & ABDALA, 2017

Species: Nova (8)

Alemoatherium huebneri MARTINELLI, ELTINK, DA-ROSA & LANGER, 2017

Aleodon cromptoni MARTINELLI, KAMMERER, MELO, NETO, RIBEIRO, DA-ROSA, SCHULTZ, & SOARES, 2017
Microwhaitsai mendrezi HUTTENLOCKER, & SMITH, 2017
Nuurtherium baruunensis VELAZCO, BUCZEK, & NOVACEK, 2017
Ophidostoma tatarinovi HUTTENLOCKER, & SMITH, 2017
Scalenodon ribeiroae MELO, MARTINELLI, & SOARES, 2017
Shartegodon altai VELAZCO, BUCZEK, & NOVACEK, 2017
Shiguaignathus wangi LIU, & ABDALA, 2017

Synonym: Nova (1)

Cricodon kannemeyeri (SEELEY, 1894) SIDOR & HOPSON, 2017

= Trirachodon kannemeyeri SEELEY, 1894

Abdala, F., and Gaetano, L. C., 2017, Chapter 11, The Late Triassic record of Cynodonts: time of innovations in the mammalian lineage: In: The Late Triassic World, earth in a time of transition, editor Tanner, L. H., Topics in Geobiology, v. 46,  Springer, p. 407-445.

Araujo, R., Fernandez, V., Polcyn, M. J., Fröbisch, J., and Martins, R. M. S., 2017, Aspects of gorgonopsian paleobiology and evolution: insights from the basicranium, occiput, osseous labyrinth, vasculature, and neuroanatomy: PeerJ 5:e3119; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3119, 45pp. Link to pdf

Averianov, A. O., Martin, T., Lopatin, A. V., Schultz, J. A., Skutschas, P. P., Schellhorn, R., and Krasnolutskii, S. A., 2017, A tritylodontid synapsid from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia and the taxonomy of derived tritylodontids: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 5, e1363767, 10pp.

Benoit, J., Manger, P. R., Fernancez, V., and Rubidge, B. S., 2017, The bony labyrinth of late Permian Biarmosuchia: palaeobiology and diversity in non-mammalina therapsida: Palaeontologia africana, v. 52, p. 58-77. Link to pdf

Benoit, J., Norton, L. A., Manger, P. R., and Rubidge, B. S., 2017, Reapparaisal of the envenoming capacity of Euchambersia mirabilis (Therapsida, Theerocephalia) using uCT-scanning techniques: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 2, 22pp. Link to pdf

Bhat, M. S., 2017, Techniques for systematic collection and processing of Vertebrate microfossils from thier host mudrocks: a case sudy from the Upper Triassic Tiki Formation of India: Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 89, p. 369-374.

Crompton, A. W., Owerkowicz, T., Bhullar, B.-A. S., and Musinsky, C., 2017, Structure of the nasal region of non-mammalian cynodonts and mammalliformes: speculations of the evolution ofmammalian endothermy: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 1, e1269116, 21pp.

Huttenlocker, A. K,. and Smith, R. M. H., 2017, New whaitsoids (Therapsida: Therocephalia) from the Teekloof Formation of South Africa and therocephalian diversity during the end-Guadalupian Extinction: PeerJ 5:e3868; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3868, 35pp. (Microwhaitsai mendrezi, Ophidostoma tatarinovi) Link to pdf

Jasinoski, S. C., and Abdala, F., 2017, Aggregations and parental care in the Early Triassic basal cynodonts Galesaurus planiceps and Thrinaxodon liorhinus: PeerJ 5:e2875; DOI 10.7717/peerj.2875, 35pp. Link to pdf

Kammerer, C. F., 2017, Rediscovery of the holotype of Clelandina major Broom, 1948 (Gorgonopsia: Rubidgeinae) with implications for the identity of this species: Palaeontologia africana, v. 52, p. 85-88. Link to pdf

Kammerer, C. F., 2017, Anatomy and relationships of the South African Gorgonopsian Arctops (Therapsida, Theriodontia): Papers in Palaeontology, v. 3, part 4, p. 583-611.

