2025 in reptile paleontology

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List of years in reptile paleontology
In paleontology
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In paleobotany
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In arthropod paleontology
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In paleoentomology
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In paleomalacology
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In archosaur paleontology
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In paleomammalogy
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In paleoichthyology
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This catalog of fossil reptile research published in 2025 includes a list of new taxa that were described during the year 2025, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2025.

Contents

Squamates

New squamate taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Zhongyuanxi [1]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Xu et al.

Late Cretaceous (possibly Maastrichtian)

Qiupa Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

A member of Anguimorpha, possibly a stem-varanid. The type species is Z. jiai.

Squamate research

Ichthyosauromorphs

New ichthyosauromorph taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Gadusaurus [9]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Pratas e Sousa et al.

Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)

Água de Madeiros Formation

Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal

An ichthyosaur belonging to the group Baracromia. The type species is G. aqualigneus.

Ichthyosauromorph research

Sauropterygians

New sauropterygian taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Sauropterygian research

Turtles

New turtle taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Calvarichelys [20]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Oriozabala et al.

Late Cretaceous (CampanianMaastrichtian)

La Colonia Formation

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

A member of the family Chelidae. The type species is C. coloniensis.

Thaichelys [21] Gen. et comb. nov.Szczygielski et al. Late Triassic (Norian) Huai Hin Lat Formation Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand A member of the family Proterochersidae. The type species is "Proganochelys" ruchae. Thaichelys ruchae life restoration.png

Wabanbara [22]

Gen. et sp. nov

White, Gillespie & Hand

Miocene

Riversleigh World Heritage Area

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

A member of the family Chelidae. The type species is W. ringtailensis.

Turtle research

Archosauriformes

Archosaurs

Other archosauriforms

New miscellaneous archosauriform taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Retymaijychampsa [29]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Müller

Triassic (Ladinian or Carnian)

Santa Maria Formation

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

A member of the family Proterochampsidae. The type species is R. beckerorum.

Retymaijychampsa (life restoration).png

Thuringopelta [30]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Sues & Schoch

Late Triassic (Carnian)

Stuttgart Formation

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

A member of the family Doswelliidae. The type species is T. werneburgi.

Archosauriform research

  • Müller (2025) describes fossil material of a proterochampsid from the Middle Triassic strata from the Posto site (Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence; Brazil), possibly representing a previously undescribed species and expanding known diversity of Middle Triassic proterochampsids from South America. [31]

Other reptiles

New miscellaneous reptile taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Akkedops [32]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Mooney, Scott & Reisz

Late Permian

Endothiodon Assemblage Zone

Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

A stem-saurian. The type species is A. bremneri.

Akkedops bremneri (holotype - lateral and occipital views).png

Kapes signus [33]

Sp. nov

Valid

Riccetto et al.

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

A procolophonid

Marmoretta drescherae [34]

Sp. nov

Valid

Guillaume, Puértolas-Pascual & Moreno-Azanza

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)

