DINOSAUR  GENERA

since - October 28, 1995 / last updated - August 30, 2010

Thank you to George Olshevsky ("Mesozoic Meanderings #3")
for the original listing on October 23, 1995 and the help to keep this list current;
and also to all the other contributors from the Dinosaur Mailing List.
NOW available: d-genera.pdf

Genera count = 1277 (including 113 not presently considered to be dinosaurian)

[nomen ex dissertatione] = name appears in a dissertation
[nomen dubium] = name usually based on more than one type specimen
[nomen nudum] = name lacking a description and/or a type specimen
[nomen oblitum] = name forgotten for at least 50 years
[nomen rejectum] = name rejected by the ICZN
non = incorrect reference by the first to a name by the second author
vide = name attributed to the first author by the second author
/ = name preoccupied by the second author
JOS -> Junior Objective Synonym of the indicated genus
JSS -> Junior Subjective Synonym of the indicated genus
PSS -> Possible Subjective Synonym of the indicated genus
SSS -> Suppressed Senior Synonym of the indicated genus



























not presently considered to be dinosaurian (*)

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