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{{Year in paleontology header|1933}}

==Plants==
===Angiosperms===
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''[[lodes multireticiilata]]''<ref name="Manchester1994">{{Cite journal |last1=Manchester |first1=S.R. |title=Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon |year=1994 |journal=Palaeontographica Americana |volume=58 |pages=30–31}}</ref>
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Sp nov
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valid
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[[Eleanor Mary Reid|Reid]] & [[Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Chandler|Chandler]]
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[[Ypresian]]
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[[London Clay]]
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{{Flag|UK}}<br/>{{Flag|England}}
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An [[Icacinaceae|icacinaceous]] species. 
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''[[Langtonia]]''<ref name="Manchester1994"/>
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Gen et sp nov
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valid
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[[Eleanor Mary Reid|Reid]] & [[Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Chandler|Chandler]]
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[[Ypresian]]
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[[London Clay]]
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{{Flag|UK}}<br/>{{Flag|England}}
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A [[Nyssaceae|tupelo]] relative,<br/> type species ''L. bisulcata''. 
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''[[Palaeophytocrene]]''<ref name="Manchester1994"/>
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Gen et sp nov
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valid
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[[Eleanor Mary Reid|Reid]] & [[Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Chandler|Chandler]]
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[[Ypresian]]
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[[London Clay]]
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{{Flag|UK}}<br/>{{Flag|England}}
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An [[Icacinaceae|icacinaceous]] relative.<br/> Type species ''P. foveolata''
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''[[Tinomiscoidea]]''<ref name="Manchester1994"/>
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Gen et sp nov
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valid
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[[Eleanor Mary Reid|Reid]] & [[Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Chandler|Chandler]]
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[[Ypresian]]
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[[London Clay]]
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{{Flag|UK}}<br/>{{Flag|England}}
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A [[Menispermaceae|moon seed]] relative.<br/> Type species ''T. scaphiformis''
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== Arthropods ==
=== Newly named crustaceans===
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''[[Anthracocaris]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Calman |first=W.T. |date=1933 |title=LX.— On ''Anthracocaris scotica'' ( Peach ), a fossil Crustacean from the Lower Carboniferous |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933308673688 |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |language=en |volume=11 |issue=65 |pages=562–565 |doi=10.1080/00222933308673688 |issn=0374-5481}}</ref>
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Gen et comb nov
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valid
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[[William Thomas Calman|Calman]]
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[[Early Carboniferous]]
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* {{flag|Scotland}}
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A [[tanaid]], type species is ''A. scotica'' (originally named as a species of ''[[Palaeocaris]]'' in 1882)
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=== Newly named insects ===
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''[[Electrostephanus brevicornis]]''<ref name="Engel2008">{{Cite journal |last1=Engel |first1=M.S. |last2=Ortega-Blanco |first2=J. |year=2008 |title=The fossil crown wasp ''Electrostephanus petiolatus'' Brues in Baltic Amber (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae): designation of a neotype, revised classification, and a key to amber Stephanidae |journal= ZooKeys |issue=4 |pages = 55–64 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.4.49|doi-access=free |hdl=2445/36428 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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valid
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[[Charles Thomas Brues|Brues]]
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[[Lutetian]]
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[[Baltic Amber]]
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* {{flag|Russia}}
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A [[Stephanidae|stephanid]] wasp
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''[[Electrostephanus petiolatus]]''<ref name="Engel2008"/>
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Sp nov
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valid
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[[Charles Thomas Brues|Brues]]
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[[Lutetian]]
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[[Baltic Amber]]
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* {{flag|Russia}}
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A [[Stephanidae|stephanid]] wasp,<br/> ''Electrostephanus'' type species 
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[[File:Neotype male of Electrostephanus petiolatus Brues in Baltic amber (AMNH B-JWJ-260).png|thumb|center|150px|''[[Electrostephanus petiolatus]]'']]
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''[[Denaeostephanus|Electrostephanus tridentatus]]''<ref name="Engel2008"/>
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Sp nov
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jr synonym
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[[Charles Thomas Brues|Brues]]
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[[Lutetian]]
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[[Baltic Amber]]
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A [[Stephanidae|stephanid]] wasp,<br/> now ''[[Denaeostephanus tridentatus]]''
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==Conodonts==
===Newly named conodonts===
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''[[Wurmiella excavata]]''
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Sp nov
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valid
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[[Maurice Mehl|Mehl]] and [[Edward Branson|Branson]]
|420 Millions of years ago
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''[[Idiognathoides]]''<ref name=HarrisHollingsworth>New Pennsylvanian conodonts from Oklahoma. RW Harris and RV Hollingsworth, American Journal of Science, March 1933, series 5, volume 25, no. 147, pages 193-204, {{doi|10.2475/ajs.s5-25.147.193}}</ref>
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Gen nov
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valid
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[[RW Harris|Harris]] and [[RV Hollingsworth|Hollingsworth]]
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[[Pennsylvanian (geology)|Pennsylvanian]]
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[[Oklahoma]]
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* {{Flag|China}}
* {{Flag|Mexico}}
* {{flag|USA}} ({{flag|Kentucky}} and {{flag|Wyoming}})
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''[[Cavusgnathus]]''<ref name=HarrisHollingsworth/>
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Gen nov
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valid
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[[RW Harris|Harris]] and [[RV Hollingsworth|Hollingsworth]]
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[[Pennsylvanian (geology)|Pennsylvanian]]
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[[Oklahoma]]
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* {{Flag|China}}
* {{Flag|Mexico}}
* {{flag|Russia}}
* {{flag|UK}}
* {{flag|USA}} ( {{flag|Alabama}}, {{flag|Arkansas}}, {{flag|Missouri}}, {{flag|Montana}}, {{flag|Nevada}}, {{flag|Pennsylvania }}, {{flag|Utah}} and  {{flag|Wyoming}})
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== Archosauromorphs ==
* Barnum Brown prospected the [[Two Medicine Formation]], but found nothing significant.<ref name="twoturn-previous-300" />
* Lull published a monograph where he discusses AMNH 5244, a ceratopsian braincase.<ref name="mcer-brain-intro-244" />