Kubo, T., Yamada, E., and Kubo, M. O., 2017, Masticatory jaw movement of Exaeretodon argentinus (Therapsida: Cynodontia) inferred from its dental microwear: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 11, 11pp. Link to pdf

Laaß, M., and Kaestner, A., 2017, Evidence for convergent evolution of neocortex-like structure in a late Permian therapsid: Journal of Morphlogy, published online, 25pp. Link to pdf

Laaß, M., Schillinger, B., and Kaestner, A., 2017, What did the "unossified zone" of the non-mammalina therapsid braincase house? Journal of Morphology, v. 278, p. 1010-1032. Link to pdf

Liu, J., and Abdala, F., 2016, Therocephalian (Therapsida) and chroniosuchian (Reptiliomorpha) from the Permo-Triassic transitonal Guodikeng Formation of the Dalongkou Section, Jimsar, Xinjang, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, Advance online publication, 17 pp.

Liu, J., and Abdala, F., 2016, Therocephalian (Therapsida) and chroniosuchian (Reptiliomorpha) from the Permo-Triassic transitonal Guodikeng Formation of the Dalongkou Section, Jimsar, Xinjang, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 55, n. 1, p. 24-40.

Liu, J., and Abdala, F., 2017, The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 1. Shiguaignathus wangi gen. et sp. nova., the first akidnognathid therocephalian from China: PeerJ 5:e4150: DOI 10.7717/peerj.4150, 17pp. ( Shiguaignathus wangi) Link to pdf

Liu, J., Schneider, V. P., and Olsen, P. E., 2017, The postcranial skeleto of Boreogomphodon (Cynodontia: Traversodontidae) from the Upper Triassic of North Carolina, USA and the comparison with other traversodontids: PeerJ 5:3521; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3521, 33pp. Link to pdf

Lucas, S. G., 2017, Permian tetrapod biochronology, correlation and evolutionary events: In: The Permian Timescale, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, n. 450, 40pp.

Lucas, S. G., 2017, Chapter 10, Late Triassic terrestrial tetrapods: biostratigraphy, biochronology and biotic events: In: The Late Triassic World, earth in a time of transition, editor Tanner, L. H., Topics in Geobiology, v. 46,  Springer, p. 351-405.

Maisch, M. W., 2017, Re-assessment of Silphoictidoides ruhuhuensis von Huene, 1950 (Therapsida, Therocephalia) from the Late Permian of Tanzania: one of the most basal baurioids known: Palaeodiversity, v. 10, p. 25-39. Link to pdf

Martinelli, A. G., Eltink, E., Da-Rosa, A. A. S., and LAnger, M. C., 2017, A new cynodont from the Santa Maria Formation, south Brazil, improves Late Triassic probainognathian diversity: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 3, part 3, p. 401-423. (Alemoatherium huebneri)

Martinelli, A. G., Kammerer, C. F., Melo, T. P., Neto, V. D. P., Ribeiro, A. M., Da-Rosa, A. A. S., Schultz, C. L., and Soares, M. B., 2017, The African cynodon Aleodon (Cynodontia, Probainognathia) in the Triassic of southern Brazil and its biostratigraphic significance: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 12, n. 6, 54pp. (Aleodon cromptoni) Link to pdf

Martinelli, A. G., Soares, M. B., de Oliveira, T. V., Rodrigues, P. G., and Schultz, C. L., 2017, The Triassic eucynodont Candelariodon barberenai revisited and the early diversity of stem prozostrodontians: Acta Paleontontologia Poloinca, v. 62,n. 3, p. 527-542.

Melo, T. P., Martinelli, A. G., and Soares, M. B., 2017, A new gomphodont cynodont (Traversodontidae) from the Middle-Late Triassic Dinodontosaurus assemblage zone of the Santa Maria Supersequence, Brazil: Palaeontology, v. 60, part 4, p. 571-582. (Scalenodon ribeiroae)

Panciroli, E., Walsh, S., Fraser, N. C., Brusatte, S. L., and Corfe, I., 2017, A reassessment of the postcanine dentition and systmatics of the tritylodontid Stereognathus (Cynodonta, Tritylodontidae, Mammalamorpha), from the Middle Jurassic of the United Kingdom: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 5, e1351448, 20pp.

Peecook, B. R., Steyer, J. S., Tabor, N. J., and Smith, R. M. H., 2017, Updated geology and vertebrate paleontology of the Triassic Ntawre Formation of northeastern Zambia, with special emphasis on the archosauromorphs: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 8-38.

Poopnarine, P. D., Angielcxyk, K. D., Olroyd, S. L., Nesbitt, S. J,. Botha-Brink, J,. Peecook, B. R., Day, M. O., and Smith, R. M. H., 2017, Comparative ecological dynamics of Permian-Triassic communities from the Karoo, Luangwa, and Ruhuhu basins of southern Africa: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 254-272.

