Archosauriformes 2015 in paleontology

1 archosauriformes

1.1 pseudosuchians

1.1.1 research
1.1.2 new taxa


1.2 non-avian dinosaurs

1.2.1 research
1.2.2 new taxa


1.3 birds

1.3.1 research
1.3.2 new taxa


1.4 pterosaurs

1.4.1 research
1.4.2 new taxa

archosauriformes
pseudosuchians
research

revision of type material of rauisuchus tiradentes published lautenschlager , rauhut (2015).
a study of evolutionary history of clade crocodyliformes published bronzati, montefeltro , langer (2015).
a study of impact of climate changes on evolution , biodiversity of pseudosuchian archosaurs published mannion et al. (2015).
a study on phylogenetic position of thalattosuchians within crocodylomorpha published wilberg (2015).
an isolated metriorhynchid tooth described cretaceous (aptian) hybla formation (sicily, italy) chiarenza et al. (2015), extending known geological range of metriorhynchidae , thalattosuchia approximately 7–8 million years.

new taxa

non-avian dinosaurs
research

a study of phylogenetic relationships of sauropod dinosaurs belonging family diplodocidae , taxonomic revision of family published tschopp, mateus , benson (2015); authors propose reestablish brontosaurus genus distinct apatosaurus , transfer dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis genus supersaurus.
additional information on anatomy of holotype specimen of rebbachisaurid sauropod tataouinea hannibalis, including description of newly discovered fossil material of specimen, , study of phylogenetic relationships published fanti et al. (2015).
a study of phylogenetic relationships of ornithischian dinosaurs traditionally referred ‘basal ornithopods’ or ‘hypsilophodontids’ published boyd (2015).
carpenter & lamanna (2015) reinterpret ornithopod braincase morrison formation of carnegie quarry @ dinosaur national monument (utah), formerly assigned uteodon aphanoecetes, belonging dryosaurus cf. d. altus. authors consider genera uteodon , cumnoria junior synonyms of camptosaurus, , transfer species cumnoria prestwichii , uteodon aphanoecetes genus camptosaurus.

new taxa

birds
research

balaur bondoc, interpreted member of dromaeosauridae, argued basal member of avialae cau, brougham , naish (2015).
estimates of mass , flight capability of extinct chatham duck (anas chathamica), indicated measurements of major bones, published williams (2015).
new cranial material of oligo-miocene relative of flamingos, harrisonavis croizeti, described torres et al. (2015).
new specimens of eocene relative of swifts, scaniacypselus szarskii, described mayr (2015).
a specimen of stem-coliiform masillacolius brevidactylus preserved skull described mayr (2015).
a study of phylogenetic relationships of psittacopes, pumiliornis , morsoravis, indicating close relationship passerines , extinct family zygodactylidae, published mayr (2015); author introduced new name, parapasseres, clade containg passeriformes , zygodactylidae not psittacopes.
a study of preserved specimens of puerto rican conure (previously considered extinct subspecies of hispaniolan parakeet) published olson (2015), raises rank of separate species psittacara maugei.
a dwarf emu found in miocene of alcoota in central australia.
jones et al. (2015) describe distal end of left tibiotarsus of member of genus caracara of uncertain specific assignment late pleistocene of argentina, estimated largest member of family falconidae described far.
a description of skeletal anatomy of 2 well-preserved specimens of dodo published claessens, meijer , hume (2015).

new taxa

pterosaurs
research

a study on terrestrial locomotion of non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs published witton (2015).
a specimen of rhamphorhynchus muensteri preserved soft tissues or impressions of soft tissues, stomach contents , possibly coprolite described hone et al. (2015).

new taxa