Alcobaça Formation

Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal

Other reptile research

Reptiles in general

References

  1. Xu, L.; Dong, L.; Gao, D.; Li, Y.; Wu, Y.; Chang, F.; Li, J.; Evans, S. (2025). "A new anguimorph lizard from the Upper Cretaceous of Henan Province, China". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 23 (1). 2470790. doi:10.1080/14772019.2025.2470790.
  2. Wilenzik, I. V.; Pyron, R. A. (2025). "European origins of Squamata supported by biogeographic analysis of fossil-tip-dated phylogenies using paleocontinental plate-tectonic models". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 24 (9): 139–158. doi: 10.5852/cr-palevol2025v24a9 .
  3. López-Rueda, J. S.; Polcyn, M. J.; Lindgren, J.; Cruz-Guevara, L. E.; Rodríguez-Sañudo, A. S. (2025). "Mosasaur (Reptilia, Mosasauridae) remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Colombia, including the first occurrence of the genus Globidens". Cretaceous Research. 166. 105997. Bibcode:2025CrRes.16605997L. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105997.
  4. Holwerda, F. M.; Mitchell, M. T.; van de Kerk, M.; Schulp, A. S. (2025). "Mosasaur Feeding Ecology from the Campanian Bearpaw Formation, Alberta, Canada: A Preliminary Multi-Proxy Approach". Diversity. 17 (3). 205. doi: 10.3390/d17030205 .
  5. Bardet, N.; Fischer, V.; Jalil, N.-E.; Khaldoune, F.; Yazami, O. K.; Pereda-Suberbiola, X.; Longrich, N. (2025). "Mosasaurids Bare the Teeth: An Extraordinary Ecological Disparity in the Phosphates of Morocco Just Prior to the K/Pg Crisis". Diversity. 17 (2). 114. Bibcode:2025Diver..17..114B. doi: 10.3390/d17020114 .
  6. Grigoriev, D. V.; Arkhangelsky, M. S.; Zverkov, N. G.; Gubarev, D. I. (2025). "First record of a rare plioplatecarpine mosasaur Latoplatecarpus in Europe as further evidence of a semi-global Campanian marine vertebrate fauna". Cretaceous Research. 106102. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106102.
  7. Georgalis, G. L. (2025). "Revision of the enigmatic snake Plesiotortrix edwardsi Rochebrune, 1884 from the Phosphorites du Quercy, France". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 24 (4): 51–59. doi: 10.5852/cr-palevol2025v24a4 .
  8. Čerňanský, A.; Georgalis, G. L.; Tabuce, R.; Vidalenc, D. (2025). "The first snake from the lower Eocene (MP 10-11) of the Cos locality, Phosphorites du Quercy, France". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 24 (5): 61–66. doi: 10.5852/cr-palevol2025v24a5 .
  9. Pratas e Sousa, J.; Morais Roldão, I.; Ríos, M.; Puertólas-Pascual, E. (2025). "A new ichthyosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Portugal (Iberian Peninsula)". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 70 (1): 179–192. doi: 10.4202/app.01199.2024 .
  10. Zhao, B.; Zou, Y.; Li, J.; Chen, G.; Wan, S.; Yuan, J.; Wu, K. (2025). "早三叠世南漳湖北鳄(双孔亚纲:湖北鳄目)的头骨新材料及补充研究" [New cranial material and supplementary study on the Early Triassic Huphesuchus nanchangensis (Diapsida: Hupehsuchidae)]. Acta Geologica Sinica. 99 (2): 337–351. doi:10.19762/j.cnki.dizhixuebao.2023332.
  11. Pardo-Pérez, J. M.; Malkowski, M.; Zambrano, P.; Lomax, D. R.; Gascó Martín, C.; Kaluza, J.; Ortíz, H.; Pérez Marín, A.; Villa-Martínez, R.; Yurac, M.; Cáceres, M.; Zegers, A.; Delgado, J.; Scapini, F.; Astete, C.; Maxwell, E. E. (2025). "The first gravid ichthyosaur from the Hauterivian (Early Cretaceous): a complete Myobradypterygius hauthali von Huene, 1927 excavated from the border of the Tyndall Glacier, Torres del Paine National Park, southernmost Chile". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2445705. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2445705.
  12. Meyerkort, R. D.; Kear, B. P.; Everhart, M. J.; Siversson, M. (2025). "Youngest fossil occurrence of ichthyosaurs from the Southern Hemisphere". Cretaceous Research. 168. 106071. Bibcode:2025CrRes.16806071M. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106071 .
  13. Su, C. X.; Gu, S.-L.; Jiang, D.-Y.; Motani, R.; Rieppel, O.; Tintori, A.; Zhou, M.; Sun, Z.-Y. (2025). "Two new specimens of Glyphoderma kangi (Placodontia, Sauropterygia, Reptilia) from the Middle Triassic of South China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 44 (3). e2439530. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2439530.
  14. Ruciński, M.; Campos, H.; Mateus, O.; Werneburg, I. (2025). "Novel record of placodont remains including a Henodus cranium from the Upper Triassic Silves Group of the Algarve, southern Portugal". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2460445. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2025.2460445 .
