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This article records new taxa of fossil archosaurs of every kind that are scheduled described during the year 2025, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that are scheduled to occur in the year 2025.

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Pseudosuchians

New pseudosuchian taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Image
Kuttysuchus [1]	Gen. et sp. nov		Haldar, Ray & Bandyopadhyay	Late Triassic	Lower Dharmaram Formation	India	An aetosaur belonging to the tribe Paratypothoracini. The type species is K. minori.
Pattisaura [2]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wu et al.	Late Triassic	Cooper Canyon Formation	United States (  Texas)	An early member of Crocodylomorpha. The type species is P. gracilis.
Thilastikosuchus [3]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Carvalho et al.	Early Cretaceous	Quiricó Formation	Brazil	A notosuchian. The type species is T. scutorectangularis.

Aetosaur research

• A study on the histology of osteoderms of Stagonolepis olenkae is published by Błaszczeć & Antczak (2025). ^[4]

Crocodylomorph research

• A study on bone histology of Trialestes romeri , providing evidence of a rapid growth rate, is published by Ponce, Cerda & Desojo (2025). ^[5]
• A study on the biodiversity of thalattosuchians throughout their evolutionary history, attempting to identify factors driving thalattosuchian evolution, is published by Forêt et al. (2025). ^[6]
• Redescription of Macrospondylus bollensis is published by Johnson et al. (2025). ^[7]
• A study on metabolic rates of notosuchians, providing evidence of mass-independent maximal metabolic rates that were higher than those of extant crocodilians but lower than those of monitor lizards, in published by Sena et al. (2025). ^[8]
• The first histological study of appendicular bones of a peirosaurid is published by Navarro et al. (2025), who interpret their findings as indicative of different growth dynamics of the studied individual compared to other notosuchians. ^[9]
• Kuzmin et al. (2025) describe the braincase osteology and neuroanatomy of Paralligator , and interpret their findings as indicative of similarity of brain modifications during ontogeny in paralligatorids and extant crocodilians. ^[10]
• A study on the anatomy and affinities of the first specimens of Borealosuchus from earliest Paleocene of Colorado, filling temporal and geographical gaps in the fossil record of members of the genus, is published by Lessner, Petermann & Lyson (2025). ^[11]
• Evidence from the study of the bone histology of Diplocynodon hantoniensis , interpreted as indicative of a similar growth rate in D. hantoniensis and the American alligator, is published by Hoffman et al. (2025). ^[12]
• Pligersdorffer, Burke & Mannion (2025) reconstruct the endocranial anatomy of Argochampsa krebsi , and report evidence of presence of salt glands in the studied gavialoid. ^[13]

Non-avian dinosaurs

New dinosaur taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Ahvaytum [14]	Gen. et sp. nov		Lovelace et al.	Late Triassic (Carnian)	Popo Agie Formation	United States (  Wyoming)	An early saurischian, possibly a basal sauropodomorph. The type species is A. bahndooiveche.
Archaeocursor [15]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Yao et al.	Early Jurassic (Sinemurian–Pliensbachian)	Ziliujing Formation	China	A basal ornithischian. The type species is A. asiaticus. Announced in 2024; the final article version was published in 2025.
Dzharacursor [16]	Gen. et comb. nov		Averianov & Sues	Late Cretaceous (Turonian)	Bissekty Formation	Uzbekistan	An ornithomimid theropod. The type species is "Archaeornithomimus" bissektensis Nesov (1995).
Emiliasaura [17]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Coria et al.	Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)	Mulichinco Formation	Argentina	An ornithopod belonging to the group Rhabdodontomorpha. The type species is E. alessandrii. Announced in 2024; the final article version was published in 2025.
Mexidracon [18]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Serrano-Brañas et al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Cerro del Pueblo Formation	Mexico	An ornithomimid theropod. The type species is M. longimanus.
Petrustitan [19]	Gen. et comb. nov		Díez Díaz et al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Sînpetru Formation	Romania	A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is "Magyarosaurus" hungaricus Huene (1932).
Qianjiangsaurus [20]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Dai et al.	Late Cretaceous	Zhengyang Formation	China	An early-diverging hadrosauromorph. The type species is Q. changshengi. Announced in 2024; the final article version was published in 2025.
Tameryraptor [21]	Gen. et sp. nov		Kellermann, Cuesta & Rauhut	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Bahariya Formation	Egypt	An carcharodontosaurid theropod. The type species is T. markgrafi.
Uriash [19]	Gen. et sp. nov		Díez Díaz et al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Densuș-Ciula Formation	Romania	A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is U. kadici.
Xingxiulong yueorum [22]	Sp. nov		Chen et al.	Early Jurassic	Lufeng Formation	China	A massopodan sauropodomorph; a species of Xingxiulong .
Yuanyanglong [23]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Hao et al.	Early Cretaceous	Miaogou Formation	China	An oviraptorosaur theropod. The type species is Y. bainian. Announced in 2024; the final article version will be published in 2025.