Rey, K., Amiot, R., Fourel, F., Abdala, F., Fluteau, F., Jalil, N-E., Liu, J., Rubidge, B. S., Smith, R. M. H., Steyer, J. S., Viglietti, P. A., Wang, X,. and Lecuyer, C., 2017, Oxygen isotopes suggest elevated thermometabolism within multiple Permo-Triassic therapsid clades: Elife, Research Articles, eLife 2017/6;e28589. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.18589, 25pp. Link to pdf

Sano, S.-i., 2017, Vertebrate diversity of the Early Cretaceous Tetori biota from Japan, the state of the art: Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, v. 16, p. 1-15.

Sidor, C. A., and Hopson, J. A., 2017, Cricodon metabolus (Cynodontia: Gomphodontia) from the Triassic Ntawere Formation of northeastern Zambia: patterns of tooth replacement and a systematic review of the Trirachodontidae: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 39-64. (Cricodon kannemeyeri = Trirachodon kannemeyeri)

Smith, R. M. H., Sidor, C. A., Angielczyk, K. D., Nesbitt, S. J., and Tabor, N. J., 2017, Taphonomy and paleoenvironments of Middle Triassic bone accumulations in the Lifua Member of the Manda Beds, Songea Group (Ruhuhu Bains), Tanzania:  In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 65-79.

Velazco, P. M., Buczek, A. J., and Novacek, M. J., 2017, Two new tritylodontids (Synapsida, Cynodontia, Mammaliamorpha) from the Upper Jurassic, southwestern Mongolia: American Museum Novitates, n. 3874, 35pp. (Shartegodon altai, Nuurtherium baruunensis) Link to pdf

Wynd, B. M., Peeckock, B. R., Whitney, M. R., and Sidor, C. A., 2017, The first occurrence of Cynognathus crateronotus (Cynodontia: Cynognathia) in Tanzania and Zambia, with implications for the age and biostratigraphy correlation of Triassic strata in southern Pangea: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 228-239.

Angielczyk, K. D., Hancoc, P. J., and Nabavizadeh, A., 2017, A redescription of the Triassic Kannemeyeriiform dicynodont Sangusaruus (Therapsida, Anomodontia), with an analysis of its feeding system: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 189-227.

Angielczyk, K. D., and Kammerer, C. F., 2017, The cranial morphology, phylogenetic position and biogeography of the upper Permian dicynodont Compsodon helmoedi Van Hoepen (Therapsida, anomodontia): Papers in Palaeontology, v. 3, part 4, p. 513-545.

Benoit, J., Manger, P. R., Norton, L., Fernandez, V, and Rubidge, B. S., 2017, Synchrotron scanning reveals the palaeoneurology of the head-butting Moschops capensis (Therapsida, Dinocephalia): PeerJ 5:e3496; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3496, 27pp. Link to pdf

Botha-Brink, J., 2017, Burrowing in Lystrosaurus: readaptation to a postextinction environment? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 5, e1365080, 10pp.

Kammerer, C. F., Angielczyk, K. D., and Nesbitt, S. J., 2017, Novel hind limb morphology in a Kannemeyeriiform dicynodont from the Manda Beds (Songea Grou, Ruhuhu Basin) of Tanzania: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 178-188.

Laaß, M., Schillinger, B., and Werneburg, I., 2017, Neutron tomography and X-ray tomography as tools for the morphological investigation of non-mammalian synapsids: Physics Procedia, v. 88, pp. 100-108. Link to pdf

Liu, J., Ramezani, J,. Li, L., Shang, O.-H., Xu, G.-H., Wang, Y.-Y., and Yang, J.-S., 2017, High-precision temporal calibration of Middle Triassic vertebrate biostratigraphy: U-Pb zircon constraints for the Sinokannemeyeria Fauna and Yonghesuchus: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 9pp.

Lucas, S. G., 2017, Permian tetrapod biochronology, correlation and evolutionary events: In: The Permian Timescale, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, n. 450, 40pp.

Lucas, S. G., 2017, Chapter 10, Late Triassic terrestrial tetrapods: biostratigraphy, biochronology and biotic events: In: The Late Triassic World, earth in a time of transition, editor Tanner, L. H., Topics in Geobiology, v. 46,  Springer, p. 351-405.

Martz, J. W., Kirkland, J. I., Milner, A. R. C., Parker, W. G., and Santucci, V. L., 2017, Upper Triassic lithostratigraphy, depositional systems, and vertebrate paleontology across southern Utah: Geology of the Intermountain West, v. 4, 99-180. Link to pdf

Olroyd, S. L., Sidor, C. A., and Angielczyk, K. D., 2017, New materials of the enigmatic dicynodont Abajudon kaayai (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Lower Madumabsia Mudstone Formation, Middle Permain of Zambia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 6, e1403442, 20 pp.