  15. Xu, J.; Guo, Y.; Ma, Y.; Wang, W.; Cheng, L.; Han, F. (2025). "New digital anatomical data of Keichousaurus hui (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) and its phylogenetic implication". PeerJ. 13. e19012. doi: 10.7717/peerj.19012 . PMC   11967422 .
  16. Marx, M.; Sjövall, P.; Kear, B. P.; Jarenmark, M.; Eriksson, M. E.; Sachs, S.; Nilkens, K.; Op De Beeck, M.; Lindgren, J. (2025). "Skin, scales, and cells in a Jurassic plesiosaur". Current Biology. 35 (5): 1113–1120.e3. Bibcode:2025CBio...35.1113M. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.001 . PMID   39919740.
  17. Sachs, S.; Madzia, D.; Marx, M.; Roberts, A. J.; Hampe, O.; Kear, B. P. (2025). "The osteology, taxonomy, and phylogenetic placement of Seeleyosaurus guilelmiimperatoris (Plesiosauroidea, Microcleididae) from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Germany". The Anatomical Record. doi:10.1002/ar.25620. PMID   39981975.
  18. Marx, M.; Sachs, S.; Kear, B. P.; Eriksson, M. E.; Nilkens, K.; Lindgren, J. (2025). "A new specimen of Plesiopterys wildi reveals the diversification of cryptoclidian precursors and possible endemism within European Early Jurassic plesiosaur assemblages". PeerJ. 13. e18960. doi: 10.7717/peerj.18960 . PMC   11967415 .
  19. Zverkov, N. G.; Grigoriev, D. V.; Nikiforov, A. V. (2025). "New polycotylid plesiosaur skeletons from the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Urals provide additional diagnostic features of Polycotylus sopozkoi and demonstrate its variation". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology: 1–34. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2472161.
  20. Oriozabala, Carolina; de la Fuente, Marcelo S.; Holley, J. Alfredo; Sterli, Juliana (2025-03-05). "A new chelid turtle (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina". Papers in Palaeontology . 11 (2): e70006. doi:10.1002/spp2.70006. ISSN   2056-2802.
  21. Szczygielski, Tomasz; Dróżdż, Dawid; Chanthasit, Phornphen; Manitkoon, Sita; Ditbanjong, Pitaksit (2025-03-19). "The Triassic turtle of Thailand – revision of 'Proganochelys' ruchae". PLOS ONE. 20 (3). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316338 (inactive 20 March 2025). ISSN   1932-6203.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of March 2025 (link)
  22. White, A. W.; Gillespie, A. K.; Hand, S. J. (2025). "Wabanbara ringtailensis—a new chelid turtle (Pleurodira: Chelidae) from mid-Miocene deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in Australia". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. doi:10.1080/03115518.2025.2477464.
  23. Neto, D. J. M.; Hsiou, A. S.; Guilherme, E.; Costa, L. A. T.; Ferreira, G. S. (2025). "Concealed morphological diversity revealed by new fossils of Chelus (Testudines, Chelidae) from the Upper Miocene of the Acre Basin, Brazil". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 155. 105408. Bibcode:2025JSAES.15505408M. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2025.105408.
  24. Pérez-García, A. (2025). "A taxonomic revision of the Cenomanian bothremydid turtle Algorachelus parva from Israel and morphological variation within its genus". Palaeontologia Electronica. 28 (1). 28.1.a2. doi: 10.26879/1398 .
  25. Martín-Jiménez, M.; Pérez-García, A. (2025). "The first neuroanatomical study of a marine pleurodire (the large Paleocene bothremydid Azzabaremys moragjonesi) reveals convergences with other clades of pelagic turtles". Fossil Record. 28 (1): 1–15. Bibcode:2025FossR..28....1M. doi: 10.3897/fr.28.e130418 .
  26. Tong, H.; Buffetaut, E.; Claude, J. (2025). "Skull morphology of Foxemys (Testudines: Pleurodira: Bothremydidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Massecaps, Cruzy, southern France". Historical Biology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2478209.
  27. Jannello, J. M.; Bona, P.; Santillana, S. N.; Reguero, M. A. (2025). "First comparative paleohistological study of Eocene Antarctic turtle shell bones". Ameghiniana. doi:10.5710/AMGH.22.01.2025.3614.
  28. Guerrero, A.; Smith, T.; Pérez-García, A. (2025). "Bioerosional marks in the shells of two sea turtle taxa from the middle Eocene of Belgium". Fossil Record. 28 (1): 45–56. Bibcode:2025FossR..28...45G. doi: 10.3897/fr.28.e141743 .
  29. Müller, R. T. (2025). "A new proterochampsid archosauriform from the Middle–Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 70 (1): 7–16. doi: 10.4202/app.01204.2024 .
  30. Sues, H.-D.; Schoch, R. R. (2025). "A doswelliid archosauriform from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) Stuttgart Formation of Thuringia (Germany)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2455949. doi:10.1080/02724634.2025.2455949.