=== Newly named dinosaurs ===
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.<ref name="ddinogeorge">{{cite web | last = Olshevsky | first = George | title = Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List | url = http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | accessdate = 2008-08-07 | archive-date = 2011-07-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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| ''[[Alectrosaurus]]''<ref name="gilmore33debasu">Gilmore, C.W. 1933. On the dinosaurian fauna of
the Iren Dabasu Formation. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist. 67: PP. 23-78.</ref>
| Valid taxon
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* [[Charles W. Gilmore]]
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late [[Campanian]]-early [[Maastrichtian]]
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[[Iren Dabasu Formation]]
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* {{Flag|Mongolia}}

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A [[tyrannosauroid]].
|[[File:Alectrosaurus flipped.png|center|thumb|200x200px|''[[Alectrosaurus]]'']]
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''[[Austrosaurus]]''<ref>Longman, H.A. 1933. A new dinosaur from the
Queensland Cretaceous. Mem. Queensland Mus.
10: pp. 131-144.</ref>
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Valid taxon
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* [[Heber Albert Longman]]
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late [[Albian]]-early [[Cenomanian]]
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[[Allaru Formation]]
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* {{Flag|Australia}}
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A [[titanosauriform]].
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| ''[[Bactrosaurus]]''<ref name="gilmore33debasu" />
| Valid taxon
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* [[Charles W. Gilmore]]
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late [[Campanian]]-early [[Maastrichtian]]
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[[Iren Dabasu Formation]]
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* {{Flag|China}}

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A [[hadrosauroid]].
|[[Image:Bactrosaurus.JPG|thumb|center|200px|''[[Bactrosaurus]]'']]
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| ''[[Coeluroides]]''<ref name="huene33india">Huene, F. von, and C.A. Matley. 1933. The
Cretaceous saurischia and ornithischia of the
Central Provinces of India. Mem. Geol. Survey
India Pabeontol. Indica 21: pp. 1-72.</ref>
| ''[[Nomen dubium]]''
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* [[Friedrich von Huene]]
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* [[Charles Alfred Matley]]
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late [[Maastrichtian]]
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[[Lameta Formation]]
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* {{Flag|India}}