General non-avian dinosaur research

• Heath et al. (2025) use historical biogeographic estimation methods to estimate the distribution of early dinosaurs and their relatives, and consider low-latitude Gondwana to be the most likely area of origin of dinosaurs, and possibly of archosaurs in general. ^[24]
• Review of sources of information about dinosaur locomotion, and of studies of dinosaur locomotion from the preceding years, is published by Falkingham (2025). ^[25]
• Review of studies of dinosaur reproduction and ontogeny, and of challenges in the studies of dinosaur reproductive biology, is published by Chapelle, Griffin & Pol (2025). ^[26]
• Schweitzer et al. (2025) study the composition of vascular-like microstructures isolated from dinosaur fossils from the Judith River and Hell Creek formations, and interpret their findings as supporting endogeneity of the studied structures, but also report the presence of microorganismal components in the studied samples. ^[27]
• Deiques et al. (2025) report the discovery of new dinosaur tracks from the Upper Jurassic Guará Formation (Brazil), including second record of an ankylosaur track and the best preserved theropod track from the formation reported to date. ^[28]
• A study on habitat preferences of Campanian and Maastrichtian dinosaurs from south-western Europe is published by Vázquez López et al. (2025). ^[29]

Saurischian research

• A study on the purported swimming sauropod trail from the Mayan Dude Ranch tracksite in the Lower Cretaceous Glen Rose Formation (Texas, United States), as well as on the second manus-dominated sauropod trackway and on the theropod track from the same track horizon, is published by Adams et al. (2025), who interpret the studied tracks as unlikely to be produced by dinosaurs that buoyed in deep water. ^[30]
• A tooth of a theropod distinct from Sinotyrannus , as well as a titanosauriform tooth representing the youngest sauropod fossil from the Jehol Biota reported to date, are described from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation (China) by Yin et al. (2025). ^[31]

Theropod research

• Piñuela et al. (2025) report the discovery of a theropod footprint preserved with a detached sandstone undertrack from the Upper Jurassic Lastres Formation (Spain), providing evidence of foot movement through the sediment and evidence of changes of footprint morphology at different levels of sediment depth, with some of the successive footprint outlines showing similarities to footprints of members of different dinosaur groups; the authors also reevaluate the type series of the ichnotaxon Iguanodontipus , and argue that some of the studied footprints might have been produced by a theropod. ^[32]
• A study on bone histology of Ceratosaurus , providing evidence of faster growth rate than in Late Cretaceous members of Ceratosauria, is published by Sombathy, O'Connor & D'Emic (2025). ^[33]
• Redescription of the anatomy of the appendicular skeleton of Piatnitzkysaurus floresi and a study on the phylogenetic affinities of this species is published by Pradelli, Pol & Ezcurra (2025). ^[34]
• Kotevski et al. (2025) describe new fossil material of theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Strzelecki Group and Eumeralla Formation (Australia), including the first carcharodontosaurian fossils from Australia, bones of large-bodied megaraptorids and a tibia of a member of Unenlagiinae. ^[35]
• Calvo et al. (2025) report the first discovery of the humerus of an adult specimen of Megaraptor namunhuaiquii from the Upper Cretaceous Portezuelo Formation (Argentina), and interpret its anatomy as indicating that M. namunhuaiquii and Gualicho shinyae were not closely related. ^[36]
• A study on the evolution of adaptations to cursoriality in the hindlimbs of theropod dinosaurs and on the origin of arctometatarsus in members of Coelurosauria is published by Kubo & Kobayashi (2025) ^[37]
• Scherer (2025) reeavulates evidence for anagenesis in tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurids, and recovers species belonging to the genus Daspletosaurus as forming an evolutionary grade within Tyrannosaurinae, but does not recover Daspletosaurus as a direct ancestor of Tyrannosaurini. ^[38]
• Meso et al. (2025) revise alvarezsaurid fossils from the Salitral Ojo de Agua locality (Allen Formation; Río Negro Province, Argentina) described by Salgado et al. (2009) ^[39] and an alvarezsaurid femur from the same locality originally described as an ornithopod femur by Coria, Cambiaso & Salgado (2007), ^[40] describe additional alvarezsaurid material from this locality, and interpret the studied fossils as likely bones of Bonapartenykus ultimus , providing new information on the body plan of members of Patagonykinae. ^[41]
• Zhu et al. (2025) report the discovery of clutch of elongatoolithid eggs from the Upper Cretaceous Qiupa Formation (China), possibly produced by Yulong mini . ^[42]