Olivier, C., Houssaye, A., Jalil, N-E., and Cubo, J., 2017, First palaeohistological inference of resting metabolic rate in an extinct synapsid, Moghreberia nmachouensis (Therapsida: Anomodontia): Biological journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 11pp. Link to pdf

Poopnarine, P. D., Angielcxyk, K. D., Olroyd, S. L., Nesbitt, S. J,. Botha-Brink, J,. Peecook, B. R., Day, M. O., and Smith, R. M. H., 2017, Comparative ecological dynamics of Permian-Triassic communities from the Karoo, Luangwa, and Ruhuhu basins of southern Africa: In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 254-272.

Smith, R. M. H., Sidor, C. A., Angielczyk, K. D., Nesbitt, S. J., and Tabor, N. J., 2017, Taphonomy and paleoenvironments of Middle Triassic bone accumulations in the Lifua Member of the Manda Beds, Songea Group (Ruhuhu Bains), Tanzania:  In: Vertebrate and Climatic evolution in the Triassic Rift Basins of Tanzania and Zambia, edited by Sidor, C. A., and Nesbitt, S. J., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, supplement to n. 6, Memoir 17, p. 65-79.

Averianov, A. O., and Archibald, J. D., 2017, Therian postcranial bones from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan, v. 321, n. 4, p. 433-484. Link to pdf

Averianov, A., Lopatin, A., Skutschas, P., Antsov, S., Boitsova, E., and Kuzmin, I., 2017, An engmatic multituberculate mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Siberia, Russia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1293070, v. 37, n. 2, 8pp. (Baidabatyr clivosus)

Boyd, C. A., Person, J. F., and Barnes, B., 2017, Additons to the Lancian Mammalian fauna from southwest North Dakota: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 3, e1325368, 15pp.

Chen, M., Luo, Z.-X., and Wilson, G. P., 2017, The postcranial skeleton of Yanoconodon allni from the Early Cretaceous of Hebie, China, adn tis implications for locomotor adaptation in eutriconodontan mammals: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 3, e1315425, 23pp.

Clemens, W. A., 2017, Procerberus (Cimolestidae, Mammalia) from the latest Cretaceous and Earliest Paleocene of the Northern Western Interior, USA.: PaleoBios, v. 34, pp. 1-26. Link to pdf

Crompton, A. W., Owerkowicz, T., Bhullar, B.-A. S., and Musinsky, C., 2017, Structure of the nasal region of non-mammalian cynodonts and mammalliformes: speculations of the evolution ofmammalian endothermy: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 37, n. 1, e1269116, 21pp.

DeBey, L. B., and Wilson, G. P., 2017, Mammalian distal humerus fossils from eastern Montana, USA with implications for the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction and the adaptive radiation of placentals: Palaeontologia Electronica, 20.3.49A: 92pp. Link to pdf

Grossnickle, D. M., 2017, The evolutionary origin of jaw yaw in mammals: Scientific Reports, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf

Han, G., Mao, F., Bi, S., Wang, Y., and Meng, J., 2017, A Jurassic gliding euharamiyidan mammal with an ear of five auditory bones: Natrue, published online, 7pp. (Arboroharamiya allinhopsonorum emend Arboroharamiya allinhopsoni). Note: The authors incorrectly coined the species name, because it is name after two people, the ending should be -orum not -i, and is corrected herein.

Lucas, S. G., 2017, Chapter 10, Late Triassic terrestrial tetrapods: biostratigraphy, biochronology and biotic events: In: The Late Triassic World, earth in a time of transition, editor Tanner, L. H., Topics in Geobiology, v. 46,  Springer, p. 2351-405.

Luo, Z.-X., Meng, Q.-J., Grossnickle, D. M., Liu, D., Neander, A. I,. Zhang, Y.-G., and Ji, Q., 2017, New evidence for mammaliaform evolution and feeding adaptation in a Jurassic ecocystem: Nature, published online, 4pp. (Vilevolodon diplomylos)

Mao, F.-Y., Wang, Y-Q.,  Bi, S.-D., Guan, J., and Meng, J., 2017, Tooth enamel microstructures of three Jurassic Euharamiyidans and implications for tooth enamel evolution in allotherian mammals: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1279168, 17pp.