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An [[Abelisaur]].
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| ''[[Compsosuchus]]''<ref name="huene33india" />
| [[Nomen dubium]]
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* [[Friedrich von Huene]]
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* [[Charles Alfred Matley]]
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late [[Maastrichtian]]
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[[Lameta Formation]]
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* {{Flag|India}}
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A [[noasaurid]].
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| ''[[Dryptosauroides]]''<ref name="huene33india" />
| ''[[Nomen dubium]]''
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* [[Friedrich von Huene]]
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* [[Charles Alfred Matley]]
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late [[Maastrichtian]]
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[[Lameta Formation]]
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* {{Flag|India}}
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A [[noasaurid]].
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| ''[[Indosaurus]]''<ref name="huene33india" />
| Valid taxon
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* [[Friedrich von Huene]]
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* [[Charles Alfred Matley]]
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late [[Maastrichtian]]
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[[Lameta Formation]]
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* {{Flag|India}}
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An [[abelisaurid]].
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| ''[[Indosuchus]]''<ref name="huene33india" />
| Valid taxon
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* [[Friedrich von Huene]]
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* [[Charles Alfred Matley]]
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late [[Maastrichtian]]
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[[Lameta Formation]]
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* {{Flag|India}}
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An [[abelisaurid]].
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| ''[[Jubbulpuria]]''<ref name="huene33india" />
| ''[[Nomen dubium]]''
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* [[Friedrich von Huene]]
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* [[Charles Alfred Matley]]
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late [[Maastrichtian]]
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[[Lameta Formation]]
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* {{Flag|India}}
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A [[noasaurid]].
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| ''[[Laevisuchus]]''<ref name="huene33india" />
| Valid 
taxon
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* [[Friedrich von Huene]]
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* [[Charles Alfred Matley]]
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late [[Maastrichtian]]
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[[Lameta Formation]]
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* {{Flag|India}}
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A [[noasaurid]].
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| ''[[Mongolosaurus]]''<ref name="gilmore33twonew">Gilmore, C.W. 1933. Two new dinosaurian reptiles from Mongolia with notes on some fragmentary specimens. Amer. Mus. Novitates 679: pp. 1-20</ref>
| ''[[Nomen dubium]]''
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* [[Charles W. Gilmore]]
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Lower Cretaceous ([[Aptian]]-[[Albian]])
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[[On Gong Formation]]
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* {{Flag|China}}
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A [[titanosaur]].
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| ''[[Ornithomimoides]]''<ref name="huene33india" />
| ''[[Nomen dubium]]''
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* [[Friedrich von Huene]]
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* [[Charles Alfred Matley]]
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late [[Maastrichtian]]
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[[Lameta Formation]]
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* {{Flag|India}}
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A [[noasaurid]].
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| ''[[Pinacosaurus]]''<ref name="gilmore33twonew" />
| Valid taxon
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* [[Charles W. Gilmore]]
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middle-late [[Campanian]]
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[[Djadochta Formation]]
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* {{Flag|China}}
* {{Flag|Mongolia}}
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An [[ankylosaurid]].
|[[File:Pinacosaurus.jpg|center|thumb|200x200px|''[[Pinacosaurus]]'']]
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== Synapsids ==
=== Non-mammalian ===

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''[[Mucrotherium]]''
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Valid
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<!-- [[File:Abydosaurus.jpg|thumb|150px|center|''[[Abydosaurus]]'']] -->
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''[[Uniserium]]''
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Valid
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==Footnotes==
{{Reflist|3|refs=
<ref name="mcer-brain-intro-244">"Introduction," Makovicky (2001); page 244.</ref>
<ref name="twoturn-previous-300">"Previous Work," Trexler (2001); page 300.</ref>
}}

==References==
* Makovicky, P. J., 2001, A Montanoceratops cerorhynchus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia)  braincase from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press,  pp.&nbsp;243–262.
* Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In:  Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp.&nbsp;298–309.

[[Category:1930s in paleontology]]
[[Category:1933 in science|Paleontology 3]]