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This list of fossil reptiles described in 2024 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2024, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2024.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov | Valid | Longrich et al. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Carvalho & Santucci | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | A member of Polyglyphanodontia. The type species is C. pachysymphysealis. Announced in 2023; the final article version will be published in 2024. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Daza et al. | Cretaceous (Albian/Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A skink. The type species is E. zedi. | |||
Sp. nov | In press | Shaker et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A mosasaur belonging to the subfamily Halisaurinae. Announced in 2023; the final article version will be published in 2024. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Croghan et al. | Oligocene (Rupelian) | A member of Booidea of uncertain affinities. The type species is H. breithaupti. | |||||
| Khinjaria [6] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Longrich et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Ouled Abdoun Basin | A mosasaur belonging to the subfamily Plioplatecarpinae. The type species is K. acuta. | ||
| Segurasaurus [7] | Gen. et comb. nov | Berrocal-Casero et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Tentúgal Formation | A member of Pythonomorpha. The type species is "Carentonosaurus" soaresi. | |||
| Terastiodontosaurus [8] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Georgalis & Smith in Georgalis et al. | Eocene (Ypresian-Lutetian) | An amphisbaenian in the family Trogonophidae. The type species is T. marcelosanchezi. | |||
| Vasuki [9] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Datta & Bajpai | Middle Eocene (Lutetian) | Naredi Formation | A member of Madtsoiidae. The type species is V. indicus. | | |
Sp. nov | Valid | Rivera-Sylva et al. | Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian) | A mosasaur belonging to the subfamily Plioplatecarpinae. Announced in 2023; the final article version was published in 2024. |
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argovisaurus [42] | Gen. et sp. nov | Miedema et al. | Middle Jurassic (Bajocian-Bathonian) | Hauptrogenstein Formation | An ichthyosaur closely related to Ophthalmosauria. The type species is A. martafernandezi. | | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lomax et al. | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | Possibly a member of the family Shastasauridae. The type species is I. severnensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fang, Wolniewicz & Liu | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | |||||
| Platypterygius elsuntuoso [45] | Sp. nov | Fonseca, Cabra, & Camacho | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Paja Formation | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov | Hu, Li, & Liu | |||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sachs, Eggmaier & Madzia | A basal plesiosauroid. The type species is F. brevispinus. | |||||
| Marambionectes [66] | Gen. et sp. nov | O'Gorman et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Lopez de Bertodano Formation | Antarctica | An elasmosaurid. The type species is M. molinai. | | |
Gen. et comb. nov | In press | Clark, O'Keefe, & Slack | A polycotylid. The type species is "Dolichorhynchops" bonneri. Announced in 2023; the final article version will be published in 2024. | | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | In press | Clark, O'Keefe, & Slack | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | A polycotylid. The type species is "Dolichorhynchops" tropicensis. Announced in 2023; the final article version will be published in 2024. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Clark, O'Keefe, & Slack | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A polycotylid. The type species is U. specta. Announced in 2023; the final article version will be published in 2024. |
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov | Valid | Hutchison & Westgate | Eocene | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Sarda & Maniel | Late Cretaceous | A member of the family Chelidae. The type species is B. mansillai. | |||||
Sp. nov | Pappa et al. | Miocene | ||||||
Sp. nov | Delfino et al. | Pliocene | Langebaanweg fossil site | A tortoise, a species of Chersina . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Joseph-Ouni, Yayes & McCord | Miocene | A species of Elseya . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Joseph-Ouni, Yayes & McCord | Miocene | A species of Elseya. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Agnolín, Aranciaga-Rolando & Ortiz | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A member of the family Chelidae. The type species is I. batrachomorpha. | |||||
Gen. et. sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García & Antunes | A pancheloniid turtle. The type species is L. emilianoi | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ferreira et al. | Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene | A podocnemidid turtle. A giant extinct species of Peltocephalus , represented today only by P. dumerilianus. | | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zvonok, Panteleev & Danilov | Eocene (Bartonian) | A pan-cheloniid. The type species is P. shorymensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A member of the family Nanhsiungchelyidae. The type species is X. yingliangi. | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen. et sp. nov | Sues, Spiekman & Schoch | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A non-archosaurian archosauriform. The type species is M. angustifrons. | |||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Agnolín et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A sphenodontid rhynchocephalian. The type species is A. mineri. Announced in 2023; the final article version was published in 2024. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Silva-Neves et al. | Late Triassic (Carnian) | A member of the family Procolophonidae belonging to the subfamily Leptopleuroninae. The type species is C. primus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Kligman, Sues & Melstrom | Late Triassic (Carnian) | A small-bodied reptile of uncertain affinities. The type species is I. virginiensis. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Reisz, Chatterjee & Modesto | Late Permian | Kundarum Formation | A member of the family Captorhinidae belonging to the subfamily Moradisaurinae. The type species is I. kuttyi. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Reisz, Rowe & Bevitt | Permian (Sakmarian) | A member of the family Acleistorhinidae. The type species is K. conodentatus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Burch et al. | Late Triassic (Norian) | Chinle Formation | A diapsid reptile of uncertain affinities. The type species is M. sonselaensis. | |||
| Notosphenos [133] | Gen. et sp. nov | Agnolín et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Chorrillo Formation | A sphenodontid rhynchocephalian. The type species is N. finisterre. | |||
Sp. nov | Jenkins et al. | Late Triassic | Chinle Formation | |||||
| Parvosaurus [135] | Gen. et sp. nov | Freisem et al. | Late Triassic (Norian) | Arnstadt Formation | A rhynchocephalian. The type species is P. harudensis. | | ||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Jung & Sues | Permian (Kungurian) | A member of the family Captorhinidae belonging to the subfamily Moradisaurinae. The type species is "Captorhinikos" chozaensis Olson (1954). | | |||
| Threordatoth [137] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Meade et al. | Late Triassic (Carnian–Norian) | Cromhall Quarry | A leptopleuronine procolophonid. The type species is T. chasmatos. | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Pugh et al. | Late Triassic (Norian) | Garita Creek Formation | A member of Drepanosauromorpha. The type species is U. onyx. | ||||