Sauropodomorph research

• Peyre de Fabrègues et al. (2025) describe new fossil material of Leyesaurus marayensis from the Balde de Leyes Formation (Argentina) and revise the anatomy of the holotype specimen of this species, identifying the holotype as a likely juvenile specimen. ^[43]
• Description of the anatomy of the appendicular skeleton of Bagualia alba is published by Gomez et al. (2025), who also study morphological diversity of sauropodomorphs throughout their evolutionary history, and report evidence of shifts in morphospace occupation during the Jurassic related to the diversification of early sauropods and extinction of other sauropodomorphs, as well as to subsequent diversification of Neosauropoda. ^[44]
• Saleiro & Tschopp (2025) describe a previously unstudied collection of sauropod teeth from the Upper Jurassic strata in Portugal, identified as belonging to members of Turiasauria, Flagellicaudata, Camarasauridae and Titanosauriformes. ^[45]
• A revision of the known material assigned to the genus Haplocanthosaurus is published by Boisvert et al. (2025). ^[46]
• Fossil material of lithostrotian titanosaurs assigned to two morphotypes, including caudal vertebrae preserved with rare pathological features, is described from the Upper Cretaceous Cambambe Basin (Brazil) by Lacerda et al. (2025). ^[47]

Ornithischian research

Thyreophoran research

• Rivera-Sylva et al. (2025) describe new fossil material of members of Ankylosauria from the Upper Cretaceous strata in Coahuila (Mexico), including fossils from the Maastrichtian Cañon del Tule Formation representing the youngest records of the group from Mexico reported to date. ^[48]

Cerapod research

• Maíllo et al. (2025) study bone histology of a partial skeleton of a subadult ornithopod individual from the Cretaceous Maestrazgo Basin (Spain), providing evidence of variability of histology of bone elements used for studies of the skeletochronology of ornithopod specimens, depending on the studied taxon. ^[49]
• Description of a well-preserved skull of a juvenile specimen of Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (China) and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of this species is published by Bertozzo et al. (2025). ^[50]
• Guillermo-Ochoa et al. (2025) describe a track of a small ornithopod from the Albian-Turonian Arcurquina Formation (Peru), likely produced during an underwater locomotion. ^[51]
• Partial skeleton of a hadrosaurid interpreted as the first member of the tribe Lambeosaurini reported from the Upper Cretaceous strata from South China is described from the Dalangshan Formation by Wang et al. (2025) ^[52]
• Wroblewski (2025) describes fossil material of Stygimoloch spinifer from the Maastrichtian Ferris Formation (Wyoming, United States), representing the southernmost record of the species reported to date. ^[53]