  31. Müller, R. T. (2025). "New proterochampsid remains from the Middle Triassic of Brazil enhance the group's diversity during its origins". The Science of Nature. 112 (2). 28. doi:10.1007/s00114-025-01981-5. PMID   40126648.
  32. Mooney, E. D.; Scott, D.; Reisz, R. R. (2025). "A new stem saurian reptile from the late Permian of South Africa and insights into saurian evolution". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 144 (1). 10. doi: 10.1186/s13358-025-00351-y . PMC   11865139 . PMID   40027993.
  33. Riccetto, M.; Mujal, E.; Bolet, A.; De Jaime-Soguero, C.; De Esteban-Trivigno, S.; Fortuny, J. (2025). "Tooth morphotypes shed light on the paleobiodiversity of Middle Triassic terrestrial vertebrate ecosystems from NE Iberian Peninsula (southwestern Europe)". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 131 (1): 39–62. Bibcode:2025RIPS..13122340R. doi: 10.54103/2039-4942/22340 .
  34. Guillaume, A. R. D.; Puértolas-Pascual, E.; Moreno-Azanza, M. (2025). "Revisiting the choristodere and stem-lepidosaur specimens of the Guimarota Beds (Kimmeridgian, Portugal): taxonomic implications". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 70 (1): 77–96. doi: 10.4202/app.01202.2024 .
  35. Piñeiro, G.; Ferigolo, J.; Farias, B. D. M.; Núñez Demarco, P.; Laurin, M. (2025). "Caudal autotomy in Mesosaurus tenuidens Gervais, 1865 under scrutiny and a surprising new pattern of vertebral organization in the mesosaur tail". Geodiversitas. 47 (2): 17–38. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2025v47a2.
  36. Jenkins, X. A.; Benson, R. B. J.; Ford, D. P.; Browning, C.; Fernandez, V.; Griffiths, E.; Choiniere, J.; Peecook, B. R. (2025). "Cranial osteology and neuroanatomy of the late Permian reptile Milleropsis pricei and implications for early reptile evolution". Royal Society Open Science. 12 (1). 241298. Bibcode:2025RSOS...1241298J. doi: 10.1098/rsos.241298 . PMC   11707879 . PMID   39780968.
  37. Jenkins, Xavier A; Benson, Roger B J; Elliott, Maya; Jeppson, Gabriel; Dollman, Kathleen; Fernandez, Vincent; Browning, Claire; Ford, David P; Choiniere, Jonah; Peecook, Brandon R (2025-03-03). "New information on the anatomically derived millerettid Milleretta rubidgei from the latest Permian based on μCT data". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 203 (3): zlaf004. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf004. ISSN   0024-4082.
  38. Buffa, V.; Jalil, N.-E.; Falconnet, J.; Vincent, P. (2025). "The neodiapsid Thadeosaurus colcanapi from the upper Permian of Madagascar". Papers in Palaeontology. 11 (2). e70008. doi: 10.1002/spp2.70008 .
  39. Colombi, C. E.; Martinez, R. N.; Alcober, O. A.; Díaz, M.; Drovandi, J. M.; Alarcón, C. M. (2025). "First evidence of aggregational behaviour by the archosauromorph Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis from the Upper Triassic Ischigualasto Formation, Argentina: Evidence for burrow habitats?". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 662. 112742. Bibcode:2025PPP...66212742C. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112742.
  40. Galton, P. M.; Regalado Fernández, O. R.; Farlow, J. O. (2025). "Bones of dinosaurs and other reptiles from the Triassic-Jurassic of the Connecticut Valley: Over 200 years of published history". Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève. 44 (2): 1–45.
  41. Renesto, S.; Magnani, E. (2025). "Tetrapod remains from the Ladinian (Middle Triassic) Sceltrich beds of Monte San Giorgio UNESCO site". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 131 (1): 201–212. doi: 10.54103/2039-4942/27087 (inactive 20 March 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of March 2025 (link)
  42. Marquina-Blasco, R.; Morales-Flores, D.; Bartolomé-Bombín, Á. D.; Montoya, P. (2025). "Herpetofaunal remains (Anura, Crocodylia, Testudines, Squamata) from the Late Miocene of the Crevillente Area (SE Spain): palaeobiogeographical and palaeoecological implications". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 131 (1): 85–115. Bibcode:2025RIPS..13122382M. doi: 10.54103/2039-4942/22382 .
  43. Weber, M.; Weber, K.; Winkler, D. E.; Tütken, T. (2025). "Calcium and strontium isotopes in extant diapsid reptiles reflect dietary tendencies—a reference frame for diet reconstructions in the fossil record". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292 (2038). 20242002. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.2002 . PMC   11706660 . PMID   39772958.