Meng, Q.-J., Grossnickle, D. M., Liu, D., Zhang, Y.-G., Neander, A. I., Ji, Q., and Luo, Z.-X., 2017, New gliding mammaliaforms form the Jurassic: Nature, published online, 6pp. (Maiopatagium furculiferum )

Panciroli, E., Benson, R. B. J., and Walsh, S., 2017, The dentary of Warolestes rex (Megazosrodontidae): A new specimen from Scotland and implications for morganucodontan tooth replacement: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 3, part 3, p. 373-386.

Sano, S.-i., 2017, Vertebrate diversity of the Early Cretaceous Tetori biota from Japan, the state of the art: Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, v. 16, p. 1-15.

Sweetman, S. C., Smith, G., and Martill, D. M., 2017, Highly derived eutherian mammals from the earliest Cretaceous of southern Britina: Acta Paleontologica Polonica, published online, 9pp. (Durlstotherium newmani, Durlstodon ensomi)

Werner, J., and Griebeler, E. M., 2017, Was endothermy in amniotes induced by an early stop in growth during ontogeny? Scinece Nature, v. 104:90, 8pp.

Wu, Y., Wang, H., and Hadly, E. A., 2017, Invasion of ancestral mammals into dim-light environments inferred from Adaptive evolution of phototransduction genes: Scientific Reports, published online, 9pp. Link to pdf

Suchoolithus RUSSO, MATEUS, MARZOLIA, & BALBINO, 2017
Umbellaoolithus HUANG, WANG, HU, REN, & WANG, 2017

Krokolithes dinophilus RUSSO, MATEUS, MARZOLIA, & BALBINO, 2017
Suchoolithus portucalensis RUSSO, MATEUS, MARZOLIA, & BALBINO, 2017
Umbellaoolithus xiuningensis HUANG, WANG, HU, REN, & WANG, 2017

Amiot, R., Wang, X., Wang, X., Wang, S., Lecuyer, C., Mazin, J.-M., Mo, J., Flandrois, J.-P., Fourel, F., Wang, X., Xu, X., Zhng, Z., and Zhou, Z., 2017, 18O-derived incubation temperatues of Oviraptorosaur eggs: Paleontology, v. 60, part 5, p. 633-647.

Xing, L., Peng, G,. Klein, H, Ye, Y., Jiang, S,. Burns, M. E., and Ran, H., 2017, Middle Jurassic tetrapod burrows preserved in association with the large sauropod Omeisaurus jiaoi from the Sichuan Basin, China: Historical Biology, published online, 6pp.

Erlykin, A. D., Harper, D. A. T., Sloan, T., and Wolfendal, A. W., 2017, Mass extinctions over the last 500 MYR: an astronomical cause? Palaeontology, rapid communication, v. 60, part 2, p. 159-167.

Lucas, S. G., and Tanner, L. H., 2017, Chapter 15, The missing mass extinction at the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary:  In: The Late Triassic World, earth in a time of transition, editor Tanner, L. H., Topics in Geobiology, v. 46,  Springer, p. 721-785.

Paik, I. S., Kim, H. K., Lee, H., and Kim, S.,  2017, A large and distinct skin impression on the cast of a sauropod dinosaur footprint from Early Cretaceous floodplain deposits, Korea: Scientific Reports, publshed online, 7pp. Link to pdf

Puttick, M. N,. Kriwet J,. Wen, W., Hu, S., Thomas, G. H., and Benton, M. J., 2017, Body length of bony fishes was ot a selective factor during the biggest mass extinction of all time: Palaeontology, v. 60, part 5, p. 727-741.

Rampino, M. R., and Caldeira, K., 2017, Correlation of the largest craters, stratigraphic impact signatures, and extinction events over the past 250 Myr: Geoscience Fronters, v. 8, p. 1241-1245. Link to pdf

Soul, L. C., and Friedman, M., 2017, Bias in phylogenetic measurments of extinction and a case study of end-Permian tetrapods: Palaeontology, v. 60, part 2, p. 169-185.

Viglietti, P. A., Rubidge, B. S., and Smith, R. M. H., 2017, New Late Permian tectonic model for South Africa's Karoo Basin: foreland tectonics and climate change before the end-Permian crissis: Scientific Reports, n. 7, article number 10861, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf

Zhao, Z. Ye, J., and Wang, Q., 2017, Dinosaur extinction and subsequent mammalian recovery during the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/Pg) transtion in the Nanxiong Basin: Chinese Science Bulletin, v. 62, p. 1869-1881.