Birds

New bird taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Apus boanoi [54]	Sp. nov		Pavia et al.	Pliocene	Langebaanweg	South Africa	A swift, a species of Apus
Baminornis [55]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Chen et al.	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Nanyuan Formation	China	An early avialan bearing a pygostyle. The type species is B. zhenghensis.
Novavis [56]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	O'Connor et al.	Early Cretaceous	Xiagou Formation	China	A enantiornithean. The type species is N. pubisculata.
? Pseudocrypturus danielsi [57]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene (Ypresian)	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member of the family Lithornithidae; a species of Pseudocrypturus.
? Pseudocrypturus gracilipes [57]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene (Ypresian)	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member of the family Lithornithidae; a species of Pseudocrypturus.
Shuilingornis [58]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Wang et al.	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	A euornithean in the family Gansuidae. The type species is S. angelai. Announced in 2024; the final article version will be published in 2025.

Avian research

• New specimen of Archaeopteryx , representing the third specimen belonging to this genus found in the Tithonian Mörnsheim Formation (Germany), is described by Foth et al. (2025). ^[59]
• Evidence from the study of moa coprolites, indicating that moa ate and likely spread truffle-like fungi that are endemic to New Zealand, is presented by Boast et al. (2025). ^[60]
• Torres et al. (2025) report the discovery of a new, nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai , interpret its morphology as supporting phylogenetic affinities of Vegavis with Anseriformes, and report evidence of the presence of a feeding apparatus different from those of extant members of Anseriformes but similar to those of extant birds that capture prey underwater. ^[61]
• Zonneveld, Naone & Britt (2025) describe foraging traces produced by waterbirds (possibly by Presbyornis pervetus ) from the Eocene Green River Formation (Utah, United States), and name new ichnotaxa Erevnoichnus blochis , E. strimmena, Ravdosichnus guntheri and Aptosichnus diatarachi . ^[62]
• Agnolin, Chafrat & Álvarez-Herrera (2025) describe new fossil material of Patagorhacos terrificus from the Miocene Chichinales Formation (Argentina), interpreted as supporting placement of the species within Phorusrhacidae. ^[63]

Pterosaurs

New pterosaur taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Nipponopterus [64]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Zhou et al.	Late Cretaceous	Mifune Group	Japan	A member of the family Azhdarchidae. The type species is N. mifunensis. Announced in 2024; the final article version will be published in 2025.

Pterosaur research

• Hone & McDavid (2025) describe the largest known specimen of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri (wingspan 1.8 metres (5.9 ft)) from the Solnhofen Limestone (Germany) and discuss its implications for anatomical transformations through ontogeny in the genus and other rhamphorhynchines. ^[65]
• Jagielska et al. (2025) describe the osteology of Dearc sgiathanach and reconstruct its cranial and antebrachial musculature. ^[66]
• A study on tooth replacement in Forfexopterus is published by Zhou & Fan (2025). ^[67]
• Song et al. (2025) describe a pterosaur humerus from the Lower Cretaceous Lianmuqin Formation (China), interpreted as the first record of a member of Ornithocheiromorpha from the Tugulu Group. ^[68]

Other archosaurs

Other new archosaur taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Gondwanax [69]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Müller	Middle–Late Triassic (Ladinian–early Carnian)	Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence	Brazil	A sulcimentisaurian member of the possibly paraphyletic family Silesauridae. The type species is G. paraisensis. Announced in 2024; the final article version will be published in 2025.

General research

• Xu & Barrett (2025) review the research on the evolutionary history of feathers from the preceding years. ^[70]
• Brown et al. (2025) describe a cervical vertebra of a juvenile specimen of Cryodrakon boreas from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Alberta, Canada), preserved with a bite mark interpreted as likely produced by a crocodilian. ^[71]

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2. Wu, X.-C.; Witmer, L. M.; Chatterjee, S.; Cunningham, D. (2025). "A new crocodylomorph (Pseudosuchia, Crocodylomorpha) from the Upper Triassic of Texas and its phylogenetic relationships". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2446604. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2446604.
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11. Lessner, E. J.; Petermann, H.; Lyson, T. R. (2025). "First record of Borealosuchus sternbergii from the lower Paleocene Denver Formation (lower Danian), Colorado (Denver Basin)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2434214. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2434214.
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